The built environment | UNESCO
WEBJan 26, 2024 · The ‘built environment’ refers to the human-made environment that provides the setting for human activities, ranging in scale from buildings to cities and beyond. Natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods or wildfires can lead to a broad range of consequences, including human and financial losses in the built …
World Environment Day 2023: Why tackling plastic …
WEBJun 5, 2023 · World Environment Day is organised by the United Nations. The United Nations - often called the UN - is a worldwide organisation, that brings countries together to talk about, and try to agree on ...
UN Environment Assembly | UNEP
WEBFeb 22, 2024 · The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will begin on 26 February in Nairobi, Kenya, where Heads of State and more than 5,000 representatives from government, civil society and the private sector are expected to tackle some of the planet’s most-pressing environmental challenges. UNEA is the world’s top decision …
Conservation slowing biodiversity loss, scientists say - BBC
WEBApr 25, 2024 · Conservation actions are effective at reducing global biodiversity loss, according to a major study. International researchers spent 10 years looking at measures, from hatching Chinook salmon to ...
15 Biggest Environmental Problems of 2024 | Earth.Org
WEBJan 3, 2024 · Here are some of the biggest environmental problems of our lifetime, from deforestation and biodiversity loss to food waste and fast fashion. —. 1. Global Warming From Fossil Fuels. 2023 was the hottest year on record, with global average temperatures at 1.46C above pre-industrial levels and 0.13C higher than the eleven-month average for …
Environment Assembly - UNEP
WEBMar 1, 2024 · The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment, with a universal membership of all 193 Member States.. It sets the global environmental agenda, provides overarching policy guidance, and defines policy responses to address emerging …
Environment research publications - latest from POST
WEBApr 15, 2024 · Environment; Approved Work: North Sea Decommissioning. Monday, 29 April, 2024. This POSTnote will assess the current state of decommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf. It will also consider the technological challenges and repurposing potential with other technologies for innovations that could lower costs or provide …
Environment and One Health - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBJul 18, 2023 · One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. It recognizes that the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked and interdependent. The approach mobilizes multiple …
2023 Event Duration Monitoring Data Publication
WEBMar 27, 2024 · The total duration (hours) of monitored spills in 2023 was 3,606,170 - a increase of 105% compared with the 1,754,921 hours in 2022; 40% of storm overflows spilled fewer than 10 times in 2023, compared with 48% in 2022; 13.9% of storm overflows did not spill at all, compared with 18% in 2022. It’s important that we put the data into …
gov - Department of the Environment, Climate and …
WEBMay 5, 2023 · Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications - Who Does What. 1. Secretary General. 2. Assistant Secretary, Energy - Security of Supply, Markets & Retail Energy Policy. 3. Director, National Cyber Security Centre. 4. Assistant Secretary, Environment - Climate, Air Quality, EU and International Policy.
Skip to content