It’s time for you to save the world. Debate the most important environmental health risks of our time, optimizing our resources and mitigating disasters with the Environment Programme. Due to the traditional UN format and procedure of this committee, UNEP may be well-suited to beginner delegates.
Description
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is the global authority for the environment, leading the world’s fight to preserve the earth, its resources and its inhabitants. In this committee, delegates will focus on combating air pollution, resource efficiency, and environmental disasters and conflicts. Air pollution is the most important environmental health risk of our time, and delegates will debate how millions of lives could be saved through emission
reduction. This committee will address how to accelerate the transition to resource-efficient and sustainable economies and the many aspects of this controversial problem. Finally, delegates will discuss the resolution and prevention of environmental disasters and conflicts: tragedies that have innumerable consequences on countries every year. As a committee, our goal will be to improve the quality of life of nations and peoples without compromising that of future generations through conversation, collaboration, and creativity.
reduction. This committee will address how to accelerate the transition to resource-efficient and sustainable economies and the many aspects of this controversial problem. Finally, delegates will discuss the resolution and prevention of environmental disasters and conflicts: tragedies that have innumerable consequences on countries every year. As a committee, our goal will be to improve the quality of life of nations and peoples without compromising that of future generations through conversation, collaboration, and creativity.
Head Chair Olivia Paauw, Vice Chair Zoe Morgan
- Topic 1: Addressing the Impacts of Air Pollution on the Environment
- Topic 2: Evaluating the Importance of Resource Efficiency with Regard to Environmental Preservation
- Topic 3: Discussing the Resolution and Prevention of Environmental Disasters and Conflicts