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Media Contacts Press Releases In Focus Speeches Photos Multimedia RSS / Podcasts Posters E-Cards Search News This Month Last Week Last Month All Phase out of Hazardous Chemicals in the Mediterranean by 2019 Athens, 16th June 2010 - Mediterranean countries adopted new concrete measures and mandatory timelines to limit the impact of dangerous chemicals and pesticides originating from industrial and agricultural activities on the marine environment in the region. Mandatory measures to phase out hazardous chemicals entered into force, Wednesday, under the Barcelona Convention and the Mediterranean Action Plan. Targeted chemicals include those found in waste water, a series of persistent organic pollutants used as pesticides (Aldrin, Chlordane, Dieldrin, Endrin, Heptachlor, Mirex, Toxaphene), as well as DDT and its stockpiles. >> full release FIFA 2010 Green Goal: Major Initiative to Green the FIFA World Cup Kicks Off Johannesburg (South Africa), 8 June 2010 - Three days before the kick-off of one of the greatest global sport events on the planet – the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa – a major initiative to green the World Cup and help reduce carbon emissions was launched in Johannesburg, Tuesday. The initiative is a result of a partnership between the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). >> full release Green Kick Off for Laikipia & Beyond Unity Football Cup in Kenya Breakthrough in International Year of Biodiversity: Green Light to New Gold Standard Science Policy Body World Oceans Day Our oceans: opportunities and challenges LG Display and client firms to take part in UNEP Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign City of Genoa marks World Environment Day with climate neutral commitment Solar Power for Schoolchildren and US$85,000 for Gorilla Conservation Among Lasting Legacy of World Environment Day in Rwanda