{"id":1405,"date":"2021-06-04T20:22:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2021\/06\/messaggio-del-segretario-generale_2-2\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T20:22:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:22:45","slug":"messaggio-del-segretario-generale_2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/it\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2021\/06\/messaggio-del-segretario-generale_2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"World Environment Day 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

VIDEO MESSAGE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL MARKING WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY<\/p>\n

5 JUNE 2021<\/p>\n

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<\/iframe><\/p>\n(Source: UNRIC)<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nWe are rapidly reaching the point of no return for the planet.<\/p>\nWe face a triple environmental emergency \u2013biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution.<\/p>\nFor too long, humanity has cut down the Earth’s forests, polluted its rivers and oceans, and ploughed its grasslands into oblivion.<\/p>\nWe are ravaging the very ecosystems that underpin our societies.<\/p>\nAnd, in doing so, we risk depriving ourselves of the food, water and resources we need to survive.<\/p>\nThe degradation of the natural world is already undermining the well-being of 3.2 billion people \u2013 or 40 per cent of humanity.<\/p>\nLuckily, the Earth is resilient.<\/p>\nBut she needs our help.<\/p>\nWe still have time to reverse the damage we have done.<\/p>\nThat is why, on this World Environment Day, we are launching the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.<\/p>\nThis global movement will bring together governments, businesses, civil society and private citizens in an unprecedented effort to heal the Earth.<\/p>\nBy restoring ecosystems, we can drive a transformation that will contribute to the achievement of all the Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\nThe task is monumental.<\/p>\nWe need to replant and protect our forests.<\/p>\nWe need to clean up our rivers and seas.<\/p>\nAnd we need to green our cities.<\/p>\nAccomplishing these things will not only safeguard the planet\u2019s resources.<\/p>\nIt will create millions of new jobs by 2030, generate returns of over $7 trillion dollars every year and help eliminate poverty and hunger.<\/p>\nThe United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a global call to action.<\/p>\nIt will draw together political support, scientific research and financial muscle to massively scale up restoration.<\/p>\nEveryone can contribute.<\/p>\nScience tells us these next 10 years are our final chance to avert a climate catastrophe, turn back the deadly tide of pollution and end species loss.<\/p>\nSo, let today be the start of a new decade \u2013 one in which we finally make peace with nature and secure a better future for all.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/environment-day\">United Nations \u2013 World Environment Day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO MESSAGE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL MARKING WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 5 JUNE 2021 \u00a0 (Source: UNRIC) \u00a0 We are rapidly reaching the point of no return for the planet. We face a triple environmental emergency \u2013biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution. For too long, humanity has cut down the Earth’s forests, polluted its rivers […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}