CAMLR Convention | UNEP - UN Environment Programme
May 28, 2024 · Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources A. Overview Antarctica is surrounded by an unbroken and dynamic body of water known as the …
State of the marine environment in Antarctica - UNEP
Sep 18, 1990 · State of the marine environment in Antarctica 18 September 1990 Human activities have had a major effect on the balance of the Antarctic marine ecosystem, this can …
Ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming
NAIROBI, 9 January 2023 – The ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, with the global phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals already benefitting efforts to mitigate climate …
About the United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP
Mar 28, 2025 · The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global authority on the environment. UNEP’s mission is to inspire, inform, and enable nations and …
Rebuilding the ozone layer: how the world came together for the …
Sep 15, 2021 · At that time, they didn’t know the scale of the problem. But in 1985, a hole was confirmed in the ozone layer over Antarctica. The world’s natural sun shield, which protects …
Record heat sends sea ice into retreat, worrying scientists - UNEP
Apr 12, 2022 · The recent collapse of a 1,100km 2 ice shelf in Antarctica came at a time of record high temperatures and is a symptom of a planet in climate crisis, experts say. The Conger ice …
Could microbes, locked in Arctic ice for millennia, unleash a
Jan 7, 2025 · In the unusually hot summer of 2016, a bacterium that causes anthrax killed more than 2,500 reindeer in Siberia’s remote Yamal Peninsula, according to one study. Normally …
North America | UNEP - UN Environment Programme
Apr 10, 2025 · UNEP’s North America Office works to spur collective action in the U.S. and Canada to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, …
An open invitation from UN Environment Patron of Oceans, Lewis …
Jun 25, 2018 · Lewis Pugh, UN Environment’s Patron of the Oceans is the personification of inspiration. To raise awareness about the state of our oceans, Pugh has been swimming in the …
Polar Research Program | Global Mercury Partnership - UNEP
2 days ago · As part of the Italian Polar Research Programme (PNRA) Italy performed (2012-2014) an intensive campaigns in Ny-Alesund on the Svalbard Islands at the Italian research …