Addressing the event on the occasion of the Conference that drew attention to environmental issues such as degradation and pollution in 1972, Cuba’s representative warned that five decades later, much remains to be done, despite the progress in establishing a multilateral framework to deal with them.

“However, the problems are not solved yet. Fifty years later, we are facing the consequences of a triple environmental crisis. The pressures of human action on nature are still present, aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic recession,” the Cuban minister stressed at the meeting scheduled to last until Friday, June 3.

Perez recalled that the World Bank data reflect a one percent increase in extreme poverty by 2021, a scourge that, as long as it exists, will prevent a healthy and safe environment.

Many countries, where more than 60 percent of the world’s population live, still have critical problems such as food security and access to drinking water, health services and education, the minister denounced.

The high official insisted on the need for a new governance and inclusive access to technologies, without discriminatory selectivity criteria.

She also called to work for a global alliance for peace and the well-being of people and nature, which mobilizes additional funds in favor of the environment.

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