Achim Steiner

Achim Steiner

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  Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls

  A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter ... 

• UN predicts boom in trade of 'green' products

  The U.N.'s environment agency says the global market for low-carbon and environment-friendly goods and services is projected to almost triple to $2. 

• More than 140 nations adopt treaty to cut mercury

  A new and legally binding international treaty to reduce harmful emissions of mercury was adopted Saturday by more than 140 nations, capping four ... 

• UN finds rising mercury emissions, need for treaty

  Mercury pollution in the top layer of the world's oceans has doubled in the past century, part of a man-made problem that will require international ...