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Earthwatch was established in 1972 to "monitor major global disturbance in the environment and to give early warning of problems requiring international action". The program is coordinated by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). The focus is on providing data to support decision-making in response to the UN General Assembly ...
EarthWatch Incorporated, now DigitalGlobe, a commercial vendor of space imagery and geospatial content; United Nations System-wide Earthwatch, a United Nations mechanism for sharing environmental information among agencies, published on a central website; Earthwatch, an Australian children's television show from 1979 into the early 1980s
The United Nations decade on Ecosystem Restoration began on World Environment Day, 5 June 2021. In a June 2021 report to help launch the decade, the UN called for nations to deliver on existing ecosystem restoration commitments, which in total add up to over 1 billion hectares, an area bigger than China. About half the world's GDP is directly ...
Now, projected warming is 1.8°C if each country keeps its promises, and 2.7°C if nations stick with their policies currently in place. While both figures, especially the higher one, distress ...
A United Nations body agreed on Friday to a long-term aspirational goal for net-zero aviation emissions by 2050, despite challenges from China and other countries aligned largely with airlines ...
Earthwatch Institute is an international environmental charity. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was founded in 1971 as Educational Expeditions International by Bob Citron and Clarence Truesdale. [ 3 ] Earthwatch Institute supports Ph.D. researchers internationally and conducts over 100,000 hours of research annually using the Citizen Science methodology.
IIED played an important role ahead of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, or Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by mobilising civil society and drawing international attention to the summit.
UN Web TV is the public affairs digital distribution arm of the United Nations.It broadcasts live and recorded gavel-to-gavel meetings of various United Nations agencies and arms from around the world, including the General Assembly and the Security Council.