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International Mother Earth Day is an opportunity to reflect on how humanity has treated the planet, and let's face it: we have been poor stewards. And while a steady stream of IPCC reports have painted a legitimately worrying picture, hope must not be lost as the UN works for the environment.
There are more innovative ideas for serious climate action than ever before and around the world, people are creating solutions to help repair the damage that has been done to our fragile home.
Situation: Emergency
According to News UN , Earth faces a "triple planetary crisis": climate disruption, loss of nature and biodiversity, as well as pollution and waste.
This triple crisis threatens the well-being and Chinese American Phone Number List survival of millions of people around the world. The building blocks of a happy and healthy life – clean water, fresh air, a stable and predictable climate – are in disarray, endangering the SDGs.
António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN.
The good news is that something can still be done, as António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), highlights since 50 years ago, leaders met in Stockholm for the crucial United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, launching a global movement.
Since then, we have seen what is possible when we act together. We have reduced the hole in the ozone layer, expanded the protection of fauna and ecosystems. We have ended the use of leaded fuels, preventing millions of premature deaths.
And just last month, we launched an unprecedented global effort to prevent and end plastic pollution.
António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN.
un work for the environment secretary
But the positive developments have not stopped there, the newly recognized right to a healthy environment is gaining support and young people are more committed than ever to the fight to address the environmental crisis.
We have shown that, together, we can face monumental challenges.
António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN.
Learn how the UN works for the environment
Of course, we must do much more—and faster—to protect our environment, however, we must also highlight what is being achieved. We present five projects that are being carried out around the world and that have as an objective to repair the damage we have caused.
These solutions are some of the founding initiatives of the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, a rallying cry to heal our planet, which aims to prevent, stop and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on all continents and oceans.
Turn coal mines into carbon sinks
In Appalachia, a geographic and cultural region of the eastern United States—including Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia—the NGO Green Forests Work (GFW) is restoring forests on lands affected by surface mining projects. coal.
This type of extraction is used when the coal is less than 60 meters underground. In this technique, large machines remove the top layer of soil and rock, exposing the veins. Miners can also blow up mountain tops and remove them to access deposits.
Once exploitation has ended, what was previously a forest usually becomes grasslands often composed of non-native species. This means, of course, the loss of large areas of forested areas and the displacement and even loss of flora and fauna.
There are more innovative ideas for serious climate action than ever before and around the world, people are creating solutions to help repair the damage that has been done to our fragile home.
Situation: Emergency
According to News UN , Earth faces a "triple planetary crisis": climate disruption, loss of nature and biodiversity, as well as pollution and waste.
This triple crisis threatens the well-being and Chinese American Phone Number List survival of millions of people around the world. The building blocks of a happy and healthy life – clean water, fresh air, a stable and predictable climate – are in disarray, endangering the SDGs.
António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN.
The good news is that something can still be done, as António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), highlights since 50 years ago, leaders met in Stockholm for the crucial United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, launching a global movement.
Since then, we have seen what is possible when we act together. We have reduced the hole in the ozone layer, expanded the protection of fauna and ecosystems. We have ended the use of leaded fuels, preventing millions of premature deaths.
And just last month, we launched an unprecedented global effort to prevent and end plastic pollution.
António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN.
un work for the environment secretary
But the positive developments have not stopped there, the newly recognized right to a healthy environment is gaining support and young people are more committed than ever to the fight to address the environmental crisis.
We have shown that, together, we can face monumental challenges.
António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN.
Learn how the UN works for the environment
Of course, we must do much more—and faster—to protect our environment, however, we must also highlight what is being achieved. We present five projects that are being carried out around the world and that have as an objective to repair the damage we have caused.
These solutions are some of the founding initiatives of the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, a rallying cry to heal our planet, which aims to prevent, stop and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on all continents and oceans.
Turn coal mines into carbon sinks
In Appalachia, a geographic and cultural region of the eastern United States—including Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia—the NGO Green Forests Work (GFW) is restoring forests on lands affected by surface mining projects. coal.
This type of extraction is used when the coal is less than 60 meters underground. In this technique, large machines remove the top layer of soil and rock, exposing the veins. Miners can also blow up mountain tops and remove them to access deposits.
Once exploitation has ended, what was previously a forest usually becomes grasslands often composed of non-native species. This means, of course, the loss of large areas of forested areas and the displacement and even loss of flora and fauna.
