(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 21 - 15% of deaths attributable to environmental factors, with over 228 thousand deaths caused by air pollution alone, 730 tons of plastic thrown into the sea every year and biodiversity at risk, in a region that is warming by 20% more faster than the global average. This is the photograph of the conditions of the MareNostrum basin that emerges from the report on the state of the environment and development in the Mediterranean by Unep, the United Nations environmental agency, presented during the European Green Week. If the course is not reversed, is the warning contained in the Unep document, "irreversible damage" is risked.
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