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Can COVID-19 recovery funds save the planet? A boat made of flip-flops sails
again- and more
March 2021
Your guide to the top environmental stories
of the month
In this month’s issue we look at whether
COVID-19 recovery spending is helping the environment, the voyage of a boat
made from flip flops and a vow by tech companies to take on climate change.
Economy
How green are COVID-19 recovery funds?
A new report from UNEP and Oxford University
finds that only 2.5% of the trillions of dollars marked for COVID-19
recovery spending will have “positive green characteristics,” like reducing
greenhouse gas emissions.
Read more
Adaptation
New fund to help countries grapple with a
changing climate
A global investment fund, led by UNEP, will
bankroll innovative projects that help states adapt to droughts, extreme
weather and rising seas.
Read more
Climate change
With new pact, tech titans confront climate
change
Twenty-five companies, including Microsoft,
Ericsson and Vodafone, have signed a pledge to help the world slash
greenhouse gas emissions.
Read more
Video
In Kenya, rangers endure threats and 24-hour
days
A UNEP documentary follows rangers as they
patrol Mount Kenya, one of Africa’s great wilderness reserves – and a hotbed
of poaching and illegal logging.
Watch Video
Pollution
The Flipflopi, a boat made from sandals,
sails again
The 10-metre-long dhow, cobbled together
from flip flops and water bottles, is raising awareness about how plastic is
smothering Africa’s biggest lake.
Read more
Waste
How wasting food is trashing the planet
Shoppers throw away nearly one-fifth of the
fare they buy, needlessly propelling climate change, say experts.
Read more
UNEP in the news
World is missing chance for green recovery
from COVID 19, U.N. says (Reuters)
About 17 percent of food production globally
wasted: UN (Al Jazeera)
Sailing across Lake Victoria to create
plastic waste awareness (Daily Monitor)
UNEP rolls out electric bikes project in
Kenya (Xinhua)
Mississippi River cities join project to map
plastic litter (Associated Press)
publications
International Good Practice Principles for
Sustainable Infrastructure
Sustainable construction will be vital to
combating climate change, improving public services and driving the economic
recovery from COVID-19, finds this study.
UNEP Food Waste Index Report
This report gauges the environmental toll of
food waste, finding that up to 10 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions
come from producing fare that is ultimately thrown away.
More publications
events
13 April
Climate Thought Leadership Series – Green
Bonds
Webinar
Read more
13-22 April
Sustainable Investment Forum Europe 2021
Online
Read more
15 April
A Rescue Plan for Nature
Online
Read more
17-30 May
United Nations Biodiversity Conference (CPO
15)
Summit
Read more
More events
See UNEP Job opportunities
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