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#1229662019-11-11
UNCCD COP 14 solidifies India’s commitment towards sustainable order
In order to protect the ecological balance of the world, it is of utmost importance to realize the importance of land and its well-being along with realizing the ill-impact of desertification and deforestation that result in the degradation and poor health of the lands paving way for a drought – ...
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#5867World Soil Day 2019
5 December 2019, Rome, Italy
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#5868International Mountain Day 2019
11 December 2019, New York, United States of America
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#588684th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
16 - 20 December 2019, Montreal, Canada
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#5969World Intellectual Property Day 2020
26 April 2020, Geneva, Switzerland
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#5971World Bee Day 2020
20 May 2020, New York, United States of America
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#588785th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
25 - 29 May 2020, TBA, Canada
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#600085th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
25 - 29 May 2020, Montreal, Canada
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#5972World Environment Day 2020
5 June 2020, Nairobi, Kenya
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#5974World Food Safety Day 2020
7 June 2020, Rome, Italy
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#5977International Youth Day 2020
12 August 2020, New York, United States of America
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#602475th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75)
15 - 30 September 2020, New York, United States of America
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#5979International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2020
16 September 2020, Nairobi, Kenya
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#5980International Day of Peace 2020
21 September 2020, New York, United States of America
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#5985World Food Day 2020
16 October 2020, Rome, Italy
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#5986United Nations Day 2020
24 October 2020, New York, United States of America
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#1259562020-12-02
Humans waging 'suicidal war' on nature - UN chief Antonio Guterres
"Our planet is broken," the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, will warn on Wednesday. Humanity is waging what he will describe as a "suicidal" war on the natural world. "Nature always strikes back, and is doing so with gathering force and fury," he will tell a BBC specia ...
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#1261512020-12-10
Six environmental trailblazers honoured as UNEP Champions of the Earth
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced six laureates of the 2020 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour. The Champions were chosen for their transformative impact on the environment and their leadership in urging bold and decisive action on behalf of the ...
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#1268882021-02-04
UN Calls for an ‘Ocean Science Revolution’
The United Nations Secretary-General has urged nations to rise to the ‘defining challenge’ of restoring the ocean’s power to support humanity and regulate the climate.
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#1268912021-02-04
UN Secretary-General Presents 10 Priorities for 2021
The UN General Assembly held a plenary meeting on priorities for 2021. The UN Secretary-General told governments that after the “tragedy and peril” of 2020, the SDGs are more important than ever to put the world on track in 2021. He outlined ten urgent priorities for the year ahead.
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#1270032021-02-11
Seven globally outstanding Estonian female scientists
On 11 February 2021, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is held in Estonia for the first time; to mark the occasion, Estonian World highlights seven globally outstanding female scientists from the country.
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#1270042021-02-11
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
In the quest for gender equality, in 2015, the United Nations declared 11 February as the annual International Day for Women and Girls in Science.
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#1270062021-02-11
For Women and Girls in Science Day, we are calling on the Government to ensure the gender gap is closed
Women have played a critical role in tackling the Coronavirus pandemic yet have borne the brunt of it – particularly women researchers and scientists who have helped in the different stages of creating vaccines.
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#1270072021-02-11
Celebrating women in science
Welcome to the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. For 2021, the United Nations has set the day to focus on the role women are playing in fighting COVID-19 but also notes that the pandemic has put extra work onto women who typically handle more of the burdens of childcare and remote ...
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#1270082021-02-11
Spain’s PM Shows Support For Women In Science
Thursday, February 11 is the day on which women across the globe are honoured for their unique contribution to the scientific community as International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated. Keen to get in on the act, a number of high-profile Spaniards, including the Prime Minister Pe ...
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#1270092021-02-11
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards honour five women researchers in mathematics, astrophysics, chemistry and informatics
On the International Day for Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February, UNESCO and the L’Oréal Foundation honoured five women researchers in the fields of astrophysics, mathematics, chemistry and informatics as part of the 23rd International Prize for Women in Science.
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#1270102021-02-11
Women and Girls in Science: How the IAEA has Contributed to the Development of Scientists over the Years
Science is a collaborative field that benefits from diverse perspectives and experience. And yet, a persistent gender gap exists: Women account for less than 30 per cent of the world’s scientists and researchers. Women are underrepresented in many scientific and research disciplines, and the nuc ...
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#1270112021-02-11
NATO supports women and girls in science
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, discover how three young women are making great strides in technology and innovation, with support from the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme.
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#1270122021-02-11
Female African scientists improve research and inspire the next generation
Timed to coincide with the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science today (11 February) and to inspire more female students to study and work in science, the GCRF START grant has announced the results of its three-year project launched in March 2019.
