| June 2021 |
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| Your guide to the top
environmental stories of the month
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In
this month’s issue, we look at how to reduce
single-use plastics when travelling in a
pandemic-addled world; the resounding impact of
World Enviornment Day; why healthy air is
important for a healthy
planet. |
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| World Environment Day rallies millions
to restore ecosystems |
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From
the official launch of the UN
Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, to events
across the globe, World Environment Day on June 5,
hosted by Pakistan, spanned the globe, with
millions joining the movement to restore the
earth. |
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| The Olympics back the Sahel’s ‘Great
Green Wall’ |
| The International Olympic Committee
commits to a 355,000-tree forest to bolster the
Sahel’s ‘Great Green Wall’ – a flagship
initiative of the UN Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration. |
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| Climate change goes to court -
again |
| Last month, a court ordered Royal
Dutch Shell to cut its emissions by 45%. UNEP
looks back at a recent study which found that
climate litigation is on the
rise. |
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| Tourism and plastics in a pandemic
world |
| As many countries re-open their
borders, learn about how UNEP, the World Tourism
Council and partners are working to limit
single-use plastic pollution in tourist
hotspots. |
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| Global trend emerges in the rise of
environmental law |
| A new proposed category of
international crime, ‘ecocide,’ has been put
forward. This Q&A highlights growing
developments in environmental law, with more and
more governments recognizing the right to a
healthy enviornment. |
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| Healthy air, healthy
planet |
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| Governing
Coastal Resources: Implications for a
Sustainable Blue
Economy |
| Coastal pollution and the
introduction of invasive species must be limited
or risk collapse of the ecosystems and
ocean-based economies they
support. |
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| Renewables
2021 Global Status
Report |
| Governments should invest in
renewables across all sectors and establish
renewable shares as key performance indicators
for decision-making, says the latest edition of
this annual report from
REN21. |
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| High-level Political Forum on
Sustainable
Development |
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| “Triple COP” -- 2021 Meetings of the
conferences of the Parties to the Basel,
Rotterdam and Stockholm
conventions |
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