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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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- Introducing the much-anticipated launch of IDEAs: a new guidance report that sets out Important and Desirable Environmental Actions for establishment of 'green' UN offices. 
- Learn about ESCAP's Waste Management Strategy which has resulted in 71% of waste recycled in 2020, starting from 24% back in 2017 (baseline year). 
- UNISFA (United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei) ensures that every staff/ TCC member is aware of how environmental concerns are addressed and incorporated into all daily operations and…
- 12 UN teams in Bangkok took part in the ecosystem restoration quiz contest to celebrate World Environment Day (WED) as a one-UN family on 4 June 2021.
- During 2020, FAOPK designed creative solutions to the environmental problems they experienced daily, namely the reliance on diesel generators for electricity, and the absence of a local waste management infrastructure, paving the way for…
- UNHCR addressed the environmental impact associated with refugee settlements in Melkadida.