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Not yet built for purpose: Global building sector emissions still high and rising
Energy demand and emissions from the building and construction sector represent over a fifth of global emissions. In 2022, a 1 per cent increase in the sector’s emissions was equal …
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World squanders over 1 billion meals a day: UN report
Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were …
United Nations Environment Programme
New initiative aims to curb the toxic impacts of agriculture
The governments of Ecuador, India, Kenya, Laos, Philippines, Uruguay, and Vietnam have come together to launch a US$379 …
World Economic Forum
Top organisations unlock new investments to support world’s most vulnerable
Partners of the World Economic Forum’s Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Initiative announce over 50 commitments that will boost …
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2 January 2024
UN Environment Programme
Global annual finance flows of US$7 trillion fueling climate, biodiversity, land degradation crises
3 October 2023
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12 September 2023
13 July 2023
United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP, UN Climate Change provide fashion communicators with practical guide to contribute to sustainable change
26 September 2022
19 July 2022
20 September 2021
18 March 2019
14 November 2018
Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
315 trees planted on Sentosa for Ricoh’s Eco Action Day 2018
4 April 2018
Ricoh Asia Pacific
Eco Action Day 2018: Climate change calls for environmental action
3 November 2016
Climate Action
Global leaders prepare to get down to business at COP22
7 October 2016
World Ocean Council
Sustainable Ocean Summit attracts high level opening speakers
23 August 2016
Global Canopy Programme
MS&AD Insurance Group becomes official signatory to the NCD
29 July 2016
UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok
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