Letter from the Executive Director: UNEP in 2020 [Annual Report]

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationCommunications Division
dc.contributor.otherAndersen, Inger
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-28T10:22:47Z
dc.date.available2021-01-28T10:22:47Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionThe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is a passionate advocate for planetary and human health. For almost 50 years, UNEP has delivered science to help the world understand the damage humanity’s carbon- and resource-hungry development path is causing to the planet, human health and economies, and has supported policies and actions to halt and reverse this damage. But in 2020, the planet spoke up for itself. COVID-19 hit hard, claiming lives and magnifying inequalities. Economies are facing deep recessions. For the first time in 30 years, poverty is on the rise while the pandemic is driving the world further off-course from achieving the promise of the 2030 Agenda. Like others before it, this pandemic is linked to the way humanity treats nature as fuel for the economic growth engine. The systemic issues that helped to create this pandemic – particularly unsustainable consumption and production – are the same ones driving the three planetary crises: the climate crisis, the biodiversity and nature crisis, and the pollution and waste crisis. The world continued to heat up in 2020, contributing to wildfires, droughts, floods and ravenous locust swarms. The loss of nature to agriculture, infrastructure and human settlements continues to escalate. Pollution of the air, land and sea is still claiming lives and damaging crucial ecosystems. In December 2020, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres put these issues at the top of the agenda. He said that humanity must make peace with nature, or face problems far more damaging than COVID-19 in the future. Making peace with nature requires resetting the system. It requires a long-term transformation of how humanity extracts and consumes resources. It requires a rapid and permanent shift to a world that works with nature, not against it. In 2020, despite disruption from the pandemic, UNEP pushed even harder to address the three planetary crises, including by refocusing some of our work to deal with the immediate environmental impacts of COVID-19, such as increased waste and laying the foundations for a green post-pandemic recovery.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34917
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageArabic
dc.languageFrench
dc.languageRussian
dc.languageSpanish
dc.languageSwahili
dc.languagePortuguese
dc.page.number20 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectnature conservation
dc.subjectbiological diversity
dc.subjectlow-carbon transition
dc.subjectprivate sector
dc.subjectenvironmental financing
dc.subjectecosystem
dc.subjectpollution
dc.subjectwaste
dc.subjectchemical
dc.subjectair pollution
dc.subjectdigital technology
dc.subjectinformation technology
dc.subjectgender equality
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectbudget
dc.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No Poverty
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender Equality
dc.subject.sdgSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
dc.subject.sdgSDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
dc.subject.sdgSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.sdgSDG 14 - Life below Water
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.sdgSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
dc.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
dc.subject.themechemistry
dc.subject.themechemical pollution
dc.subject.themeeconomics
dc.subject.themefinance
dc.subject.themeclimate
dc.subject.themeadministration
dc.subject.themeenvironmental governance
dc.subject.themeenvironmental policy
dc.subject.themeresources
dc.subject.themeresource efficiency
dc.subject.themeinformation
dc.subject.themedigital transformation
dc.titleLetter from the Executive Director: UNEP in 2020 [Annual Report]en
dc.title.alternativeةيذيفنتلا ةريدملا ةملك: 2020 يف ةئيبلل ةدحتملا مملأا جمانربar
dc.title.alternativeCarta de la Directora Ejecutiva: El PNUMA en 2020es
dc.title.alternativeLettre de la Directrice exécutive: Le PNUE en 2020fr
dc.title.alternativeCarta da Diretora Executiva: PNUMA em 2020pt
dc.title.alternativeПисьмо исполнительного директора: ЮНЕП в 2020 годуru
dc.title.alternativeBarua kutoka kwa Mkurugenzi Mtendaji: UNEP katika mwaka wa 2020sw
dc.title.alternative执行主任的来信zh
dc.typeYearbook, annual and biennial report

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