Beyond Stockholm+50 – implementing the new human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

Date: Thursday, 20th October 2022
Time: 13.30–15.15 CET. Refreshments will be served after the seminar.
Organised by: The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida
Location: Sida’s Headquarters, Ursvik Entré, Rissneleden 110 and livestreamed on Youtube

The right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment was a vision firstly articulated in 1972 at the United Nations Conference on the Environment in Stockholm. Fifty years later, the Stockholm+50 conference called on member states and a broad set of stakeholders to generate urgent actions for a healthy planet for the prosperity of all. The conference adopted the Stockholm Agenda for Action, Renewal and Trust (SAART) including 10 recommendations for accelerating progress on existing commitments on sustainable development, including to recognise and implement the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

Shortly after, in July 2022, 161 countries voted in favour of adopting the historic resolution on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment at the UN General Assembly. The adoption of this resolution clarifies our dependence on nature as a pillar for health and prosperity. It also demonstrates political commitment at the highest political level to act on the triple planetary crisis as a human right.

The recognition of this right has been five decades in the making. Can this human right now help accelerate action on climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution? What are the key factors that will make it effective? Which actors have a role to play in ensuring that the right is fulfilled? These are some of the questions that will be discussed during this Development Talks.

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