Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks
HNPW 2025 (17 - 28 March 2025)
          


 
Session title: Environment in Humanitarian Action
Organizer(s): UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit
27 Mar 25 11:00-17:30   (Salle 16)
 
SessionAbstract

The annual meeting of the Environment in Humanitarian Action Network (EHAN) will focus on environmental sustainability topics that are relevant to humanitarians. EHAN members will get a chance to present their projects and case studies of successful implementation.

This session will focus on Environment and Humanitarian Action (EHA), with an emphasis on three critical themes:

  1. Environment and Conflict Nexus
  2. Localisation and Accountability in EHA
  3. New Tools and Resources on EHA

The meeting is open to anyone interested in the topic of environmental sustainability in humanitarian action, and will provide an opportunity to network with other humanitarians with similar interests.

The detailed agenda of the meeting will be added soon.


Agenda

Agenda Items

Organisation

Presentation

Start

End

Opening

UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit (JEU)

Opening Remarks

EHAN Update

11:00

11:30

UNEP

Navigating New Horizons: Harnessing Environmental Foresight to Address Humanitarian Challenges

Localisation of Environment and Humanitarian Action

(Facilitator: Global Shelter Cluster)

Global Shelter Cluster

Empowering Local Actors: Defining what is needed to localize environmental capacities in humanitarian operations

11:30

12:30

UNEP/OCHA JEU

 Global Training Template and Localisation of Capacity Building

Global Youth Philanthropy (GYP)

Innovative, Student-driven approaches to localization, accountability, and digital innovation in EHA and its Tools

Lunch Break

 

 

12:30

14:00

Conflict and Environment Nexus

(Facilitator: JEU)

UNEP

Environmental Assistance and Recovery: UNEP and the UNEA-6 Resolution on Areas Affected by Armed Conflict

14:00

15:30

PAX

Building Peace Through Environmental Protection: How fieldwork and remote research-based advocacy can strengthen a global Environment, Peace and Security Agenda

Group URD

The Impacts of War on the Environment

Conflict and Environmental Observatory and Norwegian People’s Aid

Integrating Environmental Considerations in Humanitarian Mine Action: Partnership, capacity building and improved outcomes for affected communities

Coffee Break

 

 

15:30

16:00

New Tools and Resources for EHA: Opportunities for cooperation and alignment

(Facilitator: The Charter Secretariat)

 

Secretariat for the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organisations

The Charter Secretariat’s Resource Hub: Connecting Humanitarians with Expertise and Tools for Climate and Environmental Action

16:00

17:30

Climate Action Accelerator

CAA’s Update including sectoral and decarbonization roadmaps

Réseau Environnement Humanitaire

(REH) - Environment Assessment Working Group

Mitigating Environmental Risks Through Multi-Sectoral Environmental Risk Analysis - MERA matrix

International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

Toolkit for Anticipatory Action in Fragile, Conflict- and Violence-affected Settings

Global Platform for Action

(GPA)

Advancing Sustainable Energy in Humanitarian Contexts: Tools, Solutions, and Roadmaps for Impact- READS

IOM

IOM’s Approach and Toolkit for Clean Energy Access in Displacement Settings: New approach to building a participatory and inclusive marketplace for sustainable energy solutions

AOB/Members Update

WREC

Update from the Logistics Cluster Environment Team’s (WREC Coalition) work

17:30

17:45

Markets in Crisis (MiC) Community of Practice

Update on Markets in Crisis and Climate Change


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