"The fate of man and the environment have never been so closely connected. The infamous war that is bleeding Europe with the aggression of the Russian Federation on Ukraine is causing an inevitable consequence on the ability to respect the agenda of commitments. to combat climate change and thus avoid further consequent humanitarian crises ".
This was declared by the President of the Republic,
Sergio Mattarella
, on the occasion of
World Environment Day
which "sounds more than ever as a severe call to the shared assumption of a common commitment to peace and international cooperation".
"This year we celebrate World Environment Day in the fiftieth anniversary of the Stockholm Declaration which for the first time solemnly affirmed, together with the right to freedom, equality and decent living conditions for every person, also the duty to protect and to improve the environment to guarantee the future for the new generations. It was the start of a global process of responsibility towards the future of our planet, common to every nation, every society, every people ".
"The path of these decades - he adds - has not been and still is not linear. It has known setbacks and culpable delays and, however, to give humanity a future we must be able to govern climate change, stop the exploitation of non-reproducible resources, conceive development in terms of ecological and social sustainability ".
"The special significance of this World Environment Day is underlined by the chosen theme," One Earth ", the same theme of the Conference 50 years ago. This makes us reflect - underlines the Head of State - on how much international society feels the responsibility of fulfilling his duties The destiny of man and the destiny of the environment - he remembers - have never been so closely connected as in our time.
The infamous war that is bleeding Europe with the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine is causing an inevitable consequence on the ability to respect the agenda of the commitments undertaken to combat climate change and thus avoid the further consequent humanitarian crises.
This is why - he concludes - World Environment Day sounds more than ever as a severe call to the shared assumption of a common commitment to peace and international cooperation ".