Environmental issues and sustainable development


ENV/DEV/525
11 October 1999


Press Release
ENV/DEV/525


TALKS SCHEDULED IN BONN TO BUILD GLOBAL CONSENSUS FOR POST-2000 ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

19991011

BONN, 11 October (United Nations Information Service) -- International efforts to tackle the problem of global climate change will continue at a major United Nations conference in Bonn, Germany, from 25 October to 5 November. Some 5,000 participants from 150 countries are expected to attend.

UNEP/47
15 September 1999


Press Release
UNEP/47


UNEP LAUNCHES DEFINITIVE STUDY OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS

19990915

NAIROBI, 15 September (UNEP) - Today, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launches its Global Environment Outlook 2000 (GEO-2000) report -- the most authoritative assessment ever of the environmental crisis facing humanity in the new millennium.