CIVIL SOCIETY MAJOR GROUP AND STAKEHOLDER REGIONAL STATEMENT TO UNEA 3 UN ENVIRONMENT - EUROPEAN REGION

On the 9th & 10th of November 2017, the participants of the regional MGS meeting of UNEP-EUROPE met in Szentendre, Hungary and prepared their input for the 3rd United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 3). The evidence from the UNEA publication “Towards a Pollution Free Planet” indicates that no level of pollution is safe, that much of the damage done by pollution is irreversible but, also, that pollution is manmade and thus completely preventable, and that urgent action is needed for a transformation to a pollution free planet, based on principles of environmental sustainability and human rights.