Although there is a general awareness in the humanitarian sector that climate change is important and also a willingness to do something about it, green and sustainable action is not yet standard practices. When setting up an emergency response it is, quite logically, not the first thing that comes to mind. However, as long as green humanitarian aid is not the standard, no big changes will be made.
During this event, hosted in cooperation with KUNO, IECAH and CHA, front runners in greening humanitarian aid will share good practices and explore existing challenges. How can we contribute to a new mindset which standardizes climate-awareness and sustainable action, with a keen eye on the environment and our own ecological footprint? What is needed to fundamentally change the way we work?
Speakers:
- Karolina Kalinoswka, Policy Officer at DG ECHO
- Aline Hubert, researcher and environment expert of Groupe URD
- Kathrine Vad, Environment and Climate Change Advisor of the Executive Office of the Director-General, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Roberta Borgognoni, Project Manager of the Environmental Impact Project of the Operational Centre Amsterdam, Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland
- Bruno Jochum, director Climate Action Accelerator
- Mihir Joshi, SEEDS India, within Charter4Change a leading local NGO for environmental include approaches.
This webinar is the second session in the series on climate change and humanitarian action organised by KUNO, following the first on “Greening the sector“.
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