Current Affairs 17th March 2019

Updated : 18-Mar-2019

Current Affairs 17th March 2019 - Important Points

Sixth Global Environment Outlook released by -  UN Environment

Current Affairs 17th March 2019 - Details

Sixth Global Environment Outlook released by -  UN Environment

The UN Environment Programme has published the 6th edition of the Global Environment Outlook- 2019 named “Healthy Planet, Healthy People”.
The report calls on the pronouncers to take instant action to address demanding environmental issues to attain the Sustainable Development Goals and other Internationally approved environment goals, including the Paris Agreement.
Importance
The Global Environment Outlook -6 has studied the state of the health of the environment and the associated health of the people and the prospects for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nation’s Agenda 2030.
The heading of the report- “Healthy Planet, Healthy People”, makes clear that attaining the Sustainable
Development Goals will need a transformation in human lifestyles and productive activities including our industry, agriculture, buildings, transport & the energy system.
Role of GEO 6
The report releases at a critical time for global progress and it will shape on the knowledge & experience cultivated from previous Global Environment Outlooks which have already offered substantial evidence that environmental degradation, even within the planetary limits of the Earth to support human civilization has weakened present &  future development & endangered different aspects of human well-being.
Opportunity
The Global Environment Outlook -6 develops on earlier Global Environment Outlook reports &endures to deliver an analysis of the state of the global environment, the global, regional & national policy response and the outlook for the conceivable future.
It varies from previous Global Environment Outlook reports in its prominence on Sustainable Development Goals & in delivering possible means of accelerating achievement of these goals.