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Paris,14 December 2000 - At a signing ceremony held today in Paris, the French financial institution, Groupe Caisse des dépôts, has become the 175th signatory to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 'Statement by Fin ...

14 December 2000 - Environmental information on the Arctic region is presented in a new interactive map on the Internet. Browse and examine the situation in the far north of the World at the Arctic Environmental Atlas website

8 November 2000, Arendal - Jaqueline Aloisi de Larderel from the UNEP-TIE office in Paris meets with representatives from Norwegian industry and GRID-Arendal.

Geneva/Nairobi, 6 November 2000 - Recognizing the strong need for reform of energy subsidies and sustainable development, the International Energy Agency and UNEP?s Division of Technology, Industry and Economics are jointly conducting a series ...

Bonn, 2 November 2000 - Ministers and diplomats from some 160 governments will meet in the Dutch city of The Hague from 13 - 24 November to accelerate international action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Paris/Nairobi, 31 October 2000 - Representatives of major telecommunications operators and suppliers met on 12-13 October to review progress made in setting up the Global Telecom Initiative under the auspices of the United Nations Environment P ...

Washington DC, 26 October 2000 - With the future of the Kyoto Protocol to be decided in a few weeks time at a major ministerial meeting in The Hague, the United Nations Environment Programme is launching here today a set of user-friendly graphi ...

12 October 2000 - In 1960, the Aral Sea in Central Asia was one of the largest inland water reservoirs in the world. By 2000, the level of the Aral Sea had dropped by more than 15 meters. According to estimates by the Scientific-Information Cen ...

15 September 2000 - An environment report that is considered a benchmark was launched the 15th of September in Bergen, Norway. The launch occurred at the opening of a meeting between ministers and leaders from organizations and agencies from ar ...