United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during the opening plenary session of a United Nations meeting on the environment in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2022. The United Nations meeting on the environment environment which kicked off here on Thursday called for urgent and socially inclusive climate action. The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. . (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
STOCKHOLM, June 2 (Xinhua) — A United Nations (UN) environment meeting that kicked off here on Thursday called for urgent and socially inclusive climate action.
The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. .
It is set fifty years after Sweden hosted the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in 1972.
“The developed countries pollute and have polluted the most. But the poorest are the hardest hit,” Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said in her opening speech.
“The climate transition can only happen if it is done in a social and inclusive way. It is not just an option. It is our moral obligation.” she says.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that global well-being is at risk, “largely because we have failed to deliver on our environmental promises”.
“We must change course now and end our senseless and suicidal war on nature,” he said.
The two-day event, convened by the United Nations and hosted by Sweden with the support of the Government of Kenya, will also serve as a springboard for the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Action to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals. . ■
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta delivers a speech during the opening plenary session of a United Nations environment meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2022. The United Nations environment meeting which started here on Thursday called for urgent and socially inclusive climate action. The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. . (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (3rd L, back), Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (4th L, back) and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson (5th L, back) attend the opening plenary session of a United Nations environment meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2022. The United Nations environment meeting which started here on Thursday called for urgent and socially inclusive climate action. The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. . (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
A woman walks past a sign indicating a United Nations environment meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2022. The United Nations environment meeting which started here on Thursday called for urgent climate action and socially inclusive. The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. . (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
People perform during the opening plenary session of a United Nations environment meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2022. The United Nations environment meeting which started here on Thursday called to urgent and socially inclusive climate action. The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. . (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
People perform during the opening plenary session of a United Nations environment meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2022. The United Nations environment meeting which started here on Thursday called to urgent and socially inclusive climate action. The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. . (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson delivers a speech during the opening plenary session of a United Nations environment meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2022. The United Nations environment meeting which took started here on Thursday called for urgent and socially inclusive climate action. The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. . (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
People attend a lecture during a United Nations environment meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2022. The United Nations environment meeting which started here on Thursday called for urgent climate action and socially inclusive. The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. . (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden delivers a speech during the opening plenary session of a United Nations environment meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2022. The United Nations environment meeting which kicked off here Thursday called for urgent and socially inclusive climate action. The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. . (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (from the podium) delivers a speech during the opening plenary session of a United Nations meeting on the environment in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2022. The meeting United Nations Environment Summit which kicked off here on Thursday called for urgent and socially inclusive climate action. The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. . (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
People attend a seminar during a United Nations environment meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2022. The United Nations environment meeting which started here on Thursday called for urgent climate action and socially inclusive. The meeting, titled “Stockholm+50: A healthy planet for prosperity for all — our responsibility, our opportunity”, comes as the world faces the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. . (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
