7 April marks #WorldHealthDay!
With undeniable evidence that a healthy life & a #HealthyPlanet are interlinked, this day calls everyone to #StandWithScience.
Learn how #GENeva brings actors together for health & advances the #OneHealth approach ▶️ tiny.cc/OneHealthGEN
#Environment: What's Up in #GENeva from 30 Mar - 12 Apr?
✅ #ZeroWasteDay
✅ #StateOfClimate & Health
✅ #ISDS
✅ #HumanRights & Env't
✅ Env't Impacts of War
✅ #WorldHealthDay #OneHealth
✅ #GreenSpring
✅ & more
Check events, #jobs, suggestions ▶️ tiny.cc/GEN30Mar-12A...
As the GEN takes a small break, enjoy various activities this Easter weekend and have a #GreenSpring in #GENeva! 🌸
Discover outdoor activities, exhibitions, festivals & ways to connect with #nature ▶️ tiny.cc/GENGreenSpri...
“Conscience is recognizing each other as human beings first.”
On this Int’l #ConscienceDay, voices across generations remind us: peace, sustainability & dignity are inseparable. They demand inner transformation & collective action & youth must be at the heart of the transition.
“By 2030, AI-related emissions could reach twice of France’s GHG emissions.”
Nathan Lemoine of Green Spheres warns of AI’s env't footprint:
🔹 massive energy use (50% still fossil-based)
🔹 heavy water consumption in data centers
🔹 growing pressure on rare earth resources
"Today, Indigenous Peoples represent about 6% of humanity, yet protect more than 80% of the biodiversity are in their territories."
Priscila Fischer of Umupukatu Portail Forestier stresses #IndigenousPeoples are not just victims, but experts of life, balance and peace.
In the margins of Escazu #COP4 (21-24 April in #Bahamas), join the side event exploring how #PRTRs can support implementation of commitments to mitigate pollution through strengthened transparency & access to info.
@minamataconvention.bsky.social
📆 22 April, 15:00 CEST
▶️ tiny.cc/Escazu22Apr26
Students from Ecolint's Eco Crew share their art project, “Inner peace, outer world”, which connects peace to the SDGs, expanding the narrow notion of peace as the absence of conflict to something personal, lived and essential for #SustainableDevelopment.
"#FoodWaste is a wicked problem!"
Maya Valcheva of @unitar.bsky.social stresses that to reduce food waste, key steps to be taken are:
🍅 Improving data collection
🍅 Overcoming social and cultural norms around food
🍅 Acting holistically
"#FoodWaste is a neglected part of environmental work."
Graham Alabaster of @un-habitat.bsky.social stresses that while a lot remains to be done in terms of advocacy & technological development, solutions to change people's attitudes & production and consumption patterns exist.
The GEN is at the @unitar.bsky.social #ZeroWasteDay event showcasing how #FoodWaste prevention can be advanced through learning, public awareness, behaviour change, multi-stakeholder collaboration, & practical action at all levels.
📺 unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
“Protecting environment & #HumanRights builds our future.”
In Panel 1, “Agenda 2030: Leaving no one behind”, youth entrepreneurs & UNIGE professor share their work on:
🔹 cognition of action & cooperation
🔹 impactful actions for env't
🔹 women survivors of violence
The webinar also saw the launch of the new UNEP FI publication, "#JustTransition finance: Case studies from banking and insurance", which highlights practical examples of implementation ensuring that this shift is fair, inclusive & just.
▶️ unepfi.org/industries/b...
@unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social Elisa Morgera highlights the need for a more productive shift to #JustTransition, incl. through fossil fuel phase-out, moving towards renewables-based economy at nexus of nature, water & food systems, as any harm to water, nature & food is harm on the climate.
Human rights are not add ons.
Warning against development approach that assumes inevitability of HR violations, @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social Elisa Morgera urges to take time & rethink #ClimateAction undertaken towards #JustTransition, incl. through meaningful engagement with communities.
"We need to urgently transition, but it's not just about numbers, but people, requiring the transition to be just."
The GEN is at UNEP Finance Initiative webinar on Advancing #JustTransition, providing insights from emerging practice in banking & insurance.
▶️ www.unepfi.org/events/advan...
"What we do to people and the planet, we ultimately do to ourselves.”
Mélissa Parke of @nuclearban.bsky.social highlights the long-lasting env't and human impacts of nuclear weapons, from contaminated lands to generational health harms, calling for nuclear justice & stronger global action.
"La paix ne se décrète pas d'une plume, elle se construit ensemble au milieu de la brume."
In the moment of rare gravity we are living through, Pascale Fressoz of AI-ODD stresses the importance of dialogue & reminds that #SDGs are not dreams but rather solutions.
"Multilateralism & inclusion must be the guiding powers for cities to enact change, including for the environment."
Christina Kitsos, Co-Mayor of @villedegeneve.bsky.social, calls upon youth to stay engaged, stressing that hope & collective action help building a just & sustainable future.
Lidyia Grigoreva of @ungeneva.bsky.social highlights the importance of individual & collective conscience in a world facing growing tensions.
She underscores the role of youth, dialogue & inclusion in advancing #peace & #sustainabledevelopment, guided by values of dignity & mutual respect.
Follow the discussion (in French) live on Youtube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovgG...
Ahead of Int'l #ConscienceDay on 5 April, the GEN is at Palais des Nations for the #GENeva celebration under the theme, "Reinventing Peace with Youth", engaging youth & civil society towards a more peaceful, just & #sustainable future.
▶️ www.iofc.ch/internationa...
The @GENetwork was at the Quadripartite Joint Secretariat on #AMR webinar on joint action and collaboration of the Regional #OneHealth Coordination Mechanism, spotlighting:
🔹 Pandemic Fund
🔹 AMR Multipartner Fund
🔹 National Bridging Workshops
▶️ www.who.int/europe/news-...
From #RightToFood, climate tipping points, right to adequate housing, to transitioning away from fossil fuels, the GEN has co-organized & covered #HRC61 side & parallel events related to environment.
Thank you for following our coverage! ▶️ tiny.cc/HRC61Environ...
The 2026 #GENeva Rights & Env't Talks with UN @srenvironment.bsky.social highlighted concrete actions to advance the right to #HealthyEnvironment, addressing:
🔸 Right to #CleanAir
🔸 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔸 #EIA
🔸 #Biodiversity & HR
#GRET2026 Highlights ▶️ tiny.cc/GENRETalks
#HRC61 saw the adoption of resolutions that address environmental issues, despite not being their primary focus, including:
🔸 #RightToFood
🔸 Right to adequate housing
🔸 #2030Agenda & #SustainableDevelopment
🔸 Mandate of SR on human rights defenders
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The 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council has just concluded this afternoon in #GENeva!
With the #environment high on the agenda, consult the outcomes and decisions taken at #HRC61 ▶️ tiny.cc/HRC61Environ...
Representatives from nat'l human rights institutions from #Samoa & #Georgia share experiences in piloting the Tool.
They highlight how the Tool has provided a "structural framework for future work", addressing env't issues such as plastic pollution, water & access to information.
Sean O'Connel of @undp.org presents the Monitoring Tool for the right to #HealthyEnvironment. Standard, practical, and sharing existing and new initiatives, he highlights the TREE structure: Theme, Rules, Enforcement & oversight, & Env't Harms.
▶️ tinyurl.com/R2HETool
Following major global milestones achieved on the right to #HealthyEnvironment, Benjamin Schachter of OHCHR reiterates the importance of being "fully focused" on implementation because the #TriplePlanetaryCrisis is in full force.