GGKP Gender Expert Group at S+50: Reflections and Actions for a Healthy and Just Planet

On the 3rd of June 2022, the GGKP Gender Expert Group held the Stockholm+50 Official Side Event, Achieving a Healthy Planet for all Through a Gender-Just Recovery.

The event convened activists, leaders and thinkers contributing to the global agenda towards an inclusive and sustainable transition.

Please find the recording below and the news article attached.

FAO at 75 – Grow, nourish, sustain. Together.

Born in 1945 amid the idealism of post-war reconstruction, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations sets out to increase farm output around the world and make famines a thing of the past. Over the subsequent 75 years, FAO’s outlook and body of work acquire new environmental and sustainability dimensions (FAO, 2020).

By 2020, continued success has required strategic re-invention. As the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates vulnerabilities linked to conflict and climate change, FAO is looking to advanced research partnerships, digitalization, and wall-to-wall innovation to help end hunger and malnutrition. With ten years to go until the Sustainable Development Goals come due, the race is on for bold answers and dramatic solutions (FAO, 2020).

FAO World Food Day Poster Contest (ages 5-19)
If you are or know someone who is between ages 5 and 19, FAO wants to hear from you! Please consider using your imagination and create a poster showing a world where no one is left behind, and everyone has access to healthy and affordable food (FAO, 2022).

Everything in our world is connected – from our food to our cultures, environment and economies. Today, many people continue to face global challenges like poverty and hunger, climate change, conflict and inequality. Global challenges need global solutions! We can all learn how to be part of these global solutions, for a sustainable future where every person counts. Take a photo or scan your poster and submit your entry by filling out the form on the FAO website (below).

Three winners in each age category will be selected and announced in December. Winners will be promoted by FAO offices around the world and receive a surprise gift bag and Certificate of Recognition. To participate, you must be aged 5 - 19. The deadline for entries is 4 November 2022 (FAO, 2022).
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https://www.fao.org/home/en
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https://www.fao.org/3/cb1182en/cb1182en.pdf
https://www.fao.org/news/podcast/fao75
https://www.fao.org/news/podcast/fao75-2
https://www.fao.org/news/podcast/fao75-3

Introducing the Tri-Agency Earth Observing Dashboard (EOD) by NASA, ESA, and JAXA...

International collaboration among space agencies is central to the success of satellite Earth observations and data analysis, aiming at providing an accurate and timely information to decision-makers, main stakeholders and public. These partnerships foster more comprehensive measurements, robust datasets, and cost-effective missions (EOD, 2022).

The European Space Agency (ESA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have combined their resources, technical knowledge, and expertise to produce this Earth Observing Dashboard, which strengthens our understanding of global environmental changes and other societal challenges impacting our planet (EOD, 2022).

The dashboard provides an easy-to-use resource for all kinds of public from the scientist to the decision-maker, including people not familiar with satellites. Based on accurate remote sensing observations, the EOD showcases examples of global environmental changes on 7 themes: Atmosphere, Oceans, Biomass, Cryosphere, Agriculture, Covid-19 and Economy. The dashboard offers a precise, objective and factual view without any artifacts of our planet. Users can explore countries and regions around the world to see how the indicators in specific locations changed over time. ESA, JAXA, and NASA will continue to enhance this dashboard as new data becomes available (EOD, 2022).
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https://eodashboard.org/

On the 3rd of June the GGKP Gender Expert Group hold the Achieving a Healthy Planet for all Through a Gender-Just Recovery side event at Stockholm+50.

This event aimed to explore why gender equality needs to be a central component of global environmental action and to the ambitions of a better post-COVID world. It spotlighted the opportunities and limitations of our current just transition models, and further highlighted how gender transformative approaches helps in fulfilling our commitment to combating the three planetary crises.

The event was a success, attended by nearly 200 people both online and in-person. Speakers included Sarah Hendriks, Director Programme, Policy and Intergovernmental Division at UN Women; Madeleine Diouf Sarr UNFCCC LDC Chair; Dr. Saleemul Huq Director of the International Centrer for Climate Change and Development; Bhavna Choudhury Founder of The Indegenous; Sheila Oparaocha Director of ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy and Dr. Pem Narayan Kandel, Secretary, Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Nepal. The event was moderated by Ingvild Solvang , Deputy Director and Head of Climate Action and Inclusive Development, Global Green Growth Institute.

Special thanks to Dina Abdelhakim, Sohna Ngum and Luisa Kim for the excellent support!

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. Mahatma Gandhi

Touch the earth, feel the earth, her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas; rest your spirit in her solitary places. Henry Beston

Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Rachel Carson

The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. Robert Swan

The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations. Pope John Paul II

A nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt

This land, this water, this air, this planet - this is our legacy to our young. Paul Tsongas

The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth. Marlee Matlin

The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. Leo Tolstoy

The earth is what we all have in common. Wendell Berry

Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of ensuring the safety and continuance of the nation. Theodore Roosevelt

Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution. Aldo Leopold

The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture....The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard. Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day Founder

Conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Let every step you take upon the Earth be as a prayer. Black Elk, Oglala Lakota
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UNICEF: An Unstoppable Force for Change in the Lives of Our Precious Children Around the World...

Since the UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was first established in the aftermath of World War II, these wonderful people have been at the frontlines of humanitarian crises, armed conflict and natural disasters. Undeterred by the scale of the crises, they have risen to every challenge, reimagining what is possible and responding by helping millions of children survive and thrive. Their on-the-ground expertise has reached more than 191 countries and territories, through committed partnerships and a passion for innovation (UNICEF, 2022).

For 75+ years, UNICEF has been working tirelessly for child rights and for the well-being of every child. UNICEF is the world’s largest provider of vaccines, and supports children's health and nutrition, safe water and sanitation, quality education and skill building, HIV prevention and treatment for mothers and babies, and the protection of children and adolescents from violence and exploitation.

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the mental health of a generation of children. But the pandemic may represent the tip of a mental health iceberg – an iceberg we have ignored for far too long (UNICEF, 2021).
The State of the World’s Children 2021 examines child, adolescent and caregiver mental health. It focuses on risks and protective factors at critical moments in the life course and delves into the social determinants that shape mental health and well-being. It calls for commitment, communication and action as part of a comprehensive approach to promote good mental health for every child, protect vulnerable children and care for children facing the greatest challenges (UNICEF, 2021).
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On the last day of the meeting, watch this video to listen to former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expectation from Stockholm+50!

I propose to shift the way of thinking:
1. First and primordial change mindset is to create the Earth/Planet Rights Law, in which the Human Rights Law is included.
2. Second change mindset is to be aware to the electromagnetic field (EMF) that we are creating by electrification of everything, and to fill this lacuna on the Sustainable Development Goals as a subchapter in the chapter of Atmosphere Rights Law.

Cities are facing many challenges and institutional barriers in making peace with nature and fighting biodiversity loss. However, Nature Based Solutions (NBS) can be powerful allies to support ecosystem regeneration, fight climate change while bringing socio-economic benefits for urban populations.

Find out more in the article below, thanks a lot Noah Curry for sharing!