Colombo Declaration
At a time when the world grapples with the menace of air pollution killing 7 million people prematurely every year, Sri Lanka, with support from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), convened a two-day event at which member states came together to adopt the “Colombo Declaration” with an ambition to halve nitrogen waste by 2030.
Highlights of Colombo Declaration
- The Colombo Declaration has been developed with the technical support of the International Nitrogen Management System (INMS), a joint activity of the UNEP and the International Nitrogen Initiative supported by the Global Environment Facility.
- As part of the Declaration, environment ministers and officials ....
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