16th Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum (GMGSF) and 2nd Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Delivering on the Environmental Dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
21-22 and 23-27 May 2016 | UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
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The conference features a high-level ministerial segment that is expected to issue a global call to action on critical environmental challenges. A report on “Healthy Environment, Healthy People,” will be launched during the conference, and will be discussed at a ministerial session aimed at identifying relevant partnerships, policies and tools in areas including air quality, ecosystems, and chemicals and waste management. The meeting will address many other international environmental policy and governance issues, including illegal trade in wildlife, marine plastic debris and microplastics, ecosystem-based adaptation, and sustainable development and poverty eradication. UNEA-2 will also discuss and approve the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Medium-Term Strategy for 2018-2021 and its Programme of Work for 2018-2019. The UNEA-2 outcome will contribute to the work of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which meets in July 2016 in New York. UNEA is the highest decision-making body on environmental matters in the UN system, and has universal membership of all 193 UN Member States, as well as the participation of Major Groups and other stakeholders. A science-policy forum, a Sustainable Innovation Expo and the 16th Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum will take place in conjunction with UNEA-2. The Open-ended Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to UNEP (OECPR) met in February 2016 to prepare draft resolutions for consideration at UNEA-2. The first session of UNEA (UNEA-1) took place in June 2014. |
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IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has published a briefing note for the GMGSF 2016 and provided daily web coverage, daily reports from the UNEA-2. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. | ||
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IISD Reporting Services is grateful to the many donors of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) and recognizes the following as core contributors to the ENB: the European Union, the Government of Switzerland (the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. General Support for the Bulletin during 2016 is provided by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, SWAN International, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Japanese Ministry of Environment (through the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies - IGES), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). |
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