Preventing pollution saves lives and boosts economies.
Cleaner air, safer water, and circular systems can save trillions for the global economy, create millions of jobs, and reduce inequality worldwide.
That’s why it pays to #BeatPollution at its source.
Read more: https://ow.ly/igJm50XowTv
Cleaner air, safer water, and circular systems can save trillions for the global economy, create millions of jobs, and reduce inequality worldwide.
That’s why it pays to #BeatPollution at its source.
Read more: https://ow.ly/igJm50XowTv
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Preventing pollution saves lives and boosts economies.
Cleaner air, safer water, and circular systems can save trillions for the global economy, create millions of jobs, and reduce inequality worldwide.
That’s why it pays to #BeatPollution at its source.
Read more: https://ow.ly/igJm50XowTv
Cleaner air, safer water, and circular systems can save trillions for the global economy, create millions of jobs, and reduce inequality worldwide.
That’s why it pays to #BeatPollution at its source.
Read more: https://ow.ly/igJm50XowTv
A healthy 🌍 would be one where a #WorldCleanupDay is no longer needed and images like this become a thing of the past.
Solutions to #BeatPollution are here: www.unep.org/interactives...
Solutions to #BeatPollution are here: www.unep.org/interactives...
September 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
A healthy 🌍 would be one where a #WorldCleanupDay is no longer needed and images like this become a thing of the past.
Solutions to #BeatPollution are here: www.unep.org/interactives...
Solutions to #BeatPollution are here: www.unep.org/interactives...
Our planet is under pressure: Toxic chemicals. Dirty air. Contaminated water.
These hazards are harming health, ecosystems, and economies, and it’s time to clean them up.
UNEP works with countries to #BeatPollution at its source and build a safer, cleaner future for all: unep.org/spotlight-ch...
These hazards are harming health, ecosystems, and economies, and it’s time to clean them up.
UNEP works with countries to #BeatPollution at its source and build a safer, cleaner future for all: unep.org/spotlight-ch...
September 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Our planet is under pressure: Toxic chemicals. Dirty air. Contaminated water.
These hazards are harming health, ecosystems, and economies, and it’s time to clean them up.
UNEP works with countries to #BeatPollution at its source and build a safer, cleaner future for all: unep.org/spotlight-ch...
These hazards are harming health, ecosystems, and economies, and it’s time to clean them up.
UNEP works with countries to #BeatPollution at its source and build a safer, cleaner future for all: unep.org/spotlight-ch...
A 245-foot mural titled “Stand Tall” by renowned artist Mr super A, curated by Street Art for Mankind, was unveiled earlier this month for #WorldEnvironmentDay.
A powerful reminder of what’s possible when we work together to restore nature and #BeatPollution.
A powerful reminder of what’s possible when we work together to restore nature and #BeatPollution.
June 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A 245-foot mural titled “Stand Tall” by renowned artist Mr super A, curated by Street Art for Mankind, was unveiled earlier this month for #WorldEnvironmentDay.
A powerful reminder of what’s possible when we work together to restore nature and #BeatPollution.
A powerful reminder of what’s possible when we work together to restore nature and #BeatPollution.
New season, new styles, buy more, buy cheap, move on, throw away – the impact of ‘fast fashion’ is polluting land, rivers, seas & the air we breathe.
Consider the environmental footprint before purchasing. Make mindful choices to help #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/beatpollution/
Consider the environmental footprint before purchasing. Make mindful choices to help #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/beatpollution/
January 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
New season, new styles, buy more, buy cheap, move on, throw away – the impact of ‘fast fashion’ is polluting land, rivers, seas & the air we breathe.
Consider the environmental footprint before purchasing. Make mindful choices to help #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/beatpollution/
Consider the environmental footprint before purchasing. Make mindful choices to help #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/beatpollution/
Invisible, toxic… and everywhere.
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) poison air, water, and soil—harming humans and ecosystems.
No border stops these “forever chemicals“.
It’s time to #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/interactives...
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) poison air, water, and soil—harming humans and ecosystems.
No border stops these “forever chemicals“.
It’s time to #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/interactives...
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Invisible, toxic… and everywhere.
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) poison air, water, and soil—harming humans and ecosystems.
No border stops these “forever chemicals“.
It’s time to #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/interactives...
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) poison air, water, and soil—harming humans and ecosystems.
No border stops these “forever chemicals“.
It’s time to #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/interactives...
New season.
