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'The United Nations Environment Assembly has adopted the Sustainable
Development Nexus resolution, sponsored by seven Member States, and championed
by Canada. This marks the first time a major UN body has adopted a resolution
focused on animal welfare.
"Canada played an important leadership role at UNEA to bring countries
together, build consensus, and secure the agreement on some key resolutions,"
said Hon. Steven Guilbeault, Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate
Change. "The resolution on animal welfare is a helpful tool to protect
biodiversity. Biodiversity loss is happening at an unprecedented rate, and with
up to one million species currently at risk of extinction globally, we need
collective solutions."
"Animal welfare is fundamentally interconnected to climate change, biodiversity
and our collective global health," said Melissa Matlow, Campaign Director with
World Animal Protection Canada. "We are grateful to the countries that showed
leadership, by bringing this resolution to the floor and for Canada's support
and engagement to get this resolution passed and putting animal welfare on the
global policy agenda."
The resolution calls on the United Nations to complete an expert report on the
links between animal welfare, the environment and sustainable development. Such
research will allow animal welfare to become front and centre as part of a
comprehensive approach to addressing the climate crisis and biodiversity crisis
facing our world by UN institutions.
It also acknowledges the "strong body of science" supporting animal welfare and
how animal welfare can contribute to addressing the biggest environmental and
public health challenges facing our world.'
Via Future Crunch Mar 11, 2022:
https://futurecrunch.com/goodnews-bilharzia-europe-plastics/
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