| Press Release ENV/DEV/751 UNEP/197 |
LEAD ADDITIVES FOR GASOLINE, DEADLY PESTICIDE TARGETED FOR TRADE WATCH LIST
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release ENV/DEV/750 UNEP/195 |
NEW GLOBAL AWARD SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURS IN ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT
LAUNCHED IN MUMBAI AND DAVOS
(Reissued as received)
MUMBAI/DAVOS, 21 January (UNEP) -- In India, a network of women slum dwellers is collaborating with United Kingdom engineers and a French water company to improve water delivery in their communities.
| Press Release ENV/DEV/749 |
BAHAMAS MEETING (26-30 JANUARY) TO DEVELOP COMMON PLATFORM
FOR SMALL ISLAND STATES WORLDWIDE
| Press Release UNEP/193 |
WORLD EXPERTS WILL MEET IN NAIROBI TO HELP UNITED NATIONS BOOST CAPABILITIES
IN EARLY WARNING, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
NAIROBI, 9 January (UNEP) -- Links between global warming and heavy metal pollution, soil microbes and bumper crop yields and the degree to which a degraded environment can trigger political instability are likely to be among the pressing issues facing scientists trying to unravel the fate of planet Earth.
| Press Release UNEP/194 |
SOLAR POWER GIFT BRINGS RAY OF SUNSHINE TO INDIA’S RURAL POOR
MANGALORE (India)/ BASEL (Switzerland), 9 January (UNEP) -- Poor families in India are being given a New Year renewable energy lifeline as a result of a donation by one of the world’s leading solar power companies.
| Press Release ENV/DEV/748 L/T/4381 |
PROTOCOL ON HEAVY METALS ENTERS INTO FORCE, NEW WORK
ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS AGREED
(Reissued as received)
GENEVA, 23 December -- The 19 new Parties to the Protocol on Heavy Metals are to celebrate its entry into force next Monday, 29 December.
| Press Release ENV/DEV/746 L/T/4380 |
MILAN CONFERENCE CONCLUDES AS MINISTERS CALL FOR URGENT,
COORDINATED ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release UNEP/192 |
WEATHER-RELATED NATURAL DISASTERS IN 2003 COST WORLD BILLIONS; UNEP BACKS
EMISSIONS TRADING AS KEY WEAPON AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
(Reissued as received.)
MILAN/NAIROBI, 10 December (UNEP) -- Natural disasters, the lion's share of which were weather-related catastrophes, cost the world over $60 billion in 2003, up from around $55 billion the year before.
| Press Release ENV/DEV/744 |
meeting TO showcase importance of PreservING traditional knowledge
of indigenous, local communities
(Reissued as received.)
MONTREAL, 3 December -- On the morning of 8 December, at 9:30, a traditional Mohawk ceremony will signal the opening of a United Nations meeting focusing on the preservation, maintenance and promotion of the traditional knowledge of indigenous and local communities.
| Press Release UNEP/191 |
MANY SKI RESORTS HEADING DOWNHILL AS RESULT OF GLOBAL WARMING
Fifth World Conference on Sport and Environment in Turin, 2-3 December
TURIN/NAIROBI, 2 December (UNEP) -- Many low-altitude ski resorts face economic hardship, and even ruin, as a result of global warming, a new study launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) concludes.
