In the lead up to COP30, the Permanent Missions of Australia to the United Nations will host a closed-door roundtable discussion to mark the launch the 2025 Ecological Threat Report (ETR) a comprehensive, data-driven global assessment of ecological risks produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The ETR covers 3,125 sub-national areas in 172 countries and territories, representing more than 99 per cent of the world's population. It measures four interlocking threats: water risk, food insecurity, the impact of natural events, and demographic pressure.
The ETR aims to capture human communities' complex relationships with the natural environment – specifically as they relate to resource scarcity, climatic shocks, and the ways in which growing populations can exacerbate existing stresses. It provides a foundation for debate about the ecological threats facing countries and subnational areas, with an aim to inform the design of resilience-building policies.
Following a presentation of key findings from this year’s ETR, Ms. Sascha Fong Chief of the Policy and Guidance, Policy and Mediation Division, UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and x from UNDP’s / Climate Security Mechanism will be invited to provide some reflections. Participants will then be invited to further unpack the policy and program responses best placed to reduce vulnerability to ecological threats, and sustainably manage natural resources – now and into the future.
Speakers:
- Amb. James Larsen, Permanent Representative of the Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations
- Ms. Sascha Fong Chief of the Policy and Guidance, Policy and Mediation Division, UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
- Michael Collins, Executive Director Americas, Institute for Economics and Peace
