The United Nations Environment Programme highlights the importance of preserving the quality of our environments for future generations and targets its focus on climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. UNEP works hard to support over 190 countries in meeting the UN’s sustainable development goals, protecting ecosystems, creating environmental protection legislation, and educating the world on living harmoniously with the environment. 

Climate change has continued to wreak havoc and destroy hundreds of our essential ecosystems, and coral reefs are no exception. Stretching across miles of our oceans and in dozens of regions worldwide, coral reefs are considered the "rainforests of the sea" because of their immense biodiversity and history on our planet. Because of our rising ocean temperatures, pollution, and ocean acidification, we are losing these habitats at a concerning rate, which means the loss of habitat for millions of sea creatures and the loss of life for the people who depend on coral reefs for their livelihoods. Our delegates are tasked with finding sustainable solutions to address all the root causes of coral reef loss and mitigating this phenomenon's effects on our world. 

**This committee is a dual delegation.