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To provide American leadership, diplomacy, and scientific cooperation to conserve and protect the global environment, ocean, health, and space for the prosperity, peace, and security of this and future generations.
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September 9, 2022
A Dire Warning: ‘If you see me, weep’
On the banks of the Elbe River in the Czech Republic there is a new tourist attraction with a dire warning. Europe’s severe drought has exposed more than a dozen boulders, including one inscribed with the words, “Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine.” “If you see me, weep.” Indeed, researchers in 2013 explained that this is […]
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September 23, 2022
Chairs’ Statement on the COVID-19 Global Action Plan (GAP) Ministerial
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September 22, 2022
Leaders in the Americas Must Protect Defenders of the Environment
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