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joint Rene Nijenhuis Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit OCHA Emergency Services Branch Geneva, Switzerland Environmental Emergencies At Environmental and Humanitarian Crossroads

Technical expertise Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit Prepared Response Humanitarian coordination + =

Areas of work RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION

Rapid deployment of experts Rapid environmental assessments Onsite sampling and analysis Response In the first hours after an environmental emergency, the JEU can mobilise experts and equipment to the affected area

Industrial/chemical hazard mapping Environmental Emergencies Centre (EEC) Integration of environmental factors into disaster risk reduction Preparedness trainings Preparedness Contingency planning, training, and awareness raising on the impacts of environmental emergencies

resources global community discussion forum events/calendar system online learning content

3-hour modules open source multiple languages learning management system (lms)

Collaboration with Basel Convention  Letter of Agreement  WebEx  Hazardous waste in humanitarian crisis  Disaster Waste Management training  CoP – response …and preparedness!

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