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Decisive fifth session of negotiations on a global plastic pollution treaty opens in Busan

Busan, 25 November 2024 – The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5), opened today in Busan, Republic of Korea. The session aims to conclude negotiations and finalize the text of the agreement. The session, which takes place from 25 November to

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November 29, 2024
Uzbekistan

In Uzbekistan, as part of the “Yashil Makon” project, it is planned to plant more than 200 million tree and shrub seedlings

On November 23, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev planted a tree in a new garden being created within the framework of the nationwide project “Yashil Makon”. Ecology has become the most urgent problem in our century. Air and water pollution, land degradation, desertification, global warming damage the natural balance and human health. Our country has realized the

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November 27, 2024
Kazakhstan

Landfills are growing, waste is hardly recycled. How Kazakhstani eco-entrepreneurs are fighting indifference

Landfills are growing, waste is hardly recycled. How Kazakhstani eco-entrepreneurs are fighting indifference   Almaty entrepreneur Bekezhan Kairgaliev, founder of a farm for breeding “black lion flies” Environmentally hazardous landfills are still the norm in Kazakhstan, one of the richest countries in Central Asia. In Almaty, the country’s largest city, activists and eco-entrepreneurs are doing

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November 26, 2024
Uzbekistan

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed declaring 2025 the Year of Environmental Protection and the Green Economy

Photo: Presidential Press Service The President proposed declaring 2025 the Year of Environmental Protection and the Green Economy During his speech in the Legislative Chamber, the President proposed declaring 2025 the Year of Environmental Protection and Green Economy in Uzbekistan. The government will develop a state program aimed at fulfilling the key tasks outlined in

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November 20, 2024
Global News

AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that

There are high hopes that artificial intelligence (AI) can help tackle some of the world’s biggest environmental emergencies. Among other things, the technology is already being used to map the destructive dredging of sand and chart emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. But when it comes to the environment, there is a negative side to the explosion of

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November 18, 2024

 Integrating “Green Chemistry” into the Regulatory Framework of European Chemicals Policy

Integrating “Green Chemistry” into the Regulatory Framework of European Chemicals Policy – Study on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, 2019   Integrating “Green Chemistry” into the Regulatory Framework of European Chemicals Policy Study on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism Sonderforschungsgruppe interdisziplinäre Institutionenanalyse e.V. (sofia) an

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November 14, 2024
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