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• TATIANA MARITZA HERRERA ILES

• Vlll semestre ing ambiental
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
HUMAN BEINGS
AND THE
ENVIRONMENT
Commit to restoring the planet, UN chief
says in message for International Mother
Earth Day

• UN Secretary-General António
Guterres has called for
commitment to restoring the
planet, and to making peace with
nature, in his message to
mark International Mother Earth
Day, celebrated annually on 22
April. 
ILO kicks off
Green Week to
‘jump-start’ a
sustainable future

As the world grapples with the devastating economic

and social consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, the
UN’s labour agency launched ILO Green Week to
explore what a green future of work could look like,
and how we can get there. 
Ocean benefits
increasingly
undermined • Greater understanding of the ocean is essential if
the world is to recover better from the COVID-19
by human pandemic and achieve agreed targets on
sustainable development and climate action, UN
activity, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on
Wednesday in launching a major study on what he
assessment called “the life support system of our planet.” 

reveals
 World on the •
verge of  
• The Earth’s temperature continues to rise
climate unabated, with 2020 being one of the three
‘abyss’, as warmest years on record, as extreme weather
events combine with the COVID-19 pandemic,
temperature impacting millions. 

rise continues