• Overview
  • Ministerial Segment
  • High-Level Officers Segment
  • Reference Documents
  • Information Documents

Forum of Ministers

 

RECORDING - 2 OCTOBER                  

RECORDING - 1 OCTOBER

 

The XXIV Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will be held at the Sheraton Lima Historic Centre Hotel in Lima, Peru, from 29 September to 2 October 2025.

The High-Level Officers meeting will be held on 29 and 30 September, followed by the Ministerial Segment on 1-2 October. In this sense, High-Level Officers will participate from 29 September to 1 October, and Ministers will participate on 1 and 2 October.

The meeting of the Forum will be preceded by the LAC Youth Environment Forum (LACYEF) on 27 September, the Regional Consultation for the Major Group of Women on 28 September, and the Regional Consultation Meeting for LAC Civil Society on 29 September, all in Lima, Peru.

Participation in these events is by invitation only.

Further information on the Forum of Ministers of Environment of LAC is available on its webpage.

Overview agenda [Español] [English]

Provisional Agenda [Español] [English]

Provisional Annotated Agenda [Español] [English]

 

Ministerial Declaration [Español] [English]

Decision [Español] [English]

Report  [Español] [English]

Final List of Participants [English/Español]

 

Presentations 

Photos Opening 2

 

DAY 1 - Advancing regional action - Concept notes

Session 1 - Biodiversity and Climate - Accelerating nature and climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean  [Español] [English]

Session 2 - Pollution and Waste - Accelerating action to reduce methane emissions from waste and closing dumpsites   [Español] [English]

Session 3 - Financing - Accelerating Access to Multilateral and Private Finance for Ecosystem Restoration and Climate Action in Latin America and the Caribbean  [Español] [English]

DAY 2 - Advancing global action - Concept notes

Breakfast - Net-Zero Nature-Positive Accelerator Integrated Program - Regional launch [Español] [English]

Session 4 - Solutions from LAC for UNEA-7  [Español] [English]

Session 5 - Consultation on UNEP´s MTS and PoW [Español] [English]

Session 6 - Exchange regarding UNFCCC COP 30 [Español] [English]

Session 7 - Contributions from the Forum to the MEAs [Español] [English]

Overview Agenda  [Español] [English]

Provisional Agenda [Español] [English]

Provisional Annotated Agenda [Español] [English]

Report [Español] [English]

 

DAY 1 - Concept notes

Session 1 - Priorities of work of the Forum and way forward [Español] [English]

Session 2 - Part 1 - China Trust Fund [Español] [English]

Session 2 - Part 2 - Jaguars initiative [Español] [English]

Session 3 - UNCCD - Water and Drought [Español] [English]

DAY 2 - Concept notes

Session 4 - Early Warning for All [Español] [English]

Session 5 - Climate Change Observatories [Español] [English]

Session 6 - Part 1 - Roadmap to UNEA-7 [Español] [English]

Session 6 - Part 2 - UNEA-7 draft resolutions [Español] [English]

 

Report on the implementation of the decisions of the XXIII Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of LAC [Español] [English]

 

Draft Ministerial Declaration [Español] [English]

Draft Decision [Español] [English]

Note of the Director [Español] [English]

Rules of Procedure  [Español] [English]

Code of Conduct at UN System events

 

UNEA and UNEP

UNEA draft Ministerial Declaration  [Webpage English only] [Document English only]

UNEP´s draft Medium Term Strategy (MTS) [English only]

UNEP´s draft Programme of Work (PoW) [English only]

UNEA-6 Outcomes (resolutions and decisions) Webpage

Draft UNEA-7 resolution submitted by Colombia 

Draft UNEA-7 resolution submitted by Peru and Kenya

Draft UNEA-7 resolution submitted by Dominican Republic

Draft UNEA-7 resolution submitted by Bolivia

 

Major Groups and Stakeholders

Declaration of Major Groups and Stakeholders for the XXIV Meeting of the Forum [Español] [English]

Declaration of the Children and Youth Major Group [English]

Declaration of the Women Major Group [Español]

 

Work plans and programmes

Air Quality Action Plan 2026 - 2029 [Español] [English]

Regional Plan of the Network on Chemicals and Waste [Español] [English]

Regional Cooperation Programme on Methane Emissions Reduction and Dumpsite Closure [Español] [English]

Summary for policy makers - Pogramme on Methane and Dumpsites [Español] English]

Regional Restoration Initiative - Ecosystem Restoration for Water and People [Español] [English]

 

Policy Briefs and Technical Notes

Water Cycle [Español] [English]  Note [Español] [English] 

Ecological Restoration [Español] [English] Note [Español] [English] 

Synergies between Conventions [Español] [English] Note [Español] [English] 

 

Interagency Technical Committee inputs

OECD input note [English only]

 

Reports of previous meetings

San Jose Declaration  [Español] [English]

Decisions of the XXIII Meeting of the Forum  [Español] [English]

Report of the meeting of the Bureau of 28 May 2025 [Español] [English]

Report of the Special Session of the Forum of 10-11 September 2024 [Español] [English]

Report of the meeting of the Bureau of 9 July 2024 [Español] [English]

 

 

 

 

Logistics Note [Español] [English]

Q/A on the arrangements of the meeting [Español] [English]

 

Instructions to book rooms at the Sheraton Lima Historic Center Hotel [Español] [English]

Special prices Sheraton Lima Historic Center Hotel [Spanish only]

Sheraton Lima Historic Center Hotel Factsheet [Español] [English]

 

UN Debit Cards instructions [Español] [English]

Registration in the Amex platform - Step by Step guide [Español] [English]

 

Peru VISA requirements for diplomatic, official, and service passports [Spanish only]

Peru VISA requirements for ordinary passports [Spanish only]