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Caribbean Leaders Launch Ambitious Plan to Create the World’s First “Climate-Smart Zone”
Recent hurricanes have left unprecedented devastation across the Caribbean, and it is a traumatic time for all those who live in the region. Whole...
It’s time to abandon our dirty status quo and embrace clean growth
Climate change is intangible, daunting and for certain people, even deniable. But pollution is indisputable. And it affects everyone. We all experience it in...
Using science diplomacy in the South China Sea
Despite White House efforts to deny well-established climate change reports and U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, most might question the wisdom...
A Truly Global Response to Climate Change
Climate action is not just about controlling global temperatures. It can also be a driver of development and poverty reduction all over the world....
Over 65 Phuket hotels join UN Environment #CleanSeas campaign
Dozens of hotels in one of Thailand’s most popular beach destinations have joined UN Environment’s #CleanSeas campaign, pledging to reduce the tide of plastic...
Beating the big smoke
Londoners are used to inhaling poison. In Victorian Britain, the sickly brown smog that blanketed the capital was known as a “pea-souper”, so thick...
Managing the South China Sea: Where Policy Meets Science
The South China Sea is in a crisis. The problems facing the sea are as vast, deep and seemingly intractable as the oceans themselves....
What Humans, Bees and Koala Bears Have in Common is Driven by Climate Change
The koala is an engaging, docile, cuddly and lovable animal. It is also, tragically, undergoing a decline in numbers. To the extent climate change and...
Unlocking energy savings from buildings
The past decade has seen major changes across the energy sector, from the emergence of solar PV or shale oil and gas to electric...
UNWTO promotes the role of media as advocates of wildlife tourism
Nearly 30 journalists have convened in Kasane, Botswana to debate the role of the media in advocating sustainable tourism and wildlife conservation as its...