Kristine Tompkins named UN Environment Patron of Protected Areas
American environmentalist and CEO of Tompkins Conservation, Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, [...]
Amid ‘dramatic’ climate changes, UN launches plan to step-up polar weather and sea-ice monitoring
With relatively little data available about the Earth’s Polar Regions – posing risks for people and the environment – the United Nations weather agency has kicked off of a two-year international effort to close gaps in polar forecasting capacity and to improve future environmental safety at the farthest reaches of the planet.
UN experts: Make human rights priority in conservation
Two United Nations experts on environment and indigenous peoples today highlighted that effective and sustainable conservation requires respect for human rights.
Ban intends to appoint Erik Solheim new UNEP director
The Secretary-General informed the General Assembly of his intention to appoint Erik Solheim of Norway as the new Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme.
In 2015, world must ‘realize great dream’ of sustainable development for all – UN Economic and Social Council chief
The President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today opened the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, declaring that 2015 must be the year when the world’s people and leaders realize the dream of a new sustainability agenda.
UN invites world’s seven billion people to become agents of change on World Environment Day
The United Nations invited each of the seven billion people on the planet to mark this year’s World Environment Day on 5 June, stressing the need of sustainable consumption worldwide.