In the news, 2021: Our clients’ most noted science news releases of the year
Terry Collins & Assoc., Toronto Of the 18 science news releases produced in 2021, 16 were environment-themed: food waste, e-waste, […]
United Nations
E-waste in former Soviet countries jumps ~50% in a decade; just 3.2% collected, treated
UN University / UNITAR, Bonn Electronic waste generated in the Commonwealth of Independent States + Georgia rose by 50% between
A Clean Ocean by 2030: United Nations Panel of Experts Charts the Most Direct Course
Clean Ocean Int’l Expert Group, New York Reducing marine debris by 50-90% and a globe circling, high-tech system of monitors
International E-Waste Day: 57.4M tonnes expected in 2021 will outweigh China’s Great Wall
UN University / WEEE Forum, Brussels The e-waste result of an online streaming explosion: an emerging concern / information gap
New UN Mapping Tool Reveals Global Floods Since 1985 to Aid Disaster Planning
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada See also: “Popular Science Magazine: UN’s World Flood Mapping
UNU-INWEH news making highlights, 1996-2021
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada Media worldwide have often helped communicate UNU-INWEH’s scientific and
Biodiversity, Environment, UN Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations
UN’s new global framework for managing nature: 1st detailed draft agreement launched
UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal Draft 1 of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework includes 21 action targets proposed for
IPBES/IPCC: Tackling the biodiversity and climate crises together, and their combined social impacts
IPBES, Bonn (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform On Biodiversity And Ecosystem Services) Unprecedented changes in climate and biodiversity, driven by human activities,
More harmful algal bloom impacts emerge amid rising seafood demand, coastal development
UNESCO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Paris An unprecedented analysis of almost 10,000 Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) events worldwide over the past
Recycling critical metals in e-waste: Make it the law, experts warn EU, citing security issues
World Resources Forum, Switzerland, CEWASTE Project / UN University Led by the World Resources Forum, consortium designates recycling, reuse of