Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Ambassador (Retd.) Shafqat Kakakhel, Dr Dechen Tsering, Director of UNEP’s Asia Pacific office, Colleagues and friends, My deep thanks to the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, or SDPI, for the invitation to talk to you about what we need to do, as a globalContinue Reading
Nigerian-born Robinson Sylvanus has been fishing along the coast of Limbe in Cameroon’s Southwest Region for the past 20 years. Each time he returns from the sea, he faces the challenge of pulling out his canoe from the seashore. That is because of the various plastics that litter the beach.Continue Reading
Updated January 31, 2023 at 4:33 p.m. EST|Published January 31, 2023 at 1:51 p.m. EST Claude Monet is well known for his 1901 painting of London’s Charing Cross Bridge. A new study says the hazy contours may have been inspired by air pollution. (Video: Getty Images / The J. PaulContinue Reading
The government cannot achieve the air quality improvements advised by medical experts, so has set its targets lower for the next 10 years, the environment secretary has admitted as she unveiled a new environmental plan. Thérèse Coffey said on Tuesday: “We have cleaner air. I want it to be evenContinue Reading
HATAY, TURKIYE – SEPTEMBER 5: A view of polluted water and plastic wastes claim many sea turtles … [+] lives and other marine species in Hatay, Turkiye on September 5, 2021. Sea turtles play critical roles in the marine environment but plastic waste destroys natural life and harms the lifeContinue Reading
Industry players have estimated Nigeria’s recycling industry to be worth at least $2bn. Despite this potential economic opportunity, Lagos State has continued to battle the menace of plastic pollution, writes EDIDIONG IKPOTO Lagos State, the beating heart of Africa’s most populous country, has endured a difficult battle with plastic pollutionContinue Reading
The rare use of high-tech helicopter surveillance has led to federal pollution violation notices for a list of Louisiana oil and gas facilities, documents and officials say, with the inspections having targeted a wide range of plants throughout the state. The overflights using an infrared detection camera occurred in 2021,Continue Reading
Several environmental groups are concerned about a new five-year permit that the state issued to Valley Proteins, a Dorchester County industrial facility with a history of environmental violations. The environmental nonprofits, including the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and ShoreRivers, as well as local group Dorchester Citizens for Planned Growth, are worriedContinue Reading
Communities in north-central Pennsylvania are taking action to limit outdoor artificial lighting that is encroaching on what has become a crucial resource in the region: darkness. Satellite data show the Pennsylvania Wilds, a rural region comprising millions of acres of mountains and forestland that feature sterling views of the nightContinue Reading
The market town of Fairford, nestling in the Cotswold hills, is perhaps best known for its church, which has the only complete set of mediaeval stained glass windows in England. But thanks to a more modern phenomenon, an interactive digital map produced by Thames Water, the Gloucestershire town, with itsContinue Reading
