04/11/2019
ACCRA, Ghana/JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov 1 2019 (IPS)* —– The last time Siyabulela Sokomani ran a marathon he did so with a tree strapped to his back. A native wild olive sapling to be exact. It affected his race time for sure, with the seasoned runner completing the 42.2 km race in 4.42 hours rather than his usual 3.37 hours.
Drone visual of the area in Upper East Region, Ghana prior to restoration taken in 2015. Experts say that Africa’s youth need to become involved in land restoration projects. Credit: Albert Oppong-Ansah /IPS
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04/11/2019
4 November 2019 (UN Environment)* — “Local communities have to be involved in decisions about forests that affect their livelihoods,” says Tecla Chumba, a Kenyan woman from the Lembus tribe and mother of four.
She set up a community forest association and asked the Kenya Forest Service to give each member half an acre of land and tree seedlings that they could plant, alongside their own crops. Members would then return these plots after the trees have grown for three years.
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04/11/2019
- The Interamerican Scout Region and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) team up to reward young people who drastically reduce their plastic footprint.
- Scouts in the region will undertake the Clean Seas Badge Challenge to reduce single-use plastics.
- Young leaders will inspire their families, schools and communities to change their consumption habits.
Asociación de Scouts de México
Panama City, 01 November 2019 (UN Environment)* – Thousands of scouts from Latin America and the Caribbean will join global efforts against marine litter by taking a 10-week challenge to reduce single-use plastics as part of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Clean Seas campaign.
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04/11/2019
Four of the ten countries most affected by climate change are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday [3 November 2019], urging the ASEAN Summit in Bangkok to “confront the world’s climate emergency”. *
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press after addressing the ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand. (3 November 2019)
“This region is highly vulnerable, particularly to rising sea-levels, with catastrophic consequences for low-lying communities, as recently published research illustrated”, he said, pointing out that 70 per cent of the global population most at risk of rising sea-levels are within ASEAN and other countries that will be represented at summits later this week.
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04/11/2019
Each year, an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean – equivalent to a full garbage truck every minute dumped into the sea – the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said Monday [4 November 2019], drawing attention to the damage it cause and cost-effective switches that can be made. *
UNEP/Shawn Heinrichs | Trash at a beach in Bali where the UN Environment Programme launched the Clean Seas Campaign.
Between 60 to 90 per cent of the litter that accumulates on shorelines, the surface and the sea floor is made up of plastic.
The most common items are cigarette butts, bags, and food and beverage containers.
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03/11/2019
Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilize, and take big and small actions to advance women’s rights. This is Generation Equality.
Demecia Yat. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
By UN Women* — This interview features Demecia Yat, one of 15 women survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Guatemala.
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03/11/2019
South Asia has the largest youth labour force in the world with nearly 100,000 young people entering the labour market each day.
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KATHMANDU/NEW YORK/MUMBAI, 30 October 2019 (UNICEF)* – An estimated 54 per cent of South Asian youth leave school without the necessary skills to get a decent job in the next decade, according to data produced by the Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Education), the Education Commission, and UNICEF.
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03/11/2019
In Thailand for the ASEAN Summit, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visited a climate mitigation project in Bangkok’s new Centenary Park on Saturday [2 November 2019] where he told journalists that “coal addiction must be overcome”. *
Twitter| UN Secretary-General António Guterres visits a climate mitigation project in Bangkok Centenary Park,Thailand. (2 November 2019)
The world’s addiction to coal “remains a major threat in relation to climate change and one of the messages in the summit will be very clearly that countries in these areas that are countries that are in one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change”, Mr. Guterres underscored.
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02/11/2019
By Barney Thompson*
October 2019 (UNHCR)* — They murdered his father, torched his neighbourhood and sent him running for his life. Rounding up as many family members as he could find, Hawali Oumar fled his hometown of Baga, in north-eastern Nigeria, to escape the killers of Boko Haram. Together, they made the journey over the border to the Chadian side of Lake Chad.| Español | Français | عربي
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02/11/2019
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is calling for an urgent humanitarian response to ensure aid can be provided safely to people in desperate need.
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