Tag: UN
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Seedling and OK Compost Assessment by UN
UN Environment Programme Makes a terrible assessment about Seedling and OK Compost certifications. It’s time to change the strategy. We need a leader and good shepherd that will unite the pack instead of dividing the bioplastics industry. Let us know how we can help! Please share your ideas with Bioplastics News
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LyondellBasell Joins UN Global Compact
LyondellBasell joins the United Nations Global Compact
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Chemical Industry Joins #TakeTheBall Initiative
#TakeTheBall is a social media initiative to highlight your commitment to the UN SDG Goals
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Biobased Sector Contribution to UN SDG
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) has commissioned guidance produced by the Institute of European Environmental Policy (IEEP) enabling the bio-based industries to better measure how bio-based projects contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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1.5 C° Will be Reached in 2024
Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5 C warming limit by 2024, major new report says.
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Australian PM Calls For Global Plastic Policy at UN
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is pushing for a new commercial model for global recycling in a call at the United Nations that also urges more action to clean up the world’s oceans.
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Greta Thunberg Speech at UN
Speech given by Greta Thunberg at the Assembly General of the UN, 4 minutes long.
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UN Launches The Lazy Person Guide To Saving The World
The Sustainable Development Goals are important, world-changing objectives that will require cooperation among governments, international organizations and world leaders. It seems impossible that the average person can make an impact. Should you just give up? No! Change starts with you. Seriously. Every human on earth—even the most indifferent, laziest person among us—is part of the…
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Wrecking the World, Says U.N. Chief
Subsidies that promote the use of fossil fuels are helping “to destroy the world”, and are a bad way to deploy taxpayers’ money, the head of the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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Bioplastics Awarded by UN Environment
A team of three university students from Lebanon emerged first at the Innovate Green Competition organized by the UN Environment West Asia Office for coming up with a bio-based material that could replace petroleum-based plastic materials.
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UN Report “Exploring Alternative Materials to Reduce Plastic Pollution” is available
The UN Environment report assesses the potential of replacing certain conventional plastics applications with alternative materials.
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