​​​​​​​United action needed to tackle triple global crisis

This week the world is gathering in Nairobi at UNEA 6 to address a set of existential problems. While the global geopolitical crises demand leaders’ attention, we will look for shared solutions to a different set of global crises – climate change, pollution and the destruction of nature. Threats that are common to us all.

This planetary emergency grows more pressing with every passing day. Biodiversity loss is weakening our economies and undermining the well-being of billions of people. Pollution is now taking nine million lives every year. And for entire nations, rising sea levels, droughts and floods are becoming an existential risk. In its Global Risk Report 2024, the World Economic Forum singled out extreme weather as the topmost risk for the coming year, far ahead of armed conflict and economic downturns.