Healthy environment, healthy people
Environmental degradation and pollution is estimated to cause up to 234 times as many premature deaths as occur in conflicts annually, highlighting the importance of a healthy environment to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, according to a new report released at the second United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA2). Environmental impacts are responsible for the deaths of more than one quarter of all children under the age of five, the report states. Healthy Environment, Healthy People - published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, and the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - looks at the dangers posed by air pollution, chemicals, climate change and other issues linking environmental quality to human health and well-being.
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