IASC Briefing on Environmental Responsibility in Humanitarian Operations
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
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Humanitarian organizations are increasingly faced with the need to reduce their environmental footprint. The present “triple planetary crisis”, namely climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, is eroding the foundations of sustainable development and wellbeing, escalating conflict and driving humanitarian needs, with impacts more visible in the global south.
The recently endorsed IASC Guidance on Environmental Responsibility in Humanitarian Operations was developed following a request by the United Nations (UN) Executive Committee to the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) to offer guidance and lessons learned for improving environmental responsibility in UN emergency and humanitarian operations. The guidance was developed under the coordination of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the World Food Programme (WFP). The guidance describes why environmental responsibility is an important element of humanitarian action, summarizing relevant environmental management approaches and practices that help to address a humanitarian organization’s environmental impacts.
This briefing will showcase how humanitarian organizations are applying environmental management approaches within their operations and transforming their delivery models to become more environmentally responsible.
Speakers
- Mr. Bruno Jochum, Executive Director, Climate Action Accelerator
- Ms. Mary Jelliti, Deputy Global Logistics Cluster Coordinator
- Mr. André Krummacher, Vice CEO Programmes, Impact and Accountability, ACTED
Moderator
- Ms. Mervat Shelbaya, Head of Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) secretariat
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