New styles.
Buy more.
Buy cheap.
Move on.
Throw away.
The impact of ‘fast fashion’ is polluting land, rivers, seas and the air we breathe.
Consider the environmental footprint before purchasing. By making mindful choices, we can help #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/beatpollution/
New styles.
Buy more.
Buy cheap.
Move on.
Throw away.
The impact of ‘fast fashion’ is polluting land, rivers, seas and the air we breathe.
Consider the environmental footprint before purchasing. By making mindful choices, we can help #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/beatpollution/
August 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
New season.
New styles.
Buy more.
Buy cheap.
Move on.
Throw away.
The impact of ‘fast fashion’ is polluting land, rivers, seas and the air we breathe.
Consider the environmental footprint before purchasing. By making mindful choices, we can help #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/beatpollution/
New styles.
Buy more.
Buy cheap.
Move on.
Throw away.
The impact of ‘fast fashion’ is polluting land, rivers, seas and the air we breathe.
Consider the environmental footprint before purchasing. By making mindful choices, we can help #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/beatpollution/
The race is on for everyone, everywhere to breathe clean air.
On #CleanAirDay my message is simple: the race against air pollution can - and must - be won.
Get it right and we can stop over 8 million premature deaths each year.
Be part of the solution to #BeatPollution: www.cleanairblueskies.org
On #CleanAirDay my message is simple: the race against air pollution can - and must - be won.
Get it right and we can stop over 8 million premature deaths each year.
Be part of the solution to #BeatPollution: www.cleanairblueskies.org
September 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The race is on for everyone, everywhere to breathe clean air.
On #CleanAirDay my message is simple: the race against air pollution can - and must - be won.
Get it right and we can stop over 8 million premature deaths each year.
Be part of the solution to #BeatPollution: www.cleanairblueskies.org
On #CleanAirDay my message is simple: the race against air pollution can - and must - be won.
Get it right and we can stop over 8 million premature deaths each year.
Be part of the solution to #BeatPollution: www.cleanairblueskies.org
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The United States’ Broken Infrastructure Is a #Global Security Threat www.csis.org/analysis/uni...
#StopWar #BeatPollution
The United States’ Broken Infrastructure Is a #Global Security Threat www.csis.org/analysis/uni...
#StopWar #BeatPollution
July 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The United States’ Broken Infrastructure Is a #Global Security Threat www.csis.org/analysis/uni...
#StopWar #BeatPollution
The United States’ Broken Infrastructure Is a #Global Security Threat www.csis.org/analysis/uni...
#StopWar #BeatPollution
"To #BeatPollution, we need ambitious targets, decisive action, and global collaboration among governments, cities, businesses, civil society, and individuals"
and meanwhile the United States cuts all scientific funding
🌍 😱
and meanwhile the United States cuts all scientific funding
🌍 😱
Invisible, toxic… and everywhere.
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) poison air, water, and soil—harming humans and ecosystems.
No border stops these “forever chemicals“.
It’s time to #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/interactives...
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) poison air, water, and soil—harming humans and ecosystems.
No border stops these “forever chemicals“.
It’s time to #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/interactives...
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"To #BeatPollution, we need ambitious targets, decisive action, and global collaboration among governments, cities, businesses, civil society, and individuals"
and meanwhile the United States cuts all scientific funding
🌍 😱
and meanwhile the United States cuts all scientific funding
🌍 😱
Resumed 3rd session of the ad hoc open-ended working group on a Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to #BeatPollution.
🗓 14 - 18 June
📍 Punta del Este, Uruguay
More info and livestream: bit.ly/43XmLe6
🗓 14 - 18 June
📍 Punta del Este, Uruguay
More info and livestream: bit.ly/43XmLe6
June 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Resumed 3rd session of the ad hoc open-ended working group on a Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to #BeatPollution.
🗓 14 - 18 June
📍 Punta del Este, Uruguay
More info and livestream: bit.ly/43XmLe6
🗓 14 - 18 June
📍 Punta del Este, Uruguay
More info and livestream: bit.ly/43XmLe6
La nature ne gaspille rien.
🍂Les feuilles nourrissent le sol
🦌Les excréments d’animaux enrichissent les plantes
🪵Les arbres morts abritent la vie
🪱Les vers transforment les restes en compost
Apprenons d’elle pour #CombattreLaPollution. unep.org/beatpollution/
via @unep.org
🍂Les feuilles nourrissent le sol
🦌Les excréments d’animaux enrichissent les plantes
🪵Les arbres morts abritent la vie
🪱Les vers transforment les restes en compost
Apprenons d’elle pour #CombattreLaPollution. unep.org/beatpollution/
via @unep.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
La nature ne gaspille rien.
