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GREEN RECOVERY TOPS AGENDA AT AFRICAN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

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Meeting at the 18th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), 54 African Environment Ministers agreed to step-up the continent’s response to accelerate the green and sustainable recovery…

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Digital billboards around the Kenyan capital have started to live stream Nairobi’s real-time air pollution in an effort to increase air quality awareness among the city’s 4.7 million inhabitants. The initiative –…

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With new research showing the major role that rivers play in bringing plastic pollution to the oceans, countries are looking for ways to tackle the root causes of the problem in their…

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The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have launched a new collaborative project – ‘Priorities for the Environmental Dimension of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in India’,…

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The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved US$21.9 million for the Renewable Energy Sector Development Project for Saint Lucia. This grant financing will help the Government of Saint Lucia assess…

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The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or IBRD) priced a catastrophe bond that will provide the Government of Jamaica with financial protection of up to US $185…

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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has called on countries to ensure that plans to recover from the pandemic support progress towards the…