First Lady Emine Erdoğan warned that people dump the equal of two,000 rubbish vans of plastic into the oceans, rivers and lakes, as she addressed “International Zero Waste Day” occasions on the U.N. Vienna Office and the UNESCO workplace in Paris initiated by Türkiye’s Permanent Representation to the U.N.
Officials from numerous areas of the world gathered on the workplace to debate features of zero waste, throughout the framework of conditions and practices throughout the globe, together with representatives from the EU, Sudan and Brazil.
Türkiye’s first girl Emine Erdoğan burdened the significance of the necessity to fight local weather change and environmental degradation, in a video message despatched to the occasion in Vienna.
“Having learned the consequences of climate change and environmental pollution through bitter experiences, we must tackle these challenges while taking concrete steps towards sustainability in the framework of our responsibility to future generations,” she stated. “Based on these thoughts, I am very pleased that the Zero Waste movement, the seeds of which we have planted in 2017, has turned into a global movement with the Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.”
Erdoğan underscored the need for world motion, declaring alarming statistics similar to 7 million annual deaths as a result of air air pollution and a 70% decline in world wildlife populations since 1970, as she highlighted the consequences of environmental challenges.
“The Earth endures 2 billion tons (2.2 billion tons) of waste produced by humanity every year,” she stated.
“Every day, we dump the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks of plastic into the oceans, rivers and lakes. Is our conscience in peace with the fact that a continent-sized island of plastic is floating in the ocean, because of the people in this century? If humanity made real progress, wouldn’t this progress turn the world into a more civilized and humane place?” she stated.
A presentation on Türkiye’s zero waste mission was delivered by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change.
Ambassador Carl Hallergard, the EU’s everlasting consultant, briefed the viewers on the bloc’s insurance policies and applications towards attaining zero waste.
Sudanese Ambassador Magdi Ahmed Mofadal Elnour, everlasting consultant to the UN Office and different worldwide organizations in Vienna, initiated discussions on the intersection of zero waste and meals safety, whereas Ambassador Antonio Tabajara De Olivera from Brazil outlined his nation’s priorities on environmental and local weather sustainability throughout its G20 presidency.
The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization hosted an occasion commemorating International Zero Waste Day at its headquarters in Paris.
It was attended by dignitaries together with Türkiye’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO Gülnur Aybet, Simona-Mirela Miculescu, president of the forty second session of the General Conference of UNESCO; Vera El Khoury Lacoeuilhe, chairperson of UNESCO Executive Board and Antonio de Sousa Abreu, director of the ecological and earth sciences division of UNESCO, together with different company.
Erdoğan additionally despatched a video message to that occasion the place members signed a Global Zero Waste Declaration led by the Turkish first girl.
The Zero Waste Project, spearheaded in Türkiye by Erdoğan, was collectively developed on a world stage final 12 months by Erdoğan and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Guterres urged the world to finish waste as he praised Türkiye on worldwide zero waste day.
The declaration of goodwill, initially signed by the primary girl and the U.N. chief, has since been endorsed by the spouses of almost 30 heads of state, together with ones from France, South Korea, Paraguay and Cuba.
Launched in 2017 by the Ministry of Environment, Urban Planning and Climate Change beneath the patronage of Erdoğan, the Zero Waste Project has led Türkiye’s struggle in opposition to local weather change. The initiative primarily goals to convey the nation according to sustainable improvement ideas, stop uncontrolled waste and go away a “cleaner, developed” nation to future generations.
The mission acquired awards final 12 months from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the U.N.-Habitat program and was additionally included in an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nation report in 2019 as a promising mission. Recently, it was honored by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean earlier than the primary girl was awarded the Climate and Development Leadership Award for the mission by the World Bank.
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