International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict: UNEP Marks International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

Nov 7, 2015 | News Hour
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On the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) underlined the continuing vulnerability of the environment to conflict and the importance of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and climate change negotiations in tackling the links between environment and conflict. UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said, “While we have not been able to resolve conflict or environmental exploitation, today we better understand the complex interactions between them, particularly the way they cut across the core UN mandates for peace and security, human rights, sustainable development, humanitarian assistance and international law.