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• Government of Karnataka, India, endorses Shell Foundation Campaign on Indoor Air Pollution

• UN Secretary-General calls for more ambitious targets as G8 Summit ends

• G8 leaders agree to global warming goals

• Five UN Heads of Agencies Seal the Deal!

• Environmental Leaders Commit to Renewed Green Governance

• US House of Representatives passes the Climate Change Bill; President Obama encourages Senate to follow suit

• President Barack Obama set to push healthcare and energy reform

• Car makers fight EU ban on climate change chemicals

• Europe to offer China, India help in burying CO2 emissions

• Nuclear nations rush to lock in uranium deals

• U.N. seeks to avert half of natural disaster deaths

• UN, AFP and Olympus launch Africa photo contest

• Alaska polar bear numbers declining: U.S. agency

• G-8 Countries to cut Greenhouse gases emission by half by 2050

• Abandon fossil fuels and adopt renewable energy for electricity supply within the next decade - Al Gore tells US

• UN Environment Programme received 20 percent of the 2007 "UN21 Awards"

• Hazardous waste Management and Transboundary Movement - Cote d'Ivoire and African regions

• African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) - 12th Session - June 7-12, 2008

• Tierramérica and ENDA awarded Zayed Prize for Environment

• Forging African Strategies on Climate Change Adaptation

• Environmental Change Re-Draws Atlas of Africa

• ARAL SEA PROBLEMS WILL ONLY BE FIXED BY REGIONAL COOPERATION,

• AFRICA’S EFFORTS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE RECEIVE $92 MILLION BOOST

• Billion Tree Campaign grows to Seven Billion Tree Campaign

• World Migratory Bird Day on May 10-11, 2008

• Marshall Islands Acceded to Five UN Treaties on Marine Pollution and Safety

• Conference on Biological Diversity to be Held in Bonn, Germany

• Myanmar cyclone - death toll could reach 100,000

• Al Gore attributes Myanmar Cyclone to Global Warming

• Clean air could kill the Amazon, researchers say

• Winners of UNEP Champions of the Earth Awards 2008 Call for Urgent Action on Climate Change

• Forging African Strategies on Climate Change Adaptation

• Environmental Change Re-Draws Atlas of Africa

• ARAL SEA PROBLEMS WILL ONLY BE FIXED BY REGIONAL COOPERATION,

• AFRICA’S EFFORTS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE RECEIVE $92 MILLION BOOST

• Billion Tree Campaign grows to Seven Billion Tree Campaign

• World Migratory Bird Day on May 10-11, 2008

• Marshall Islands Acceded to Five UN Treaties on Marine Pollution and Safety

• Conference on Biological Diversity to be Held in Bonn, Germany

• Myanmar cyclone - death toll could reach 100,000

• Al Gore attributes Myanmar Cyclone to Global Warming

• Clean air could kill the Amazon, researchers say

• Winners of UNEP Champions of the Earth Awards 2008 Call for Urgent Action on Climate Change

• UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize for 2008 Open for Nominations

• UNEP GC/GMEF Forum on Mobilizing Finance for the Climate Change

• Ozone Depleting HCFCs: Pact to help developing nations signed between UNEP and Sweden

• Mercury Pollution: Global Agreement  required

• Biodiesel: New Scientific Panel on Sustainable Resource Management set up

• UNEP to assess 300 oil polluted sites in Nigeria

• France to ban genetically modified crops and lightbulbs?

• Green Energy from Tea and Sugar

• International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) launched by leaders of over 15 countries

• Ms Angela Cropper named Deputy Executive Director for UN Environment Programme

• Climate Change, Species extinction and Food shortage - Earth's tougher problems persist - UNEP report says

• Al Gore and IPCC Shared Nobel Peace Prize

• 2007 UNEP Sasakawa Prize awarded to projects from South Africa and Bangladesh.

• UNFCCC/UNEP launch CDM Bazaar

• UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Awards won by projects from Brazil, South Africa and Zimbabwe

• Tunza International Youth Conference - International Youth Advisory Council elected

• World Environment Day 2008 - Kick the Habit

• Foiling the Use of Harmful Chemicals in Anti-Fouling Ship Paints  

• UN study proposes new guidelines for corporate reporting on environment, labour rights

• Rising tide of sewage threatens world’s oceans, endangering human health, wildlife

• Antarctic ozone hole is worst ever recorded, UN reports

• UN health agency proposes dramatic cut in air pollution, saving countless lives

• Secretary-General calls for renewed efforts to restore ozone layer

• Deadly toxic waste dumping in Côte d’Ivoire clearly a crime – UN environmental agency

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