香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Director General鈥檚 open letter to Members ahead of UNEA5.2
Dear 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Members,
With the pandemic still affecting daily lives around the world, the year begins with international gatherings of importance to our Union and its mission.
The resumed meeting of the (UNEA 5.2) will start again next week under the theme of ; a theme that highlights the pivotal role nature plays in our lives and in social, economic and environmental sustainable development. Immediately after, the Assembly will hold a special session to commemorate the听. Linked to and following from UNEP@50, in June, Sweden will host a high-level political meeting in Stockholm to mark the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm+50). 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 will play an active role in them all.
It is my pleasure to inform you that I will be in Nairobi attending UNEA5.2 and the UNEP@50 commemorations; an 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 delegation will also follow the discussions remotely. Among other sessions, during the Assembly I will join the Multi-stakeholder Dialogue to address Building back greener: International environmental protection and achieving the SDGs in the context of COVID-19 and UNEP@50鈥檚 Leadership Dialogue Looking forward: Achieving the 2030 Agenda for people and planet. Both dialogues are opportunities to relay key messages from the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Conservation Congress in Marseille related to a greener and healthier recovery based on the solutions that nature offers, and to emphasise our Union鈥檚 vision for the period to 2030 and beyond.
Our delegation will continue to follow the discussions, including those linked to the UNEA Resolutions, around the broad themes of: marine and plastic pollution; Nature-based Solutions; ensuring safe chemicals management; green recovery and circular economy; strengthening environmental law; deploying rights-based approaches for enhanced global environmental governance. 听
In particular, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 strongly endorses the draft Resolution on Nature-based Solutions for supporting sustainable development proposed by the European Union, and supported by Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia and Pakistan. The definition of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) included in this draft is widely recognised and used globally by actors including governments, scientists, civil society and private sector organisations. Indeed, it is this definition that was formally adopted by 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 over 1,400 Members at the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Congress in Hawaii, USA in 2016. It was also used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in their .
NbS have a critical role to play in addressing societal challenges and in supporting sustainable development. Therefore, I urge all 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Members, and especially our State Members, to fully support the adoption of this important Resolution by the United Nations Environment Assembly.
This will give confidence to the many State and non-State actors who are already applying NbS at scale, while improving the accountability and oversight of its use by State Parties. On our part, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 stands ready to support the high-quality implementation of NbS, including through the application of the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Global Standard for NbS, as also called for by the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Congress in Marseille. The Global Standard, which is compatible with the ISEAL Alliance Code of Good Practice, provides the necessary focus on achieving impact at scale, preventing misuse, and the safeguards necessary to verify which interventions can be considered NbS.听
Sincerely,
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Dr Bruno Oberle
Director General