organisation > UN Environment Programme
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Treaty to ban chemicals that harmed the ozone layer came about when there was consensus between science and politics.
Matthew Cimitile
Last Modified: 26 Oct 2011 07:18 GMT Opinion
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Almost 200 countries sign up to key targets on pollution, forest and reef protection, and creating conservation areas.
Last Modified: 30 Oct 2010 04:37 GMT Americas
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With thousands of species at risk, UN body meets in Japan to try to preserve at risk organisms and ecosystems.
Stephen Leahy
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2010 07:34 GMT Features
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International review group says IPCC must "fundamentally reform" its structure to avoid future errors.
Last Modified: 30 Aug 2010 21:17 GMT Weather
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More than 90 states lend support to creation of body to help protect world's ecosystems.
Last Modified: 14 Jun 2010 14:34 GMT Asia-Pacific
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UN says rubbish causing dangerous levels of lead in blood and polluting city.
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2007 12:29 GMT Africa
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Environmental change is affecting the ability of species to survive.
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2006 20:52 GMT Americas
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Unless urgently addressed, an oil spill caused by Israeli raids on a Lebanese power plant could rival the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster that ravaged the Alaskan coast, a UN agency says.
Last Modified: 08 Aug 2006 17:12 GMT Archive
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Africa's 600-plus lakes are under unprecedented strain from rising populations and must be managed better if demand for fresh water is not to stir instability, a UN report said.
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2005 19:43 GMT Archive
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Iraq's ancient marshlands drained by Saddam Hussein are nearly half-restored, giving hope of saving traditional habitats for both people and animals.
Last Modified: 24 Aug 2005 06:27 GMT Archive
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