International Environment Conference in Stockholm – 50 years of environmental action
UN High Level Meeting Stockholm + 50 will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from 2 to 3 June 2022. The meeting will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first UN Conference on the Environment, take stock of the environmental work done over the past 50 years and make concrete recommendations for improving the environment. the state of the environment.
The 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment led to the establishment of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and a number of international environmental agreements. The conference was a key milestone in the development of international environmental governance and cooperation, and the establishment of an environmental program is celebrated annually on World Environment Day on 5 June.
Held during the 50th anniversary year, Stockholm + 50 brings together heads of state, ministers, various stakeholders and companies to discuss a more sustainable future and propose concrete measures to improve the state of the environment.
“Environmental problems do not respect national borders, so solutions must be found together. For 50 years, the UN Environment Program has promoted international cooperation to address key environmental challenges. The journey has led to significant achievements, including ozone depletion. we can halt the loss of biodiversity and the climate crisis, “says Minister for the Environment and Climate Change Emma Kari.
Finland has an important role to play in chairing the dialogue and leading sustainable development
Stocholm + 50 consists of four plenary sessions and three leadership dialogues. The meeting will be hosted by the Swedish Minister for Climate and Environment Annika Strandhäll and Minister of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Kenya Keriako Tobiko.
Leadership Dialogue 1 focuses on renewing our relationship with nature, sustainable production and consumption, and proposing solutions to pollution problems. Justice and equality are taken into account in all development proposals. Leadership Dialogue 2 discusses ways to achieve a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Key issues here are new innovations and technologies and enhanced international cooperation.
Finnish Minister of Representation Emma Kari has been invited to lead Leadership Dialogue 3 together with Egypt. The dialogue will take place on Friday 3 June and will focus on financing the green transition and sustainable change throughout society.
“The world continues to support fossil solutions more than the green transition. In the dialogue, we want to highlight practical solutions to change this. The most valuable thing is that Finland, as co-chair, “Minister Kari says.
Finland and the EU are working to increase funding for sustainable development and to abandon harmful subsidies
Finland will be represented at the meeting by a wide-ranging delegation consisting of experts from ministries, research institutes and organizations, as well as officials led by Minister for the Environment and Climate Emma Kari. In order to give young people a strong voice in the meeting, the Finnish delegation will also include seven youth delegates.
Finland wants to promote solutions that meet key environmental challenges and encourage a green transition in society as a whole, e.g. through a circular economy. For Finland, global justice based on the right of everyone in the UN Human Rights Council to a clean and healthy environment is an important priority. The aim is to further promote the participation of young people and indigenous peoples in decision-making in particular.
Based on the discussions between the decision-makers, Sweden and Kenya, the host countries of the meeting, will prepare a summary, which will serve as the final document of the meeting. There are no actual negotiations at Stockholm + 50, but Finland has been actively preparing common EU messages for the meeting. The EU will emphasize the integration of natural capital into national accounts and strengthen the links between climate and diversity finance. The phasing out of environmentally harmful forms of support, the measurement of the economic risk of biodiversity loss and sustainable consumption and production are also key objectives.
Source: Ministry of the Environment