April 2, 2021

Andrew Campbell 

On March 31, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) published “The World in 2030” Survey report on climate change and loss of biodiversity. Basically, it represented the worldwide results of an interactive survey and consultation collected from 15,000 responses in 2020. The full 68-page report provides global insights into challenging issues, like the specific concerns people have and the solutions for peaceful communities during the next decade.

This interactive survey belonged to a part of the consultation process to UNESCO’s midterm strategy to contribute to the societies. In its 2020 report, 67% of respondents reflected climate change and loss of biodiversity are by far the most pressing challenge of all. People were worried about increasing natural disasters and extreme weather conditions in climate change, biodiversity loss (67%), risk of conflict or violence (44%), discrimination and inequality (43%), and lack of food, water, and housing (42%). Moreover, people were afraid that there was little hope to overcome these problems.

However, most respondents were supportive in favor of investing in green solutions and education on sustainability, encouraging international cooperation, and discovering scientific studies. According to a statement from UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, her Organization will continue to put greater effort, such as the implementation of concrete and impactful projects, to address people’s specific concerns and restore confidence in multilateralism.

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