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Focus sur la nature et la biodiversité

La nature est la ligne de vie de l'humanité. La santé, l'alimentation, l'économie et le bien-être de l'homme dépendent de la nature. Pourtant, la nature est en crise. Un million des quelque 8 millions d'espèces de plantes et d'animaux que compte la planète sont menacées d'extinction. Par ailleurs, la dégradation des écosystèmes affecte le bien-être de 40 % de la population mondiale.

Le focus sur la nature et la biodiversité met en lumière des mises à jour provenant de l'ensemble du système des Nations unies, de partenaires et d'autres acteurs, contribuant à attirer l'attention sur la nécessité d'un avenir juste, prospère et durable pour tous.

17 Aug 2023 18:23

Fostering collaboration to address environmental challenges in Africa

A tree at sunset
Photo: Unsplash/Halima Bouchouicha

“It is a great injustice that Africa, which has contributed the least to climate change, is poised to suffer the most.”

UNEP Deputy Executive Director Elizabeth Mrema calls on the global community to provide greater support in tackling the triple planetary crisis at the 19th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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16 Aug 2023 16:09

Amid worry for the planet, GEF Assembly to propel bold collaboration for nature

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Photo: Unsplash/Spencer Watson

The Seventh Assembly of the Global Environment Facility, which takes place in Vancouver from 22-26 August, will stand out for its focus on the dangers of the present.

Environment leaders from 185 countries are gathering at a time of record-high land and ocean temperatures, out-of-control wildfires, and deadly flooding even in areas unaccustomed to weather extremes: a succession of disasters that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as heralding the arrival of “an era of global boiling.”

A highlight of the Assembly agenda will be the launch of the new Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF), which will provide a boost to developing countries’ investments in nature and support Indigenous Peoples and local communities in their pursuit of the ambitious goals agreed to at the Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 in December 2022.

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