*[Enwl-eng] World Environment Day, the huge financing gap for nature, and more

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May 2021 Your guide to the top environmental stories of the month

In this month’s issue we look at the launch of a global drive to restore the planet, an ambitious push by Pakistan to plant 10 billion trees and one small town’s battle against single-use plastic.

Ecosystems Planet gears up for World Environment Day – and this crucial decade On 5 June government officials, business leaders, environmentalists and people will come together for World Environment Day. This year’s occasion, hosted by Pakistan, also marks the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global movement to halt and reverse degradation of our planet. Read more

Economy Nature loss threatens global economy: UNEP report Triple investments in nature-based solutions by 2030 or face USD 4.1 trillion gap in finance for nature up to 2050, warns a new report on the state of finance for nature. Read more Ecosystems Pakistan embraces mangroves in bid to combat climate change The coastal forests, key warehouses of carbon dioxide, are a pillar of the government’s push to plant 10 billion trees by 2023. Read more

Waste management In beach town’s battle against plastic, echoes of a global crisis In Watamu, Kenya, locals are banding together to rid their shores of single-use plastics – and setting an example for other Indian Ocean communities inundated by litter. Read more

Restoration In Haiti, a virgin forest makes its last stand With help from UNEP, communities are working to save one of the country’s last tracts of untouched cloud forest – and other threatened landscapes. Read more Law UNEP’s Data Reporting Tool: a common system to report on biodiversity targets 13 countries have adopted a recourse called “DaRT,” which allows parties to multilateral environment agreements to record actions on a single platform, providing an overview of progress toward biodiversity goals. Read more

UNEP in the news Investing 0.1% of global GDP could avoid breakdown of ecosystems, says UN report (The Guardian) Protected areas now cover nearly 17% of Earth’s surface: U.N. report (Mongabay) 'We are falling short': UN warns world is on track to badly miss crucial Sustainable Development Goals (Business Green) UN bodies set up 'One Health' panel to advise on animal disease risks (Reuters) Horn of Africa's biodiversity threatened by climate change: experts (Xinhua)

publications State of Finance for Nature The new report tracks global trends in public and private investment in nature-based solutions to identify opportunities for governments, businesses and financiers. Protected Planet Report 2020 The world has made progress in the last decade in expanding national parks and other havens for wildlife, but more work needs to be done to halt the looming extinction of thousands of species, says the latest edition of this biennial study. More publications

events 1-8 June World Environment Day celebrations Read more 4 June #GenerationRestoration: A Youth Call to Action Read more 4-5 June World Environment Day official broadcast Read more 8 June World Oceans Day Read more more events

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