FORUM: Protecting the environment is essential to preserving peace. International Day for Preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict 2021.
Statement by the U.N.Secretary-General on the International Day for Preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict 2021; November 6th.
The climate crisis is a peace and security crisis. It intensifies conflict over natural resources, inflating food prices and increasing geopolitical tensions.
Today, around one in every five people is living in an area affected by fragility, conflict or violence. The assault on our planet is driving instability, displacement and confrontation, and making our quest for peace ever more difficult.
Protecting the environment is essential to preserving peace.
On the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, we recognize the environment as yet another victim of war. Crops are torched, water wells polluted, and soils poisoned to gain short-term military advantages, with devastating consequences that can last decades.
Protecting the environment is integral to conflict prevention, peacebuilding and sustainable development, because there can be no durable peace if the natural resources that sustain livelihoods and ecosystems are destroyed.
The time for climate action is now. Negotiators at the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow must show ambition and solidarity to save our future.
António Guterres. U.N. Secretary-General.
On behalf of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, and in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme, Jan-Gustav Strandenaes will explore how the two UNEA meetings are connected, and in doing so consider UNEA in the context of the nearly 50 years that have passed since the founding of UNEP in 1972. In addition, the session will discuss the two commemorative events due to take place next year, UNEP@50 and Stockholm+50.
Stakeholder Forum will also announce its Autumn 2021 series of in-depth capacity-building webinars for each of the six UNEP Regions, aimed at preparing Major Groups and other Stakeholders to effectively engage with and participate in UNEA 5.2. We look forward to your participation.
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