Green (Living) Review

JUNE 29, 2012

In an attempt to refocus attention onto the world’s dwindling supply of fossil fuels, the UN Environmental Program (UNEP) has published a dramatic fifth edition of its Global Environmental Outlook. UNEP calls for a greater focus on the policies that target the factors that drive environmental change, such as reliance on fossil fuels for energy production. UNEP is right in that we are on an unsustainable path,” he comments.

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The Green Changemakers

JUNE 29, 2009

The contents of this site do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of UNEP, or the editors, nor are they an official record. for environmentally sustainable development.

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The Green Changemakers

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

The call was made today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and leading economists as they launched the Green Economy Initiative aimed at seizing an historic opportunity to bring about tomorrow's economy today. Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director, said: "The financial, fuel and food crises of 2008 are in part a result of speculation and a failure of governments to intelligently manage and focus markets".

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The Green Changemakers

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Image from UNEP report, "Towards A Green Economy." UNEP makes the case for capital resources and development directed at low emissions projects. Graph from the UNEP report, "Towards a Green Economy." Submitted by Jonna McKone on February 22, 2011 City growth patterns.

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Green Prophet

JULY 9, 2013

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) were also involved. Business Egypt Israel Lebanon Mediterranean Sea Morocco oil spills OSCAR MED Palestinian Territory pollution REMPEC Tunisia Turkey UNEP

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The Green Changemakers

JANUARY 22, 2013

The United Nations Environment Programme has published ‘Seeds of Knowledge’, a booklet of 24 case studies from 17 countries on grassroots solutions to the impacts of climate change. The publication has a focus on developing and emerging economies and aims to show that grassroots, community-led responses are already playing an essential role in building resilience to climate change across all regions of the world.

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Green Prophet

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

” The recently released UNEP Emissions Gap Report echoed many of these findings. Climate 2 degrees warming 4 degrees warming Climate Change climate change solutions COP18 heatwave Qatar Climate Talks UNEP world bank

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Green Life Smart Life

MARCH 1, 2010

A report was recently released by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) about the rising problem of E-waste in countries like China and India. The UN Under-Secretary-General Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP says this can happen by setting up large, efficient facilities in China to collect and manage the e-waste. Tagged: e-waste , e-waste guide , eCycling , EPA , Recycling , UNEP. Tags: Green e-waste e-waste guide eCycling EPA Recycling UNEP

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Green Blog

AUGUST 16, 2011

The UN Environment Program (UNEP) launched on the end of November 2009, an assessment of the impact of contamination from oil across the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta in Nigeria. UNEP has emphasised that the study, which began in late 2009, is independent and its funding by the Shell Petroleum Development Company is in keeping with the polluter-pays principle.

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Eccorazzi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

A mostly-female South African ranger group named the “Black Mambas,” has been honored by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) with its highest environmental prize Read More The post The Black Mambas, a Mostly Female Anti-Poaching Unit, Wins Top U.N.

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Green Prophet

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The Production Gap Report complements the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report, which shows that country pledges fall short of the emission reductions needed to meet global temperature limits. Oil-powered Shoaiba Desalination plant looks like Gotham City.

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Fossil Fuel 2019 Produce Producing 87

Eccorazzi

MAY 2, 2014

That’s the question the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is asking people for World Read More The post WATCH: Don Cheadle and Other Celebs Fight to Save the Planet appeared first on Ecorazzi. Don Cheadle, Gisele Bundchen, Yaya Toure and Ian Somerhalder are fighting.

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Green Prophet

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Negotiators working on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol in Qatar ought to know that 1,700 gigatonnes of carbon lie buried in the permafrost, which is double the amount that currently wreaks so much havoc here on earth, reports UNEP – in much finer words.

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Eco Friendly Daily

JULY 7, 2017

Under the scheme, announced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Wednesday, before-and-after satellite images of 100 global environmental hotspots have been integrated into Google’s popular mapping program, Google Earth.

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Eco Friendly Daily

AUGUST 11, 2017

The number of “dead zones” in the ocean – sites of massive marine life die-offs due to low dissolved oxygen – has increased by 33% since 2004, according to Nick Nutall of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Eco Friendly Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Under the scheme, announced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Wednesday, before-and-after satellite images of 100 global environmental hotspots have been integrated into Google’s popular mapping program, Google Earth.

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Green Prophet

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The UN Environmental Program (Unep) is asking us to cut our meat consumption in half. As reported by the Unep, the huge expansion of industrial beef-farming methods in the Europe and the US causes “a web of water and air pollution.”

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Eco Friendly Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The number of “dead zones” in the ocean – sites of massive marine life die-offs due to low dissolved oxygen – has increased by 33% since 2004, according to Nick Nutall of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Green (Living) Review

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Cancun, Mexico , December 7, 2010 – Concern for high-mountain regions of the world is rising, according to a new report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today, which states that the Himalayas and many other glaciers are melting quickly, threatening lives by flooding, and by reducing the region’s freshwater supply.

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Green Prophet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Chicken is considered by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to be a more environmentally and health-friendly alternative to beef and pork, but even that is too expensive for some Iranians, who are turning to Aubergine instead.

