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What IFAD’s Rooftop Bees Are Teaching Us About Indoor Air Quality

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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Leading organisations commit to climate action
- Earlier this week at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 24) in Poland, 15 international organisations jointly announced a commitment to make their operations climate neutral.
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UN Nepal goes solar
- Last week, the United Nations in Nepal took a huge step forwards, towards a future of clean energy, with the installation of a solar-energy system at the UN House in the nation's capital, Kathmandu.
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FAO continues to 'walk the talk' with…
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WFP seeks to improve energy efficiency with its…
- In 2015, WFP Engineering and the Environmental Sustainability Unit jointly developed the Green Box (now a slimmer‚ Green Kit), in collaboration with the WFP Innovation Accelerator in Munich. The kit contains an Energy Survey Form and an…
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Green One UN House in Viet Nam Awarded by the WGBC
- The Green One UN House (GOUNH) in Viet Nam was awarded the Leadership in Sustainable Design & Performance Award in the Institutional Category at the World Green Building Council‚(WorldGBC) biennial Asia Pacific Leadership in Green…
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UNOPS awarded gold for work in sustainable…
- The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) receives the gold level from the world's leading purchasing and supply association for the third time and remains the only UN organization to achieve this honour.
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