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UN issues new guidance to address warming in cities
Updated : 4 years, 4 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, 4 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, 5 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, 7 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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Play your favorite game of food delivery on Mobile to defeat hunger in the
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 7 (ANI/PNN): Dropledge is a platform that develops games to help its players, directly and indirectly, contribute towards bring about positive impact on social issues.
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UNEP joins Hands with Massive Earth Foundation to launch LowCarbon.Earth:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The (late) Nobel economist of the 1970s, Milton Friedman, argued that the primary purpose of a business is to generate profit for shareholders and that by focusing on sustainable practices, businesses would be less competitive and unable t
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Restore Green Lineage - 13th edition of Greenstorm International Nature Ph
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], June 5 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Greenstorm Foundation has announced the 13th edition of its prestigious International Nature Photography Contest, organised in association with UNEP, on the occasion of World Environment Day.
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Geocycle using bubble curtain technology to stop plastic from entering riv
Updated : 4 years, 9 months 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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Rakayet Ul Karim Rakim of Bangladesh wins the Greenstorm International Nat
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India] October 21(ANI/NewsVoir): Rakayet Ul Karim Rakim, a native of Chittagong, Bangladesh, has won the 12th edition of the Greenstorm International Nature Photography Contest conducted in association with UNEP in connection with the World Environment Day.
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Erik Solheim inaugurates the 12th International Greenstorm Nature Photogra
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India] September 11 (ANI/PRNewswire): "Contrary to popular notions, environmental protection and development can go hand in hand," said Erik Solheim, former Norwegian Environment Minister, former UNEP Executive Director and former UN Under-Secretary-General.
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Vertical farming envisages profitable and suitable agriculture business
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 04 (ANI/NewsVoir): A silent revolution is underway in the agriculture sector, which is going to be quite evident in the days to come. With the global population is set to reach near ten billion marks by 2050, the food production must increase by 70 per cent, estimate
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On World Environment Day, school children organise 'UnPlastic Ploggers Run
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Siliguri(West Bengal) [India], June 5 (ANI): On the occasion of World Environment Day, the school going students of Siliguri in association with United Nations Environment Program(UNEP), jointly organised "UnPlastic Ploggers Run" here on Wednesday.
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