Making the Environment an Ally for Peace: Q&A with Erik Solheim

May 15, 2017 | Jimena Leiva Roesch, IPI GLobal Observatory
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Policymakers need to better connect environmental management with respect for other important social values, according to United Nations Environment Executive Director Erik Solheim, who highlighted economic growth and human health among these. Speaking with International Peace Institute Research Fellow Jimena Leiva Roesch, Mr. Solheim said it defeated the purpose of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to treat achievement of environmental protection and other outcomes such as development as separate work streams.