Overview To reduce the public health risks associated with the sale of live wild animals for food in traditional food markets, WHO, OIE and UNEP have issued guidance on actions that national...
Globally, over 3 billion people are at risk of disease because the water quality of their rivers, lakes and groundwater is unknown, due to a lack of data. Meanwhile, a fifth of the world's river...
**Nairobi/Paris, 4 mars 2021 - **On estime que 931 millions de tonnes de nourriture, soit 17 % de la nourriture totale disponible pour les consommateurs en 2019, ont été jetées dans les poubelles des...
**Nairobi/Paris, 4 March 2021 -- **An estimated 931 million tonnes of food, or 17% of total food available to consumers in 2019, went into the waste bins of households, retailers, restaurants and...
As countries continue to grapple with the consequences of a worldwide pandemic, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will meet virtually from 22 -- 23 February. In its fifth session, UNEA...
Key Messages Humanity’s environmental challenges have grown in number and severity ever since the Stockholm Conference in 1972 and now represent a planetary emergency. While tackling the emergency is...
A deadly flood in northern India, sparked by a cratering glacier, was not an isolated incident but the result of a rapidly warming planet, say experts. They warn the disaster, which has left over 140...
Les six dernières années ont été les plus chaudes jamais enregistrées depuis 1880. 2016, 2019 et 2020 sont les trois les plus chaudes, selon un communiqué de presse de l'Organisation météorologique...
The past six years have been the warmest on record since 1880, with 2016, 2019 and 2020 being the top three, according to a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) press release on 15 January. The...
Summary Biodiversity loss is accelerating around the world. The global rate of species extinction today is orders of magnitude higher than the average rate over the past 10 million years. The global...