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#1270132021-02-11
‘If I can do it, so can you’: women scientists on the power of education to reach gender equality
Women are extremely under-represented in science, but a UN research centre in The Netherlands is trying to address the gender imbalance, by raising awareness of the leading role that women researchers play in tackling global problems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
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#1270942021-02-16
Major Groups and Stakeholders Call for UNEP to “Build Forward Better”
Major Groups and Stakeholders held a virtual meeting to collect input for upcoming meetings of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5). The consultations underscored the opportunity for UNEA to chart a transformative path towards a more sustainable and inclusive recovery from COVID-19. Discussions ...
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#1271612021-02-18
'Making Peace With Nature'
A new UN blueprint offers an integrated 'peace plan' to tackle three interlinked environmental emergencies – the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and pollution – that cannot be solved in isolation.
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#1271682021-02-18
Biodiversity, pollution, and climate change are interconnected: UN report
Humanity is in the midst of a triple-pronged planetary emergency on the verge of spiraling out of control, warns a new report from the United Nations (UN). The Making Peace With Nature report also offers a blueprint on how to tackle the interconnected climate, pollution, and biodiversity breakdowns.
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#1271692021-02-18
Human destruction of nature is 'senseless and suicidal', warns UN chief
Humanity is waging a “senseless and suicidal” war on nature that is causing human suffering and enormous economic losses while accelerating the destruction of life on Earth, the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, has said.
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#1271832021-02-18
UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK
Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says.
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#1271892021-02-18
UNEP synthesis of scientific assessments provides blueprint to secure humanity's future
The world can transform its relationship with nature and tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution crises together to secure a sustainable future and prevent future pandemics, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) that offers a comprehensive blueprint for addressi ...
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#1271912021-02-18
UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK
Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says.
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#1272252021-02-19
FAO honoured to take rotating chairmanship of Tripartite
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today took over the rotating chairmanship of the Tripartite Secretariat from the World Organisation for Animal Health’s (OIE) Director-General, Monique Eloit.
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#1272412021-02-22
Q&A: UN Environment Assembly Kicks Off With a Call to Make Peace with Nature
Its time for the world to radically change our ways if we are to make peace with the planet and create the environmental conditions so that all of humanity can thrive, delegates attending the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) heard this morning.
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#1272432021-02-22
Nothing for us without us
Ever since the world started celebrating February 21 as the International Mother Language Day after the UNESCO’s 1999 declaration, its worldwide annual observances have promoted awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
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#1272612021-02-22
UNEP says policy shift key to tackle global environmental challenges
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) on Monday called for a policy shift to boost action on global environmental challenges. Inger Andersen, executive director of UNEP said that despite making achievements through multilateral environmental agreements, the situation is still worsening
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#1272662021-02-22
EU launches Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency
The Global Alliance on Circular Economy (GACERE) will set out to bring together governments and organisations, to push forward a ‘global impetus’ for initiatives related to the circular economy transition. In the margins of the fifth UN Environment Assembly, the EU, teaming up with the United Na ...
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#1272672021-02-23
UNEA: China calls for global action to tackle environmental issues
In the face of global environmental problems, no single country can solve them alone, said Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu at the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA5) on Monday, calling for global action to resolve the issue.
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#1272752021-02-23
UN climate change summit: Extreme weather fueling poverty in Bangladesh
The UN Security Council will hold a summit of world leaders Tuesday to debate climate change's implications for world peace, an issue on which its 15 members have divergent opinions. One of the countries experiencing the effects of climate change is Bangladesh. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell explains.
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#1272832021-02-23
UN climate change summit: Security Council to tackle impact on global security
The UN Security Council will hold a summit of world leaders Tuesday to debate climate change's implications for world peace, an issue on which its 15 members have divergent opinions. FRANCE 24's Chief Foreign Editor Rob Parsons tells us more.
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#1272982021-02-23
Pakistan to host World Environment Day, says SAPM Amin Aslam
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Monday said Pakistan has been selected as a host country for hosting the World Environment Day in recognition of demonstrating global leadership in environmental conservation and protection through various polic ...
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#1273032021-02-24
Swiss champion joint efforts to tackle climate change
Speaking at an online conference of the United Nations Security Council, Cassis called for joint efforts to bolster security and stability in the world.
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#1274582021-03-02
The UN Environment Programme needs new powers
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will be 50 next year. But the globe’s green watchdog, which helped to create the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), very nearly didn’t exist.
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#1275102021-03-04
UN chief calls for protection of forests, wildlife
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for the protection of forests and forest species, which provide livelihoods for the poor and for indigenous communities.