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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established by Maurice Strong , its first director, after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in June 1972.
The Global 500 Roll of Honour was an award given from 1987 to 2003 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The award recognized the environmental achievements of individuals and organizations around the world. A successor system of UNEP awards called Champions of the Earth started in 2005.
United Nations Environment Programme: Outstanding environmental leaders from the public and private sectors, and from civil society [3] International Earthshot Prize: The Royal Foundation: Incentivizes solutions to the world's environmental problems [4] International Edison Award: Edison Awards: Honoring excellence in innovation [5 ...
Gisele Bündchen awarded the 2014 UNEP Champions of the Earth Award.. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established Champions of the Earth in 2005 as an annual awards programme to recognize outstanding environmental leaders from the public and private sectors and from civil society.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Global 500 Roll of Honour in 1987 to recognise the environmental achievements of individuals and organizations around the world. Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award; Goldman Environmental Prize; Earthshot Prize established in 2021 by The Royal Foundation.
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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.
Agenda 21 is a non-binding action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. [1] It is a product of the Earth Summit (UN Conference on Environment and Development) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992. It is an action agenda for the UN, other multilateral organizations, and individual governments around the world that ...