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From: UN Environment Programme <unenviron...@un.org>
Date: Mon, May 31, 2021, 13:43
Subject: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.