ITS EDUCATION ASIA ARTICLE

UNGA high-level event

By Danny Harrington, MD ITS Education Asia

The UN General Assembly’s high-level thematic debate titled “Moment for Nature” took place in New York on 19 July. Convening the heads of major UN agencies involved with the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, land and ocean degradation, pollution, and unsustainable consumption and production, it allowed for messaging particularly around moving to fill the gap between intention and action – an idea being pushed now as more acceptance and evidence sways ever larger numbers of people to realize the need to change behaviours at all levels.

A very good summary of the key components and points made can be found in a longer article on IISD.