ENVIRONMENT ISSUES !

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ( UNEP) !

1. WHAT IS THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) AND HISTORY ABOUT THAT?

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an agency of the United Nations that coordinates its environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices. It was founded by Maurice Strong, its first director, as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972 and has its headquarters in the Gigiri neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya. UNEP also has six regional offices and various country offices.

2. WHAT IS THE GOAL OF UNEP ?

Ensure Environmental Sustainability

- Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes; reverse loss environmental resources.

- Reduce by half proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water.

Achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dewellers by 2020.

3. WHAT IS THE MISSION OF UNEP ?

The mission of UNEP is to “provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.”

4. Some interesting facts.

UNEP has been designed to be the environmental conscience of the UN System which plays a catalytic role coordinating the activities of other UN agencies and promoting them to integrate environmental consideration into their activities.

Headquarters of UNEP are located in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEP's environmental activities involve treaties and guidelines concerning environmental protection. 

Environmental Assessment has been a keystone of UNEP's activity. It administers or co-ordinates activities of Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) and Air Pollution Monitoring Network with World Meteorological Organization.

UNEP's environmental education programme is aimed at educating the general public. It involves about 10,000 educators in nearly 140 countries of the world.

5.State how the organizations are working towards solving the issue

First, the objectives explained in the MDGs should be divided into viable tasks that can be achieved on an individual level, such as shopping locally or using public transportation. Integrating the objectives of Agenda 21 & the MDGs into the curriculums at schools and universities worldwide can allow students to understand the importance of sustainable development and develop the appropriate skills to enter a new, green workforce.

Second, these smaller tasks should be communicated in the language of Generation Y: social media. Social media outlets such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter act as a universal platform that can diffuse the topics discussed in Rio+20, why they’re important, and what can be done individually to achieve the MDGs, to users worldwide.

Thirdly, and most importantly, is answering why the involvement of the next generation matters. A simple “call to action” is like a tree that falls in the woods with no one to hear it—it does not make a sound.  The involvement of Generation Y matters because whatever progress is made now and during Rio+20 will be lost if the next generation is not following behind, picking up wherever Generation X left off or faltered; it matters because we have the power to shape the future we want.

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