UN 2024 Topic - Sustainable Consumption in a Changing Climate
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Model United Nations Day - 1st March
11 schools took part on the MUN day on 1st March 2024, representing 32 countries and 5 media teams.
an exciting debate took place during the day, discussing Sustainable Consumption, resulting in 2 resolutions being voted on at the end of the day.
The 5 media teams reported throughout the day on both X (Twitter) and with pieces to camera.
Awards were presented at the end of the day, with all schools being represented in one capacity or another.
The topic to be discussed this year was :
Sustainable Consumption in a Changing Climate
Further committing the United Nations General Assembly to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 12, establishing Zero Hunger and Responsible Consumption and Production to end the Global Food Crisis
On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by world leaders in September 2015 officially came into force. Over the next 15 years, with these new Goals that universally apply to all, countries will mobilise efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.
Sustainable Goals 2 and 12 specifically refer to the global hunger crisis and responsible consumption.
Goal 2 is about creating a world free of hunger by 2030. The global issue of hunger and food insecurity has shown an alarming increase since 2015, a trend exacerbated by a combination of factors including the pandemic, conflict, climate change, and deepening inequalities.
By 2022, approximately 735 million people – or 9.2% of the world’s population – found themselves in a state of chronic hunger – a staggering rise compared to 2019. This data underscores the severity of the situation, revealing a growing crisis.
In addition, an estimated 2.4 billion people faced moderate to severe food insecurity in 2022. This classification signifies their lack of access to sufficient nourishment. This number escalated by an alarming 391 million people compared to 2019.
Despite global efforts, in 2022, an estimated 45 million children under the age of 5 suffered from wasting, 148 million had stunted growth and 37 million were overweight. A fundamental shift in trajectory is needed to achieve the 2030 nutrition targets.
To achieve zero hunger by 2030, urgent coordinated action and policy solutions are imperative to address entrenched inequalities, transform food systems, invest in sustainable agricultural practices, and reduce and mitigate the impact of conflict and the pandemic on global nutrition and food security
The persistent surge in hunger and food insecurity, fuelled by a complex interplay of factors, demands immediate attention and coordinated global efforts to alleviate this critical humanitarian challenge.
Extreme hunger and malnutrition remains a barrier to sustainable development and creates a trap from which people cannot easily escape. Hunger and malnutrition mean less productive individuals, who are more prone to disease and thus often unable to earn more and improve their livelihoods.
To achieve a world free from hunger by 2030, governments, citizens, civil society and the private sector must collaborate to invest, innovate and create lasting solutions.
Therefore, the United Nations general Assembly calls on all States to actively protect people’s rights under Article 25 and a fundamental human right and as a pillar of the United Nations system as fundamental rights and contributing to the advancing of the 2030 Sustainable Goals 2 and 12 establishing Zero Hunger and Responsible Consumption and Production to end the Global Food Crisis.
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