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On the rooftop of IFAD’s HQ in Rome, two beehives are doing more than making honey — they’re helping monitor urban air quality. By analyzing the honey for pollutants through the University of Tor Vergata in Rome, and comparing it with filtered indoor air, IFAD turns its bees into bioindicators. Supported by a pollinator garden below, the project links biodiversity, research, and climate…

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- Since spring 2020, a vegetable and biodiversity garden is flourishing at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris, France.
- The strategy includes a target of 45% reduction of GHG emissions in the absolute amount by 2030, compared to 2018.
- The bees will pollinate local plants, produce honny to be enjoyed by ITC staff, and be instrumental for staff awareness purposes.
- This indicates alignment with the commitments in the UN Sustainability Strategy 2020-2030, Phase I: Environmental Sustainability in the Area of Management to “Optimize electricity consumption in facilities” and “Switch to renewable…
- By 2020, more than 80% of the windows at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy have been replaced. This follows from a years-long committed effort, starting in 2011, to replace all office windows at headquarters. Today, positive benefits are…
- UNEP, in collaboration with hundreds of UN personnel from across the UN System, annually collects and analyses information provided by entities on their environmental impacts and publishes this data and case studies in the Greening the…