News
Site News
World Oceans Day, 8 June 2019
Message from the Coordinator of UN Environment / MAP, Gaetano Leone.
Holding our breath for a breakthrough in the Mediterranean
There is a widely held perception that land-based human activities are the only cause of air quality degradation. In the public’s perception, industrial plants and automobile exhaust pipes spewing black smoke are associated with air pollution, not ships. Yet, vessels carry today an estimated 80 per cent of all goods traded in the world. In 2017, the global maritime transport fleet grew by 3.15 per cent in terms of deadweight tonnage and by 2.47 per cent in terms of number of vessels (compared to 2016). Maritime transport is the backbone of international trade and an important source of pollution with adverse impacts on human health and ecosystems.
First meeting of INFO/RAC National Focal Points: Communication as ONE
“Communication as ONE” a new way to communicate in the MAP system. The MAP Operational Communication Strategy presented by INFO/RAC to its National Focal Points in Rome will give a new way to communicate to all the MAP system.
Première réunion des Points Focaux Nationaux du CAR/INFO: Communication as ONE
La «Communication as ONE» est un nouveau moyen de communiquer dans le système du PAM. La stratégie de communication opérationnelle du PAM présentée par INFO / RAC à ses points focaux nationaux à Rome offrira un nouveau moyen de communication à tous les systèm du PAM.
Prix Istanbul de la Ville respectueuse de l’environnement: date limite des candidatures reportée au 18 septembre 2019
A toutes les villes méditerranéennes respectueuses de l’environnement. Le prix sera décerné lors de la 21éme Réunion Ordinaire des Parties contractantes à la Convention de Barcelone qui se tiendra à Naples, en Italie, du 2 au 5 décembre 2019 (COP 21).