UN Environment-OCHA Joint Unit

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• UN Environment OCHA Joint Unit (other): Organisation site

The United Nations Environment/Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Joint Environment Unit (JEU) was founded in 1994 to assist Member States prepare for and respond to the environmental dimensions of emergencies.

By pairing UN Environment’s technical expertise with OCHA’s humanitarian

Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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coordination structure, the JEU ensures an integrated approach in responding to environmental emergencies. The JEU provides independent, impartial advice and practical solutions, while working with organizations dedicated to medium and long term rehabilitation to ensure a seamless transition from

Sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or event requiring immediate action.
Note 1 to entry: An emergency is usually a disruption or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for, but seldom exactly foreseen.

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Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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Decisions and actions aimed at restoring or improving livelihoods, health, as well as economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets, systems and activities, of a disaster-affected community or society, aligning with the principles of sustainable development, including build back better to avoid or reduce future disaster risk.

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It is responsible for coordinating response and

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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missions, leading

Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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workshops, creating networks and providing preparedness tools. The team manages the EHA Connect digital tool, as well as the Environmental Emergencies Centre.

Read more here: https://www.eecentre.org/1994/07/20/jeu/