BANGLADESH – CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING HEALTH
In Bangladesh, climate change is leading to an increase in the spread of infectious diseases and affecting the mental health of people, says a new World Bank Report. The Climate Afflictions…
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STRENGTHENING CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN SRI LANKA
The Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank have signed a $92 million financing agreement for the Climate Resilience Multi-Phased Program Phase I Project. This project is expected to benefit…
BILLION-DOLLAR INITIATIVE TO TRANSFORM CITIES FOR PEOPLE AND PLANET
During Climate Week NYC 2021, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environment Facility (GEF) and partners launched UrbanShift – a new global initiative to improve lives and transform cities into green and liveable spaces…
GREEN RECOVERY TOPS AGENDA AT AFRICAN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
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…
REAL-TIME AIR POLLUTION DATA BROUGHT TO NAIROBI
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 –…
NEW COLLABORATION TO FIGHT PLASTIC POLLUTION IN SRI LANKAN RIVERS
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…
ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS OF AMR IN INDIA
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’,…