Building debris may take US$647 million and 15 years to clean up. Around 800,000 tons might qualify as hazardous waste.
The unprecedented scale and intensity of Israel's military offensive in Gaza is causing rapidly escalating environmental damage that risks inflicting "irreversible" harm to its natural ecosystems and public health.
The U.N. Environment Program's preliminary assessment on Tuesday, conducted at the request of Palestine, paints a devastating picture of Gaza on the brink of catastrophe after eight months of relentless bombardment.
Three days of talks in Rome ended with nations agreeing to support a $200 billion a year global plan to protect nature.
People living in drylands doubled to 2.3 billion, more than a quarter of the world population, in the past three decades.
Nations for plastic production limits and oil-rich producers deadlocked in the hours before the talks were set to expire.
Negotiators are meeting in Busan, South Korea to conclude the world's first legally binding plastic waste treaty.
Experts agreed science and diplomacy need to evolve to build trust, solve problems, and promote national interests.
The spike in the world’s deadliest infectious disease comes as officials warn global aid cuts could lead to a resurgence.
More than 275,000 glaciers cover 700,000 square kilometers of the planet. Glaciers and ice sheets store 70% of all freshwater.
From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
