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Report

20 Dec 2017

Author:
UN Environment Programme

Displacement & solar access among emerging environmental challenges, says UNEP report

"Frontiers 2017", Dec 2017

The Frontiers 2017 report presents six emerging issues [antimicrobial resistance, nanomaterials, marine protected areas, sand and dust storms, solar solutions and environmental displament] of environmental concern with global implications...

...Many of the off-grid population in sub-Saharan Africa spend about 10-30 per cent of their household income on their kerosene supply...The replacement of kerosene lanterns by solar lanterns translates into significant cost savings for households over the lifetime of the solar lantern as well as a signi cant reduction of the use of open ames in lanterns and candles, reducing exposure to indoor air pollution and the risk of fire hazards in informal settlements...Although the retail prices of pico-solar and solar home systems may be manageable for some, those in the lowest-income portion of the off-grid population cannot afford the initial equipment purchase...

...One contentious issue is whether people displaced by environmental degradation and climate change should be called “environmental refugees”, “environmental migrants” or “environmentally displaced people”...Which definition becomes generally accepted has real implications for the obligations of the international community under humanitarian law and the rights of the people displaced...Large-scale infrastructure projects such as dams and roads can result in massive displacement. Meanwhile, large-scale land purchases in developing countries by infrastructure projects and agribusiness, often labelled land grabbing, are likely to be prominent cause of the future displacement...