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Daily coverage of the events leading up to and including the Fifth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5). This is the world’s top environmental decision-making body attended by government leaders, businesses, civil society and environmental activists.
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Below please find links to daily bulletins from key sessions around UNEA-5. These highlights document the global efforts to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and safe chemicals management as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. All reports are written by the Earth Negotiations Bulletin team from IISD.
Event highlights
9 February 2021: Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF) (Day 1)
10 February 2021: Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF) (Day 2)
11 February 2021: Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF) (Day 3)
12 February 2021: Youth Environment Assembly (Day 1)
13 February 2021: Youth Environment Assembly (Day 2)
15 February 2021: Fifth Meeting of the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (Day 1)
16 February 2021: Fifth Meeting of the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (Day 2)
17 February 2021: Fifth Meeting of the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (Day 3)
18 February 2021: Youth Environment Assembly (Day 3)
18 February 2021: UN Science-Policy Business Forum on the Environment (Day 1)
19 February 2021: UN Science-Policy Business Forum on the Environment (Day 2)
19 February 2021: Youth Environment Assembly (Day 4)
20 February 2021: Youth Environment Assembly (Day 5)
20 February 2021: UN Science-Policy Business Forum on the Environment (Day 3)
22 February 2021: UNEA-5 (Online Session)
23 February 2021: UNEA-5 (Online Session)
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. It brings together representatives of the 193 Member States of the UN, businesses, civil society leaders and other stakeholders to agree on policies that will tackle climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.
The fifth session of UNEA (UNEA-5) will be held online on 22-23 February 2021, followed by an in-person meeting in Nairobi in February 2022. The theme is “Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”, emphasizing the central role nature plays in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It also underlines how a low-carbon recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic can accelerate sustainable development.
