A network to help humanitarian organisations to take environmental issues into account more effectively

22/10/2013

Created due to a common need to discuss and improve the integration of environmental considerations into humanitarian action and through the impetus given by Groupe URD and a number of other organisations, the Humanitarian Environment Network currently includes members of several French-speaking organisations like Action Contre la Faim, the French Red Cross, Médecins du Monde, Médecins Sans Frontières Suisse, Solidarités International, Terre des Hommes Lausanne, Triangle Génération Humanitaire, the Joint UNEP / OCHA Environment Unit and Groupe URD. This article is the first time the network has expressed itself publicly. It presents the mission and objectives that the members have fixed for themselves as well as the results of a review of progress made, remaining needs and difficulties encountered. With the foundations now in place, collective learning is underway.