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Taking antimicrobial resistance seriously

H.E. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados and Co-Chair of the GLG H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Co-Chair of the GLG H.E. Philip Davis, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the…

22 Sep 2022 Press release
Bacteria
At UNGA, Global Leaders Group urges leadership and action on Antimicrobial Resistance

New York, 22 September 2022 - Today, The Global Leaders Group co-chairs, Their Excellencies Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, hosted a UN General Assembly…

20 Sep 2022 Speech
The planet’s waste challenge
Changing the game: Zero waste for climate action

Your excellency, Ermin Erdoğan, First Lady of the Republic of Turkey My friend and Nairobi colleague Maimunah Mohd. Sharif, Executive Director of UN Habitat Selwin Hart, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General…

16 Sep 2022 Press release
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African Environment Ministers vow to end plastic pollution, eliminate open dumping and burning of waste, address antimicrobial resistance

Dakar, 16 September 2022 – The resumed 18th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) closed with environment ministers from 54 African countries adopting a series of decisions and…

15 Sep 2022 Story
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While the ozone layer is healing, pitfalls remain

In 1987, the world came together to sign the Montreal Protocol, a global agreement to protect the Earth’s ozone layer. The accord was designed to phase out a host of chemicals, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)…

09 Aug 2022 Story
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How to reduce pollution in Delhi’s waterways: study

About 80 per cent of the water supplied to households in India’s capital, Delhi ends up as wastewater, some of which remains untreated, polluting the city’s waterways and threatening the health and wellbeing of its…

13 Jul 2022 Opinion
Una mujer de China usa una mascarilla contra el frío y el aire contaminado en Binzhou, al oriente de la provincia Shandong, Diciembre 10, 2009
The UN General Assembly must back the right to a healthy environment

This op-ed by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Inger Andersen was originally published on 13 July 2022 in Reuters So many of the human rights we take for granted today once did not exist: the…

02 Jun 2022 Speech
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm+50: Actions to transform our world

Your Majesty King Carl Gustaf of Sweden Your Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria Your Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta Your Excellency Prime Minister Magdelena Andersson Secretary-General Antonio Guterres…

01 Jun 2022 Speech
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Sound chemicals and waste management for a healthy planet

Ms. Annika Strandhäll, Minister for Climate and the Environment Sweden Mr. Qu Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Presidents of the BRS COPs, Rolph Payet, BRS Executive…

31 May 2022 Speech
Stockholm, Sweden
Raising the UN blue at Stockholm+50

H.E. Ms. Annika Strandhäll,  Minister for Climate and the Environment of Sweden Mr. Mosves Abelian, Under Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management H.E. Keriako Tobiko, Cabinet Secretary,…

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