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Stockholm+50 Conference – Key Highlights
Stockholm+50 Conference Key Highlights
On June 4, 2022, the Scientists, researchers and activists from across the world gathered in Stockholm. They were expected to issue a strong resolution to phase out fossil fuels as well as to support developing nations in their transition to clean energy.
Important Points
- This conference, was held to commemorate 50 years since the first meeting. The first meeting was held when the world confronted the idea initially that, development needs to be environmentally sustainable.
- It involved scientists, researchers, and activists.
Proposed resolutions
- United Nations system should “facilitate multilateral processes in a bid to ensure a just and equitable phase-out of fossil fuels and finance for transition in achieving sustainable development and eradication of poverty”.
- Private sector to strengthen the application of their creativity and innovation to solve sustainable development challenges, while respecting and promoting human rights, health standards, and labour and environmental rights.
Concerns with the proposed resolution
- The draft resolution doesn’t talk about sharing and distribution of public goods.
- It does not mention “overconsumption” or “cutting back on consumption”, the main reasons of the climate crisis.
Letter to fellow citizens
Recently, several climate, environment, and social scientists wrote a letter, “to fellow citizens of Earth”, which was published in Journal Nature. It is similar to Menton Message, which was signed by 2,200 scientists, before the 1972 Stockholm conference. It called for the “attention of fellow beings” to the impending environmental crisis. The Menton Message highlighted issues of contamination and had called attention to hunger, population, overcrowding, and war. While, in the 2022 letter, the focus is on consumption and its impact.
What is Stockholm+50?
It is an international meeting, led by the United Nations General Assembly. It is a global treaty, that aims to protect human health and environment from the effects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). It was recently held in June 2022, to commemorate 50 years since the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, that made the environment a global issue for the first time.
स्टॉकहोम+50 सम्मेलन – मुख्य विशेषताएं
4 जून, 2022 को दुनिया भर के वैज्ञानिक, शोधकर्ता और कार्यकर्ता स्टॉकहोम में एकत्रित हुए। उनसे उम्मीद की गई थी कि वे जीवाश्म ईंधन को चरणबद्ध तरीके से समाप्त करने के साथ-साथ विकासशील देशों को स्वच्छ ऊर्जा के उपयोग के लिए समर्थन देने के लिए एक मजबूत प्रस्ताव जारी करेंगे।
प्रमुख बिंदु
- पहली बैठक के 50 साल पूरे होने के उपलक्ष्य में यह सम्मेलन आयोजित किया गया था। पहली बैठक तब हुई जब दुनिया ने शुरू में इस विचार का सामना किया कि विकास को पर्यावरण की दृष्टि से टिकाऊ होना चाहिए।
- इसमें वैज्ञानिक, शोधकर्ता और कार्यकर्ता शामिल थे।
स्टॉकहोम+50 क्या है?
यह एक अंतरराष्ट्रीय बैठक है, जिसका नेतृत्व संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा करता है। यह एक वैश्विक संधि है, जिसका उद्देश्य मानव स्वास्थ्य और पर्यावरण को लगातार कार्बनिक प्रदूषकों (पीओपी) के प्रभाव से बचाना है। यह हाल ही में जून 2022 में मानव पर्यावरण पर 1972 के संयुक्त राष्ट्र सम्मेलन के 50 साल पूरे होने के उपलक्ष्य में आयोजित किया गया था, जिसने पहली बार पर्यावरण को एक वैश्विक मुद्दा बनाया था।
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