Leading Automaker Toyota Motor Europe Joins UNEP's Climate Neutral Network

Nairobi/Brussels, Monday 18 August – Toyota Motor Europe has become the first car manufacturer to join the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), the bold initiative by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

The CN Net, launched in February, is a vast web-based network aiming to federate the growing wave of nations, local authorities, private companies and organizations which are pledging to significantly reduce their emissions or even neutralize them.

Toyota Motor Europe is the European headquarters of the world's largest auto manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation, an acknowledged leader in environmental technologies which has sold more than 1.

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Netherlands Inaugurate New Mobile Laboratory to Support United Nations Environmental Emergency Response

Nairobi/Geneva, 18 August 2008 – An innovative mobile laboratory developed by the Netherlands to support international response to environmental emergencies was officially inaugurated by the Ministers of Environment and Development Cooperation in The Hague today.

The modular unit, known as the Environmental Assessment Module (EAM), can be rapidly deployed for disasters involving hazardous substances, together with the relevant technical expertise and two fully-equipped off-road vehicles.

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