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UN Environment Programme
Seventh UN Environment Assembly commits to multilateral solutions for a more resilient planet
The seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) concluded today with Member States delivering 11 resolutions, three decisions and a Ministerial Declaration aiming to advance solutions for a more …
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Environmental damage in Gaza harming human health, threatening long-term food, water security: UNEP
Two years of escalating conflict have caused unprecedented levels of environmental damage in the Gaza Strip, damaging its …
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Asia-Pacific environment leaders urge action for a sustainable and resilient planet
Over 300 delegates from 33 countries across Asia and the Pacific gathered in Fiji for the Sixth Asia …
As the country prepares for the height of the rainy season, SM Cares is taking urgent steps to …
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25 August 2025
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
DENR integrates informal waste workers in solid waste management chain
12 August 2025
United Nations Environment Programme
Resumed fifth session of negotiations on a global plastic pollution treaty opens in Geneva
3 August 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
As fashion's environmental toll mounts, these small clothes makers embrace sustainability
7 July 2025
6 July 2025
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Transformation to a healthy food system is blocked by three key barriers
1 July 2025
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Nations come together to establish new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on chemicals, waste and pollution
25 May 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
How data is helping cities counter plastic pollution
5 May 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Answering ten pressing questions about plastic pollution
8 April 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Zero Waste Day shines a light on fashion and textiles
25 March 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Historic canals take centre stage as Kochi, India aims to blunt fallout from climate change
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
As electronic waste surges, countries look for answers
24 February 2025
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
GAIA calls for greater accountability, inclusiveness, transparency in Plastics Treaty Process
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
World must pull together to build a fairer, more sustainable planet: UNEP annual report
4 February 2025
World Economic Forum
25 countries unite in fight against plastic pollution
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