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UN issues new guidance to address warming in cities
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland]/ New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI/PRNewswire): The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today published detailed guidance to help the world's cities address warming, which is occurring at twice the global average rate in urban areas.
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World still on track for 2.7 Celsius temperature rise on current climate p
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 27 (ANI): The present commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions will still put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature, a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned.
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International coastal cleanup day observed by Indian Coast Guard
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 19 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard has conducted the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) day in all Coastal States and Union Territories of India under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and South Asia Co-operative Enviro
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Panel proposes start-ups for solving waste pollution problem to Agra Munic
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi, (Delhi) [India], July 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): As part of Clean Air Action Plan of the District Administration of Agra, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners are providing support and technical assistance in the implementation of activities under the Plan. The
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Act Now organizes world's longest environment online event, Peace Is Green
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): On the occasion of World Environment Day and launch of "Decade of Restoration" by United Nations Environment Programme, Act Now, an Indian NGO, working for environmental awareness and climate action, organized a unique 24-ho
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Geocycle using bubble curtain technology to stop plastic from entering riv
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Geocycle, the global waste management arm of building solutions provider LafargeHolcim, is implementing innovative bubble curtain technology for the first time in India to stop plastic from entering the river Yamuna.
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EcoEx launches India's first of its kind digital marketplace to facilitate
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI/BusinessWire India): EcoEx, a start-up in the plastic waste management sector, has launched India's first digital marketplace to facilitate exchange of plastic credit certificates and strengthen the plastic recycling infrastructure.
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Unprecedented global movement 'Count Us In' to mobilize 1 billion people t
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 9 (ANI/PRNewswire): For the first time, a diverse coalition of individuals and groups spanning culture, sport, entertainment, business and civil society in India have today announced their participation in Count Us In, an unprecedented global campaign
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17-yr-old from Surat appointed Regional Ambassador for UN Porgramme - Tunz
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], September 23 (ANI): Impassioned about environmental conservation and determined to spread awareness about its safeguard, a 17-year-old girl from Surat has been appointed as Regional Ambassador for India by the United Nations Environment Programme - Tunza Eco-Generati
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Ethiopian Airline Crash: Moment of silence observed at UN Environmental co
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], Mar 11 (ANI): A moment of silence was observed at the start of United Nations Environment Programme meeting held here a day after 157 people, including at least 22 affiliated to the UN, were killed in the Ethiopian Airline crash on Sunday.
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Honour for Indians, says PM on accepting UN award
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the 'United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Champions of the Earth' award from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at an award ceremony here on Wednesday. "It is an honour for Indians", Prime Minister Modi said while m
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Lack of peace will hamper development: UNEP chief
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): In the wake of increasing cross-border firing and ceasefire violations by Pakistan, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Erik Solheim opined that lack of peace will hamper the development of the country.
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