🍂Les feuilles nourrissent le sol
🦌Les excréments d’animaux enrichissent les plantes
🪵Les arbres morts abritent la vie
🪱Les vers transforment les restes en compost
Apprenons d’elle pour #CombattreLaPollution. unep.org/beatpollution/
via @unep.org
🍂Les feuilles nourrissent le sol
🦌Les excréments d’animaux enrichissent les plantes
🪵Les arbres morts abritent la vie
🪱Les vers transforment les restes en compost
Apprenons d’elle pour #CombattreLaPollution. unep.org/beatpollution/
via @unep.org
Fashion is resource-heavy: 1 kg of textiles can use 0.5 kg of chemicals, with over 15,000 chemicals used across the supply chain.
With the help of UNEP's InTex programme, small producers are cutting waste, reusing water, & going circular to #BeatPollution.
More: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
With the help of UNEP's InTex programme, small producers are cutting waste, reusing water, & going circular to #BeatPollution.
More: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
July 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Fashion is resource-heavy: 1 kg of textiles can use 0.5 kg of chemicals, with over 15,000 chemicals used across the supply chain.
With the help of UNEP's InTex programme, small producers are cutting waste, reusing water, & going circular to #BeatPollution.
More: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
With the help of UNEP's InTex programme, small producers are cutting waste, reusing water, & going circular to #BeatPollution.
More: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Our oceans face unprecedented challenges. It's time to work to restore oceans & coasts by:
🌊 Protecting and restoring coral reefs & mangroves & other key habitats
🌊 Reducing pressure on them
🌊 #BeatPollution
Join #GenerationRestoration: www.decadeonrestoration.org/types-ecosys... #WorldWaterWeek
🌊 Protecting and restoring coral reefs & mangroves & other key habitats
🌊 Reducing pressure on them
🌊 #BeatPollution
Join #GenerationRestoration: www.decadeonrestoration.org/types-ecosys... #WorldWaterWeek
August 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our oceans face unprecedented challenges. It's time to work to restore oceans & coasts by:
🌊 Protecting and restoring coral reefs & mangroves & other key habitats
🌊 Reducing pressure on them
🌊 #BeatPollution
Join #GenerationRestoration: www.decadeonrestoration.org/types-ecosys... #WorldWaterWeek
🌊 Protecting and restoring coral reefs & mangroves & other key habitats
🌊 Reducing pressure on them
🌊 #BeatPollution
Join #GenerationRestoration: www.decadeonrestoration.org/types-ecosys... #WorldWaterWeek
From air and water to soil, pollution affects us all.
UNEP works with countries to #BeatPollution at its source and build a cleaner, safer future for all.
See how: https://ow.ly/zpVn50XcYcm
UNEP works with countries to #BeatPollution at its source and build a cleaner, safer future for all.
See how: https://ow.ly/zpVn50XcYcm
October 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
From air and water to soil, pollution affects us all.
UNEP works with countries to #BeatPollution at its source and build a cleaner, safer future for all.
See how: https://ow.ly/zpVn50XcYcm
UNEP works with countries to #BeatPollution at its source and build a cleaner, safer future for all.
See how: https://ow.ly/zpVn50XcYcm
176 metric tonnes of mercury could be kept out of the global market thanks to a new UNEP-backed project in Latin America.
By strengthening trade monitoring and enforcement, this initiative helps protect human health, ecosystems, and #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
By strengthening trade monitoring and enforcement, this initiative helps protect human health, ecosystems, and #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
March 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
176 metric tonnes of mercury could be kept out of the global market thanks to a new UNEP-backed project in Latin America.
By strengthening trade monitoring and enforcement, this initiative helps protect human health, ecosystems, and #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
By strengthening trade monitoring and enforcement, this initiative helps protect human health, ecosystems, and #BeatPollution: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Each year, 1.2 million people are killed in road traffic incidents, with pedestrians & cyclists accounting for over 1/4 of these deaths.
Improving pedestrian & cyclist safety not only benefits communities but also helps #BeatPollution.
Via UN News center: news.un.org/en/story/202...
Improving pedestrian & cyclist safety not only benefits communities but also helps #BeatPollution.
