ISSUE 05 May 2014 |
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New Environmentalism Summit and Green Week 2014 | |
On 3 June, the European Commission organized an event that brought together celebrities, former politicians, business leaders, media and other personalities, and some of the world’s leading NGOs to discuss why we haven’t collectively made the necessary breakthroughs and how we might do so in the future. UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner participated with a TEDx-style talk.
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ISSUE 05 May 2014 |
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Environment and Security Initiative sends team of experts to arsenic mining site in Georgia |
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Following an arsenic spill in Tsana, Georgia, a team of experts led by UNEP and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, visited the country from 2 to 6 May, in the framework of the Environment and Security Initiative project "Addressing Emergency Environment and Security Threats at the Arsenic Mining Site in Tsana, Georgia". International and national experts assessed the situation at three locations in the Tsana area, where arsenic containing mining waste is stored.
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