The Second UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) opens in Nairobi, UNEP’s Executive Director, Achim Steiner, and Judi Wakhungu, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment set the tone for the meeting. Edgar Gutierrez, Espeleta, Costa Rica, is elected President of UNEA-2. Civil society representatives share their wish list regarding meeting outcomes and fears for the week ahead.

This video was produced by Asheline Appleton and filmed/edited by Herman Njoroge Chege.

You can find our written reports and photographs for this meeting here: enb.iisd.org/unep/unea2/