UN to create world-first global treaty on plastic pollution
The amount of plastic trash entering the oceans is forecast to triple by 2040.
Category: Environment
UN Environment Assembly opens with all eyes on a global agreement on plastic pollution
Plastics are among the most long-lasting products we humans have made – and frequently, we still just throw it away. Plastic is a product that can used again, and then over and over again, if we move it into a circular economy…
Kimbunga Emnati kimesababisha vifo vya watu wanne nchini Madagascar
Madagascar hukabiliwa na dhoruba nyingi na vimbunga kati ya Novemba na Aprili kila mwaka.
Kenya set to host UN environment assembly as UNEP turns 50
“We need to take the state of the environment seriously and we hope that UNEA will have countries come up with policy decisions that will make us have a sustainable planet…”
Southern Ethiopia, Northern Kenya and Somalia facing severe drought
In Somalia, the number of people classified as severely hungry could rise from 4.3 million to 4.6 million by May.
Kimbunga Emnati chatua Madagascar
Madagascar hukabiliwa na dhoruba na vimbunga vingi kati ya Novemba na Aprili kila mwaka.
Wachimbaji wadogo kutengewa maeneo maalum Tanzania
Waziri Mkuu Kassim Majaliwa amesema serikali itaendelea kuwawezesha wachimbaji wadogo kwa kutenga maeneo maalum kwa ajili yao na kutoa huduma za tafiti kwa gharama nafuu.
Idadi ya vifo kutokana na mafuriko na maporomoko ya ardhi Brazil imeongezeka hadi 104
Wafanyakazi wa uokoaji wamefanya kazi usiku na mchana kutafuta manusura wowote waliosalia kati ya matope na mabaki baada ya mafuriko…
Somali children under five may be pushed into acute malnutrition
Severe drought risks pushing nearly half of Somali children under five into acute malnutrition this year, with hundreds of thousands…
South America archaeologists find thousand-year-old mummies of children
Mummification was common practice by ancient Egyptians.
