As UN General Assembly Opens, Parvati Foundation Speaks at 300×2050 Launch
As the UN General Assembly opens in New York City, a new environmental initiative is kicking off – and Parvati Foundation is playing a role.
The new innovative online funding platform 300×2050 is launching an initiative to identify, fund and achieve Climate Restoration. With the support of The Be Earth Foundation, a UN Intergovernmental Organization and The Healthy Climate Alliance, 300×2050 celebrated the launch of this new funding initiative by hosting a breakfast and expert panel discussion about key issues related to Climate Restoration—and the impact this pursuit would have on business, governments, the UN and the future of humanity.
Parvati Foundation’s legal counsel, Vandana Erin Ryder, was part of the expert panel discussion at the SDG Media Zone in the UN Plaza, discussing how the Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary (MAPS) responds to multiple climate and conservation issues in a single, immediate and effective action.
“It was an honour to participate in the 300×2050 breakfast and speak to the importance and value of MAPS to an informed and motivated audience,” says Ryder. “We all have the shared goal of a healthy planet. There is no doubt that with forward thinking and bold action, we can avert a great deal of catastrophe and suffering globally. MAPS is an essential and urgently needed intervention.”
Luminaries such as Dr. Jane Goodall, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Louie Psihoyos, Peter Neill, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and Julia Butterfly Hill have endorsed the Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary, which declares the Arctic Ocean north of the Arctic Circle an international peace park, free from exploitation of all kinds, in perpetuity. It stops all activity in the Arctic Ocean that harms the melting polar ice. It is a free, effective and immediate response to the unprecedented threat facing our entire world.
Parvati Foundation created the international MAPS Treaty to prevent this key and vulnerable region from becoming exploited and exacerbating extreme weather, food shortages, flooding and other issues around the world. The MAPS Treaty has been translated into all official UN languages, provided to all 193 UN member states, and shared with officials at COP21 and COP22.
“The UN General Assembly is a key time to raise the need for MAPS,” says Parvati Foundation founder Parvati Devi. “We call on all world leaders attending the Assembly to heed the words of the experts who support MAPS. The gathering of so many nations is a golden opportunity for countries to endorse the MAPS Treaty, which – for the sake of all life on Earth – must enter into force now.”
Citizens of all nations are urged to sign and share the MAPS petition at https://parvati.org, and to call on their world leaders to sign the MAPS Treaty immediately.
