Climate Change Top Challenge Over The Next Decade: UNESCO Global Survey
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published April 01, 2021 | 12:20 PM
Climate change and loss of biodiversity is seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report published by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
UNITED NATIONS, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Apr, 2021 ) :Climate change and loss of biodiversity is seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report published by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
More than 15,000 people worldwide contributed to the survey, which was held online between May and September 2020, and made available in 25 languages.
Respondents were mainly young people, with 57 per cent under age 35, and 35 per cent under 25. Results also were analyzed along regional, gender, age and other demographic lines.
"Greater efforts are needed to address people's specific concerns, and multilateralism is the way to do this. Restoring confidence in multilateralism requires the implementation of concrete and impactful projects, and this is at the heart of our Organization's role", Audrey Azoulay, the UNESCO Director-General, said in a statement.
The World in 2030 survey invited people from across the globe to share their specific worries about 11 challenges, and solutions for overcoming them.
Most participants, or 67 per cent, selected climate change and loss of biodiversity as their top concern, mainly due to issues such as increasing natural disasters and extreme weather.
Respondents felt investment in 'green' solutions, education on sustainability, promoting international cooperation and building trust in science, were the best ways to address the issue.
Violence and conflict, discrimination and equality, and lack of food, water and housing were other big challenges, the survey revealed.
Participants believed that overall, more education was the crucial solution to every single challenge. They also felt that it was the area that most needed to be re-thought, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by the overall relationship between humankind and nature.
The survey further showed that while 95 per cent of respondents extoll the importance of global cooperation in overcoming common challenges, only one in four felt confident that the world would be able to address these issues.
UNESCO said that "taken together, the results suggest not a lack of appreciation of the importance of multilateralism but rather a crisis of faith in its effectiveness."
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