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Covid-19 heightens the risk of child labor, but there is a path to child-labor free cocoa
Did you know that some of your favorite foods may be produced with child labor? Take chocolate, for instance: 60 percent of its main...
Reading the Tea Leaves
The first ever International Tea Day, backed by the United Nations, takes place on 21 May. We take a look at the challenges facing...
Development but Not At The Cost Of Biodiversity: A Plan For “Living In Harmony With Nature”
Authors: Partha PratimMitra and Prakash Sharma*
The United Nations General Assembly in 2006 adopted 22nd May every year as the International Day for Biological Diversity.The...
Deadly gas leak in India, grim wake-up call for global chemical industry
Last week’s deadly toxic gas leak at a Korean-owned polymer plant in south-eastern India, is a grim wake up call for the chemical industry...
CEO Action Group Will Support European Commission on Advancing European Green Deal
The World Economic Forum brought together leaders from the European Commission with chief executives and top-level representatives from the private sector to discuss the...
UNEP steps up work on zoonotics, protecting environment to reduce pandemic risks
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is stepping up its work on mapping zoonotic threat and protecting the environment to reduce the risk of future...
Do Migratory Birds Connect our World: Analyzing from the Perspective of Collective Legal Response
Authors: Prakash Sharma and Partha Pratim Mitra
On May 09, the world celebrated the World Migratory Bird Day in order to raise awareness of migratory...
Faced with a crisis, airlines seek delay on climate measures
Aviation is one of the earliest and most visible economic losers of restrictions introduced to stop the spread of Covid-19, with 95% of passenger...
Homing in on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) stands with those suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. UNEP is responding in a number of ways, including by...
Birds connect our world
The coronavirus pandemic is reminding us that we live in a connected world. It’s an opportunity to revisit our relationship with nature and rebuild...