Environmental Committee

Environmental Committee

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an agency of United Nations and coordinates its environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices. It was founded by Maurice Strong, its first director, as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Conference) in June 1972.

UNEP has overall responsibility for environmental problems among United Nations agencies but talks on addressing global warming are overseen by the Bonn-based Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Its activities cover a wide range of issues regarding the atmosphere, marine and terrestrial ecosystems, environmental governance and green economy. It has played a significant role in developing international environmental conventions, promoting environmental science and information and illustrating the way those can be implemented in conjunction with policy, working on the development and implementation of policy with national governments, regional institutions in conjunction with environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs). 

GISMUN Environmental Committee Topics

1. Combatting the illegal trade in wildlife with measures targeting the transport of wildlife, the financing of the poaching and the sale of  animal parts.
2. The question of the admissibility of nuclear power as a source of clean energy and as an alternative to fossil fuels
3. Strategies to assess and counteract the effects of coral bleaching