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Written by: Tatyana Humle, Rosa Garriga, and Luna Cuadrado
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This change...
Written by: Kimberly White
The United States is leaving the Paris Agreement. The U.S. has begun the one-year process of leaving the Agreement and will officially exit on November 4, 2020, one day after the 2020 U.S. presidential elections.
The first...
Written by: Kimberly White
The UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion launched today at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi, Kenya.
The goal of the Alliance is to halt the environmentally and socially devastating practices of the fashion industry....
Written by: Martha O'Hagan Luff
Despite its green image, Ireland has surprisingly little forest. Across Europe, nations average around 35 percent forest cover but in Ireland the figure is just 11 percent, one of the lowest on the continent.
This hasn’t always been the...
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Header image: UN Photo/Cia Pak: To mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, a 10-minute film introducing the Sustainable Development Goals is projected onto the UN Headquarters, Secretariat and General Assembly buildings. The projection...
Written by: Kimberly White
The EU has launched a new initiative to protect the world’s rarest gorilla. The EU announced a four-year, two million euro project to aid in the conservation of the Cross River gorilla.
The initiative will be led...
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