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UN drive turns to Internet to reach goal of 7 billion new trees

12 May 2009
Ahead of World Environment Day, celebrated globally on 5 June, the United Nations today announced an ambitious tree-planting target in a bid to push governments into reaching agreement on a climate change pact in Copenhagen this December.
The Republic of Maldives, one of the countries most affected by climate change

Maldives joins UN emissions scheme in drive to be first carbon neutral country

5 May 2009
The Maldives, one of the countries most affected by climate change, has joined a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) initiative which promotes the global transition to low-carbon economies and societies.
Coral reefs are in danger from climate changes and ocean acidification.

Latest round of UN talks on pact to combat global warming wraps up in Bonn

8 April 2009
The latest round of United Nations talks aimed at reaching an ambitious new treaty on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions wrapped up today in Bonn, Germany, having achieved what the world body’s top climate change official called “important” progress.

Billion tree campaign grows past 3 billion mark, says UN agency

30 March 2009
An effort to fight climate change through reforestation, seeded at the grassroots level, has now blossomed into a woodland of over 3 billion trees, with the confirmation that over 300 million were planted in Turkey in 2008, the United Nations announced today.

Leading scientists at UN forum call for action to halt rising acidity in world’s oceans

30 January 2009
Greenhouse gases are putting the world’s oceans at risk of becoming too acidic to support coral reefs and marine life, warned over 150 scientists who today called on governments to take immediate action to sharply reduce carbon dioxide emissions in a declaration drafted as a result of a United Nations conference.

‘Green’ stimulus plans by Japan and Republic of Korea hailed by UN environment chief

9 January 2009
The announcement that Japan and the Republic of Korea will invest billions of dollars in environmentally smart projects to create jobs and spur economic growth is the latest sign that the Green New Deal advocated by the United Nations is gaining momentum, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said today.