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The session aims to present the main findings of the Global assessment of the International Resource Panel, UN Environment Programme on the nexus of natural resources and migration. The availability, access to and use of natural resources are key intervening variables through which to understand, analyse and govern local to global scale relationships between climatic and environmental changes and population distributions and movements. While much debate and research has focused on the effect that climatic change might have on the

The international environmental meeting Stockholm+50 takes place 2 nd-3 rd of June in Stockholm, Sweden under the theme “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity”. Stockholm+50 will commemorate the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment and celebrate 50 years of global environmental action. By recognizing the importance of multilateralism in tackling the Earth’s triple planetary crisis – climate, nature, and pollution – the event aims to act as a springboard accelerate

May 22nd 2022 marks the International Day for Biological Diversity. The theme of this year’s day is “Building a shared future for all life”, highlighting that biodiversity is the foundation upon which we can build back better. There is a growing recognition that biological diversity is a global asset of tremendous value to future generations. However, the number of species is still being significantly reduced by certain human activities and current extinction rates are higher than ever before in history