Plastic-free planet: India’s polymer problem can be tackled if its street vendors switch to reusables, says study

Centre should take strong position on primary polymer production instead of stand taken at Nairobi recently, say activists

Turfing out lions

Progress in reducing poverty is unevenly distributed in Kenya, says World Bank

World Bank calls for inclusive growth strategy to pull millions of Kenyans from poverty

Nairobi INC-3: A job half-done?

Intergovernmental meet to devise a global instrument to end plastic pollution results in a draft for more discussions 

Geneva meet concludes with progress on ‘Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework’ for CoP15

CoP15 was to be held in Kunming, China in 2020 but will now be held in August this year

Biodiversity technical body meets in Nairobi to gauge progress on Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

SBSTTA-25 meeting till October 19; Indicators for monitoring progress to be discussed

Kenya

Plastic-free planet: Like-minded group of countries demand changes to zero draft

First day did not progress to contact group discussions

Urban agriculture needs to be climate smart, say experts at African Conference on Agricultural Technology

Urban, peri-urban agriculture important for food security but greenhouse gas emissions need to be kept in check

Global Biodiversity Framework: What happened in Nairobi?

The preparatory meeting on biodiversity ends with little consensus  

Meeting in vain

The fifth conference on biological diversity held recently in Nairobi ended on a flat note

Africa Climate Summit 2023: Experts criticise omitting health from main agenda

Point to inextricable link of public health with climate change

Plastic-free planet: Protecting sanitation workers & wastepickers, just transition discussed on Day 2 of INC-3

UN chief underlines role of plastics in fuelling climate crisis

Global treaty to cut plastic production needed urgently: EIA report ahead of UN summit

Over 70 big consumer brands also appeal to reduce plastic production in joint statement

Kenya’s had unusually hot weather — an expert unpacks what could be causing it

What Nairobi has had is a wave of hot weather that the human body can easily adjust to.

UNEA-6: Align investment with science for sustainability of environment, says assembly president

Investments should not happen to detriment of environment, or worsen already-dire situations of many societies

UNEA-6: Rapid adoption of renewables critical for a climate-resilient world, say experts

At the same time, a balance must be struck between the need for and limits of development, they add

UNEA-6: Reuse should be central component of legally binding treaty on plastics, say speakers

Panelists at side event held on first day of meet hope an agreement is reached quickly

Everything, everywhere, all as one: how the UN Environment Assembly can steer the world to a sustainable future

This year, we are inviting the multilateral environmental agreements, nations and indeed every actor to come together and find new ways of …

UNEA-6: Extraction & use of world’s resources has grown three times more in 50 years

Global Resources Outlook 2024, released on final day of assembly, reveals shocking statistics

UNEA-6 to consider 12 draft resolutions on its final day

While the resolutions are a critical part of UNEA-6, they are not legally binding

Inger Andersen urges inclusion of ‘super pollutants’ such as methane and black carbon in NDCs

By addressing short-lived climate pollutants, the world can deliver climate action, improve air quality and human health, said Andersen at the …

UNEA-6: Over a third of global population living with solid waste, reveals report

World needs to integrate the principles of just transition to a circular economy to better manage waste, says lead author

UNEA-6 opens with a call for environmental multilateralism

It is time to put political differences aside, focus on threats facing the planet and embark on the pathway to a sustainable and safe future, …

UNEA-6: Nature-based solutions for climate facing a funding crisis, says Andersen

UNEP executive director makes case for debt for climate and nature swaps, cites example of Ecuador