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World risks new pandemics, warns UN Environment Assembly

World risks new pandemics, warns UN Environment Assembly ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Feb 24 2021 7:36 IST | ​ 0 Views World risks new pandemics, warns UN Environment Assembly. Image Source: IANS News Nairobi, Feb 24 : Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 150 nations concluded a two-day online meeting of the Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in which the Assembly warned that the world risks new pandemics if we don t change how we safeguard nature . The UN Environment Assembly meets biennially to set priorities for global environmental policies and develop international environmental law; decisions and resolutions then taken by member states at the assembly also define the work of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

The Global Insecurity of Climate Change

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ranks Sudan as one of the world’s most vulnerable countries when it comes to climate change. Increased frequency of droughts and high rainfall variability over decades has stressed Sudan’s rainfed agriculture and pastoralist livelihoods, which are the dominant means of living in rural areas like north Dafur. “In a situation of resources degradation, hunger, poverty and uncontrolled climate migration will [mean] conflict is an inevitable result,” Elsaim said, adding that climate-related emergencies resulted in major disruptions to healthcare and livelihoods and that climate-related migration increased the risk of gender-based violence.

Environmental crisis can spur more lethal future pandemics, warns UN

It is increasingly evident that environmental crises are part of the journey ahead. Ministers of environment and leaders from more than 150 nations across the world concluded a two-day online meeting of the Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5). In the meeting, the Assembly warned that the world is at risk of new pandemics “if we don’t change how we safeguard nature”. The UN Environment Assembly meets biennially to set priorities for global environmental policies and develop international environmental law; decisions and resolutions then taken by member states at the assembly also define the work of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the member states agreed on a two-step approach to UNEA-5: an online session that concluded on Tuesday and an in-person meeting planned for February 2022. The meet was attended by thousands of online participants. This included more than 1,500 delegates from 153 UN member states and more than 60 minist

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