Climate Action Cannot Wait in Bosnia and Herzegovina
December 24, 2020 12:45 PM
by Y.Z
A high-level online interactive program “Climate Action Cannot Wait in Bosnia and Herzegovina” was held in Sarajevo today. The event was organized by the United Nations (UN) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Sweden, and Chile, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology of Republika Srpska, and the Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
Representatives of the UN, UNDP and embassies of partner countries emphasized that the event is being organized in light of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and that there is no time to wait when it comes to meeting its set targets. Ingrid Macdonald, UN Resident Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reminded everyone of the recent statement of the UN Secretary-General that humanity is in a war against nature and that nature is retaliating stronger and stronger, which is why the decisive task of this generation is to achieve peace with nature. She emphasized that we are at a turning point and that it is of crucial importance that we build a future, which is resistant to climate challenges while the recovery from COVID-19 takes place.