United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Mary Robinson of Ireland and Macharia Kamau of Kenya as his Special Envoys on El Niño and Climate. The Envoys called on all stakeholders to employ a holistic human security approach when addressing the threats posed by El Niño.
Advocacy and awareness-raising on addressing the impact of El Niño and climate change through a human security approach
Duration: June 2016– December 2016
Budget: US$300,000
Implementing Agencies: OCHA
Through the deployment of two Special Envoys, the programme raised awareness on the impact of El Niño and climate change and led to the development and publication of the Blueprint for Action, which adopts the human security approach and its people-centred, comprehensive, context-specific and prevention-oriented principles.
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