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UNEA-5 ends with clear message: act now to tackle planetary crises

UNEA-5 ends with clear message: act now to tackle planetary crises Photo: UNEP / 24 Feb 2021 The virtual Participants were left in no doubt that 2021 marks a critical turning point if the world wants to secure a future where people and planet can thrive together. UNEP’s Executive Director Inger Andersen described the cost of inaction “Unless we take action, future generations stand to inherit a hothouse planet with more carbon in the atmosphere than in 800,000 years. Unless we take action, future generations will live in sinking cities. From Basra to Lagos. From Mumbai to Houston. Unless we take action, future generations will be lucky if they can spot a black rhino. And unless we take action, future generations will have to live with our toxic waste – which every year is enough to fill 125,000 Olympic size swimming pools,” she said.

Public-private partnerships could play key role in combatting deforestation

Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino / 23 Feb 2021 The backed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners, catalyses public and private funds to combat deforestation, with the goal to cut annual emissions by 1 gigaton by 2025. As environmental leaders and change makers meet virtually for the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)  in February 2021, the issue of deforestation has been central to their discussions.   “It is fundamental in the fight against the environmental emergency that faces us.” Forests and woodlands are important stores of planet-warming carbon dioxide, soaking up 30 per cent of emissions from industry and fossil fuels. Their role in capturing and storing carbon is critical to mitigating the risks that climate change poses to the world’s food systems.

Q&A: UN Environment Assembly Kicks Off With a Call for the World to Make Peace With Nature

IPS interviews JOYCE MSUYA, the Deputy Executive Director for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), to find out what to expect for the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) Joyce Msuya, the Deputy Executive Director for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), says environmental issues are development issues and therefore are everybody’s issues. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS NAIROBI, Feb 22 2021 (IPS) - Its time for the world to radically change our ways if we are to make peace with the planet and create the environmental conditions so that all of humanity can thrive, delegates attending the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) heard this morning.

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