Via UN News center: news.un.org/en/story/202...
May 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Each year, 1.2 million people are killed in road traffic incidents, with pedestrians & cyclists accounting for over 1/4 of these deaths.
Improving pedestrian & cyclist safety not only benefits communities but also helps #BeatPollution.
Via UN News center: news.un.org/en/story/202...
Improving pedestrian & cyclist safety not only benefits communities but also helps #BeatPollution.
Via UN News center: news.un.org/en/story/202...
Big step to #BeatPollution!
Countries have just agreed to establish a new global science-policy panel to support the management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution.
The panel will equip countries with the science needed #ForPeopleForPlanet: bit.ly/45z01DE
Countries have just agreed to establish a new global science-policy panel to support the management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution.
The panel will equip countries with the science needed #ForPeopleForPlanet: bit.ly/45z01DE
June 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Big step to #BeatPollution!
Countries have just agreed to establish a new global science-policy panel to support the management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution.
The panel will equip countries with the science needed #ForPeopleForPlanet: bit.ly/45z01DE
Countries have just agreed to establish a new global science-policy panel to support the management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution.
The panel will equip countries with the science needed #ForPeopleForPlanet: bit.ly/45z01DE
This year, decorate your home with Christmas #microplastics... madness! #beatpollution
November 16, 2024 at 7:14 PM
This year, decorate your home with Christmas #microplastics... madness! #beatpollution
Civil society spoke with @unep.org Executive Director @ingerandersen.bsky.social about how to build the links between science and policy to #beatpollution
June 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Civil society spoke with @unep.org Executive Director @ingerandersen.bsky.social about how to build the links between science and policy to #beatpollution
Before you see it and long after you forget it, plastic leaves its mark on nature 🥤♻️👇 #INC5 #BeatPollution
November 21, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Before you see it and long after you forget it, plastic leaves its mark on nature 🥤♻️👇 #INC5 #BeatPollution
Wastewater is a growing threat to health and the environment, but solutions to #BeatPollution exist.
In these floating villages, low-energy wastewater and sanitation solutions are delivering results: cleaner seas, a 65% boost in school attendance, and new green jobs.
www.unep.org/technical-hi...
In these floating villages, low-energy wastewater and sanitation solutions are delivering results: cleaner seas, a 65% boost in school attendance, and new green jobs.
www.unep.org/technical-hi...
July 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Wastewater is a growing threat to health and the environment, but solutions to #BeatPollution exist.
In these floating villages, low-energy wastewater and sanitation solutions are delivering results: cleaner seas, a 65% boost in school attendance, and new green jobs.
www.unep.org/technical-hi...
In these floating villages, low-energy wastewater and sanitation solutions are delivering results: cleaner seas, a 65% boost in school attendance, and new green jobs.
www.unep.org/technical-hi...
Shocking discovery 💔🔬: Microplastics have been found in the atherosclerotic plaques of the heart, highlighting the pervasive impact of pollution on human health. It's a clear sign we need to address plastic pollution urgently.
#BeatPollution #HeartHealth
Find out more: ow.ly/382A50QO793
#BeatPollution #HeartHealth
Find out more: ow.ly/382A50QO793
Microplastic found in atherosclerotic plaques of the heart
Microplastic particles have been found in plaques of atherosclerosis present in cardiac arteries
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March 7, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Shocking discovery 💔🔬: Microplastics have been found in the atherosclerotic plaques of the heart, highlighting the pervasive impact of pollution on human health. It's a clear sign we need to address plastic pollution urgently.
#BeatPollution #HeartHealth
Find out more: ow.ly/382A50QO793
#BeatPollution #HeartHealth
Find out more: ow.ly/382A50QO793
Talks are gaining traction to set up a new global science-policy panel to help #beatpollution.
Details (like voting or consensus decision-making) will make sure the panel can produce robust, credible reports to inform policy.
There is one day left to finish these details.
Details (like voting or consensus decision-making) will make sure the panel can produce robust, credible reports to inform policy.
There is one day left to finish these details.
June 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Talks are gaining traction to set up a new global science-policy panel to help #beatpollution.
Details (like voting or consensus decision-making) will make sure the panel can produce robust, credible reports to inform policy.
There is one day left to finish these details.
Details (like voting or consensus decision-making) will make sure the panel can produce robust, credible reports to inform policy.
There is one day left to finish these details.