With the support of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, UNEP China Office and UNEP Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-EMP), the Chinese language edition of the UNEP flagship environmental assessment, the sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) was launched in Beijing on 20 December 2020. Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of UNEP, and vice-minister of ecology and environment, Zhao Yingmin both sent video messages for this high-level event. This launch event was broadcasted through China-Net, Xinhua News, China.com and other national media nationwide.
‘If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that we cannot have healthy people without a healthy planet. GEO-6 and other reports over the last few years have highlighted the important link between extensive biodiversity loss and the link to zoonoses, or diseases that are transferred from animals to humans. It reminds us that we are all interconnected and that we can solve complex environmental challenges only by making systemic linkages through transforming systems themselves, food systems, energy systems and waste management.’ said Inger Andersen.
