“Who would have imagined that war would return to Europe? That the nuclear threat would be back in political discourse to settle a dispute with a neighbour?”, the Assembly President asked, noting that 203 days after adopting a resolution condemning the military aggression against Ukraine, the bloodshed continues. Meanwhile, inflation is at 40-year highs as violence has left one-quarter of humanity caught in instability. “We live, it seems, in a permanent state of humanitarian emergency,” he said, pointing out that over 300 million people are in urgent need of aid and protection – a 10 per cent rise since January – and that climate change, COVID-19 and conflict have pushed global hunger to “alarming levels”. Kőrösi stated that climate change has triggered heatwaves, floods, and droughts while unsustainable consumption and production have left scars across our environment.
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