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  The United Nations General Assembly has declared the years 2021 through 2030 the  UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration . Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations together with the support of partners, it is designed to prevent, halt, and reverse the loss and degradation of ecosystems worldwide. It aims at reviving billions of hectares, covering terrestrial as well as aquatic ecosystems. A global call to action, the UN Decade draws together political support, scientific research, and financial muscle to massively scale up restoration. https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/unep-sounds-alarm-air-quality-kyrgyz-capital

  The Joint Centre of the World Meteorological Organization and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, OceanOPS, is launching the Odyssey Project endorsed by the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The Odyssey Project will support the Global Ocean Observing System.  OceanOPS is the international hub and centre of excellence that provides vital services in monitoring and coordinating an expanding network of global oceanographic and marine meteorological observing communities, under GOOS. GOOS is the global home of ocean observing expertise. It leads and supports a community of international, regional and national ocean observing programmes, governments, UN agencies, research organizations and individual scientists. Our Core Team of expert panels, networks, alliances and projects supported by a GOOS Office is in touch with ocean observing and forecasting around the world. It is an Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ...

 The United Nations Environmental Assembly is the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment. The UN Environmental Assembly meets once every two years. Assembly was created in June 2012. The Assembly is led by a Bureau and its President. The Bureau is composed of ten Ministers of the Environment for a term of two years, and follows geographical rotations.  The Assembly is the governing body of the UN Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the successor of its Governing Council, which was composed of 58 member States. The UN Environment Assembly, with a universal membership, is now composed of 193 Member States. The Committee of Permanent Representatives is the inter-sessional intergovernmental body of the Assembly. The Committee is led by  accredited Permanent Representatives  to the UN Environment Programme, which account for 118 members. The Committee of Permanent Representatives was formally established as a subsidiary organ of the Governing...

  Microplastics are tiny plastic particles up to 5mm in diameter. Their concentration is increasing day by day in oceans.  When ingested by marine life such as birds, fish, mammals and plants, microplastics have both toxic and mechanical effects, leading to issues including reduced food intake, suffocation, behavioral changes and genetic alteration.  In addition to entering the food chain through seafood, people can inhale microplastics from the air, ingest them from water and absorb them through the skin. Microplastics have been found in various human organs, and even in the placenta of newborn babies. Cigarette filters, Clothing and textiles, Cosmetics are the sources of microplastics. UNEP's Clean Seas campaign is the biggest, most powerful global coalition devoted to ending marine plastic pollution. The Basel Convention is the only global, legally binding instrument that addresses plastic pollution. It regulates the transboundary movement of plastic waste and commits ...

It is the Africa's biggest hydroelectric power project to date. It is constructed by Ethiopia across The River Nile. Nile water is shared between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan. Sudan and Egypt allege that dam will reduce the total water available from Nile. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60451702