Premier of a film by Jan van den Berg and Pipaluk Knudsen-Ostermann

UNEPs invites all participants to the Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum and the Governing Council to attend the premiere of the movie “Silent Snow”. The movie was produced with expert input from UNEP.

The premier will take place on Sunday, February 20, at 1800h in Conference Room 1 at UNEP’s compound in Gigiri. Thereafter you are invited to a cocktail reception at UNEP’s Recreation Center.

The Arctic plains are an eminent example of nature’s untouched beauty: an endless nothing in which only few know how to survive. However, the truth is different. The Arctic ecosystem is under a serious threat, dangerous pesticides are silently accumulating here, with serious health effects on its inhabitants being only one of them.The recent developments in the Arctic area are a disturbing symbol of the often hidden global consequences of pollution at the national and local level that calls for a new system on International Environmental Governance.

In the movie, a young Inuit woman investigates the sources of this pollution. Her journey takes her to three different continents, where she is confronted with conflicting interests when it comes to short-term gains and sustainable solutions for agriculture, industries and health care.

Filmography: Jan van den Berg