Event Overview
- Development
Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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Feb 28, 2022 - Mar 2, 2022
Hosted by the UN Environment Programme, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) brings together representatives of the 193 Member States of the UN, businesses, civil society and other stakeholders to agree on policies to address the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
The resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) takes place online and in Nairobi on 28 February – 2 March 2022.
The overall theme for UNEA-5 is “Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”. This highlights the pivotal role nature plays in our lives and in social, economic and environmental sustainable development.
UNEA-5 is an opportunity for Member States to share best practices for sustainability. It will create momentum for governments build on and catalyze impact on multilateral environmental efforts to protect and restore the natural world on which our economies and societies depend.
UNEA-5.2 and its preparatory meetings, namely the resumed fifth session of the Open-Ended Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-5.2) from 21 - 25 February 2022 and the 3rd consultation of the process established under General Assembly resolution 73/333 on 16 - 18 February 2022, will be hybrid meetings, with a combination of universal in-person presence and online participation. Please register here.
Looking ahead to the resumed session of UNEA.5, the UNEA President has re-initiated the consultations process on a ministerial declaration. The latest developments on the draft ministerial declaration as well as inputs from Member States and Stakeholders are available on this dedicated webpage.
The latest draft structure of UNEA-5.2 is available here. Kindly note that the structure is a draft that is yet to be approved by the Joint Bureaux of the UN Environment Assembly and Committee of Permanent Representatives.
Immediately after UNEA-5.2, the Assembly will hold a Special Session of the Assembly on 3 - 4 March 2022, which is devoted to the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of UN Environment Programme in 1972 (UNEP@50).
The resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) takes place online and in Nairobi on 28 February – 2 March 2022.
The overall theme for UNEA-5 is “Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”. This highlights the pivotal role nature plays in our lives and in social, economic and environmental sustainable development.
UNEA-5 is an opportunity for Member States to share best practices for sustainability. It will create momentum for governments build on and catalyze impact on multilateral environmental efforts to protect and restore the natural world on which our economies and societies depend.
UNEA-5.2 and its preparatory meetings, namely the resumed fifth session of the Open-Ended Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-5.2) from 21 - 25 February 2022 and the 3rd consultation of the process established under General Assembly resolution 73/333 on 16 - 18 February 2022, will be hybrid meetings, with a combination of universal in-person presence and online participation. Please register here.
Looking ahead to the resumed session of UNEA.5, the UNEA President has re-initiated the consultations process on a ministerial declaration. The latest developments on the draft ministerial declaration as well as inputs from Member States and Stakeholders are available on this dedicated webpage.
The latest draft structure of UNEA-5.2 is available here. Kindly note that the structure is a draft that is yet to be approved by the Joint Bureaux of the UN Environment Assembly and Committee of Permanent Representatives.
Immediately after UNEA-5.2, the Assembly will hold a Special Session of the Assembly on 3 - 4 March 2022, which is devoted to the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of UN Environment Programme in 1972 (UNEP@50).
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- Development
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Feb 28, 2022 - Mar 2, 2022
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Nairobi,
Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya