Global Environment Outlook 6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People

Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Published: 3/4/2019. Published in time for the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, this 745-page report calls on decision-makers to take immediate action to address pressing environmental issues to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as other Internationally Agreed Environment Goals, such as the Paris Agreement. It discusses how human activities are causing increasing amounts of pollution, to the extent that this is now recognized as the biggest single risk to human health worldwide. Part C details Outlooks and Pathways to a Healthy Planet with Healthy People. (PDF)
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