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Celsias

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Should permafrost thawing accelerate as expected, resulting carbon dioxide and methane emissions will significantly amplify global warming, according to a report published today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) titled Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost.

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Green (Living) Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Ian Somerhalder has also supported the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by promoting World Environment Day– the biggest global day dedicated to positive action on the environment – which is organized every year by UNEP on 5 June.

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Nature Conservancy - Science

MAY 30, 2017

UNEP – Marine Litter Vital Graphics. I can’t remember the last time I walked along the shore and didn’t see plastic debris. This debris has nasty implications for seabirds , fish , sea turtles , and poses a risk to human health. Plastic waste is an immense problem.

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Celsias

JUNE 3, 2012

CAT’s analysis of current policies show that, in reality, the ‘gap’ in 2020 could be even larger than discussed in the UNEP Bridging the Emissions Gap Report (2011), as that report assumed that governments would meet their

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The Green Changemakers

FEBRUARY 17, 2008

Index >> SUMMARY FOR DECISION MAKERS Arabic English French Russian Spanish Chinese (available soon) >> BRUNDTLAND +20 SEMINAR BACKGROUND PAPER English >> UNEP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REMARKS English >> UNEP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PODCAST >> USER SURVEY Have a minute? MB) © UNEP.

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Green (Living) Review

MAY 1, 2011

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) highlighted the multiple benefits from cutting black carbon and another local air pollutant, tropospheric ozone, in its February “Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone: Summary for Decision Makers”.

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Eco Friendly Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) stated – “Many metal recycling rates are discouragingly low, and a recycling society appears no more than a distant hope. The recycling industry is not in a great state as we would like it to be.

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Green (Living) Review

JANUARY 30, 2011

Stopping deforestation, greening agriculture better than carbon capture and storage, says UNEP Report by Michael Smith (Veshengro) It does, does it? Boosting investments in the conservation, rehabilitation and management of the Earth's forests, peatlands, soils and other key ecosystems could deliver significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and avoid even more being released to the atmosphere, a 2009 report by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) says.

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Greentumble

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

However, in 2014, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) supported the first project to calculate the “real” cost of plastic, including adverse environmental impacts of its production, use and disposal. Plastic bags are a convenient way to carry.

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The Green Changemakers

AUGUST 31, 2011

The Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Published: May 30, 2011 File Guide Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation 2011.pdf Link [link] Abstract Climate change adaptation is an area of growing concern and engagement for many developing countries. Publisher UNDP-UNEP.

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Greentumble

DECEMBER 20, 2018

A study done by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has quoted, “79% of the plastic waste ever produced now sits in landfills, dumps or in the environment, while about 12% has been incinerated and only 9% has been recycled [4].”.

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Green Prophet

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The four day summit was organized by the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) and the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

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Green Home Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Needless to say, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) are a small example of the many organizations at the forefront of dealing with environmental crime. Environmental Crime: Who is Offending? Who is Watching? It seems as though every few years an environmental crime makes the headlines. From oil spills to chemical plant mishaps the enormity of such an event can be staggering.

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Green Prophet

MAY 1, 2012

Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Taken from the Africa Water Atlas (2010); Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya. Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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The Green Changemakers

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Named after a word meaning Mother Earth in the Inca culture, it is a special youth edition of UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook 2000. ‘Children are often the driving force behind eco-friendly living’, says a new publication which gives them an international voice.

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The Green Changemakers

AUGUST 13, 2010

MB) UNEP, IISD, IISD, 2005. Get the Book English (PDF - 2.5 MB) Español (PDF - 4.5 MB) Russian (PDF - 1.1

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Celsias

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Photo: UNEP/GRID-Arendal. The latest wave of The Sustainability Survey - GlobeScan and SustainAbility's regular survey of attitudes across businesses, NGOs, academia and government - reveals that a very large majority (88%) of the 642 experts polled see pressure for short-term financial results as a barrier to businesses becoming more sustainable.

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Green Prophet

DECEMBER 5, 2014

According to an article published in Der Spielgel , the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) estimates that 40 billion tons of sand are consumed each year, 3/4ths of it in the production of concrete– enough to encircle the earth with a wall 25 meters high.

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Green Prophet

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Supported by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Green Bus project is a collaborative effort between the RTA and SS Lootah International , one of the fiercest proponents of bio-fuels in the United Arab Emirates.

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Green Prophet

MAY 1, 2012

Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Taken from the Africa Water Atlas (2010); Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya. Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Green (Living) Review

DECEMBER 13, 2015

On top of all this, biodegradable plastics are less recyclable than regular plastics, and they can contaminate the feed of recycling plants: "If you're recycling plastic you don't want to have anything to do with biodegradable plastics," says Peter Kershaw, one of the authors of the UNEP study.

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Green Prophet

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

The Clean up the World campaign is held in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). A hundred employees from The Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh planted over 300 trees in the hotel’s surroundings as part of a new environmental campaign called Green Earth, Clean Earth.

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Nature Conservancy - Science

AUGUST 21, 2013

A recent UNEP report estimates that, based on least-cost scenarios, forests offer about 1/5 of the global opportunities for reaching our goal of limiting climate change to 2?C C (UNEP 2012). UNEP 2012. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi.

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