 Young People Representing Half the Planet Campaign to Make Rio+20 a Green Economy Hit
Bandung, Indonesia, 1 October 2011 - While some UN conferences can become over-preoccupied with commas and square brackets, young people from across the globe today underlined their singular and committed preoccupation-action to save and fast track a future for planet Earth. |
 UNEP Pays Tribute to Professor Wangari Maathai
Nairobi, 26 September 2011 - Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement and patron of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Billion Tree Campaign, has died in Nairobi. She was 71 years old. |
 Environment Ministers to Gather this Week in Bamako to Firm Up Africa's Position ahead of Crucial Durban Conference on Climate Change
Bamako (Mali)/Nairobi (Kenya), 13 September 2011 - Lead African Climate change negotiators and high level experts from about 50 countries are meeting in Bamako, Mali to pave the way for African ministers to consolidate Africa's common negotiating on a comprehensive .... [Français]
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 Tapping into the Geothermal Energy to Power the East African Region beyond Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya, 2 September 2011 - Ministers and technical experts in Ministries of Energy and/ or Mines from the African Rift Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) member countries, are meeting at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya for a High Level Geothermal Meeting.
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Nairobi Students Selected as Environmental Envoys for Kenya
Nairobi, 10 August 2011 - Two Nairobi students have been selected as Young Environmental Envoys for Kenya by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Bayer, a global innovator enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials.