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Climate change and reforesting mountains

25.11.2016

Human-induced climate change and water-related crises unite people around the world and increase the necessity for the global community to work together cooperatively with serious intent in addressing these urgent matters. Because water issues are of such importance to the non-profit company Active Remedy Ltd., Directors Stella Joy and Tara Joy attended and participated in the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which was held in Marrakech, Morocco on 7-18 November 2016.

Active Remedy Ltd. are partners with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the Nairobi Work Program (NWP). Therefore, it was invited to attend and participate in the tenth Focal Point Forum of the NWP on Health and Adaptation, part of Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) 45, at the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) on 9 November.

The meeting brought together government ministers and policy makers, researchers, scientists, practitioners, health experts and financial institutions, encouraging them to identify and discuss the key challenges related to climate change impacts on human health and to identify effective solutions. It emphasized the importance of action, implementation and strategic collaboration in order to close critical gaps when addressing the topic of health and adaptation.

This gave Active Remedy the opportunity to highlight the point that in addressing the impacts of climate change on human health, water scarcity and the entire global water cycle must be taken into account.

Because water scarcity is closely linked to water quantity, they emphasized that concerted efforts need to be made towards restoring and preserving the ecosystems that are essential in regulating the global water cycle and climate. Representing the group that she had been discussing these matters with during the session, Stella Joy had the opportunity to address the UNFCCC Secretariat and the entire forum.

She highlighted the relationship between the global water cycle, climate, water scarcity and health issues. She also proposed that because mountain ecosystems are key ecosystems in regulating the global water cycle and climate, urging the UNFCCC SBSTA to consider the reforestation of mountain regions worldwide as a mitigation response to key challenges in the area of climate impacts on human health.

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Active Remedy Ltd. at COP22 

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