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OEWG 3 Panel
21 Jun 2024 | Speech
A new light to guide action on chemicals, pollution and waste
debris
18 Jun 2024 | Press release
Damage to Gaza causing new risks to human health and long-term recovery - new UNEP assessment

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Exterior of United Nations Office in Geneva
20 Jun 2024 | Speech
Making good on the right to a healthy environment
A dropper beside a beaker.
19 Jun 2024 | Story
How science-policy bodies are driving solutions to planetary crises
faucet and water
17 Jun 2024 | Press release
Some chemical pollutants reducing in humans and the environment, but new ones keep popping up 
Two people planting a tree.
13 Jun 2024 | Story
As trees rise, parched African landscapes spring back to life
Skyline
13 Jun 2024 | Press release
Low-cost sensors can improve air quality monitoring and people’s health
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166th CPR meeting
13 Jun 2024 | Speech
Action on environmental crises more urgent than ever
City Kiev, Ukraine
11 Jun 2024 | Press release
UNECE, UNEP, and OECD announce Platform for Action on the Green Recovery of Ukraine
UNEP logo at United Nations Headquarters in Nairobi
11 Jun 2024 | Statements
UNEP mourns loss of former Executive Director Klaus Töpfer
forest
10 Jun 2024 | Press release
National climate action plans have insufficient forest targets and deforestation continues to rise
Children on stage
07 Jun 2024 | Story
World Environment Day turns global gaze towards land restoration
A diver swims near a patch of white corals.
06 Jun 2024 | Story
The world’s corals are bleaching. Here’s why and what it means for the ocean’s future.
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economy
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A sustainable economy is worth $12 trillion and can create 380 million jobs.

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