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World Environment Day, the huge financing gap for nature, and more

                                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











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