The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) will take place from 26 February to 1 March 2024 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
UNEA-6 will focus on how multilateralism can help tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Member States and stakeholders will come together to discuss how to advance effective, inclusive, and sustainable multilateral actions to address those interconnected planetary environmental crises.
For the first time, UNEA-6 will highlight the importance of cooperation with MEAs with a full day devoted to the discussion on 28 February 2024. The MEAs day will consist of an opening plenary meeting and two consecutive high-level dialogues. It will provide a unique opportunity for the Assembly to enhance its relationship with the MEAs by strengthening convergence of actions and sharing of experiences while also providing increased visibility to the MEAs.
Watch live the Opening plenary of the MEAs Day on 28 February 2024 from 9 to 10 am EAT
Watch live the MEA Dialogue 1: Strengthening the science policy interface for effective implementation of environmental commitments on 28 February 2024 from 10 am to 1 pm EAT
Watch live the MEA Dialogue 2: Strengthening cooperation between UNEA, UNEP and MEAs to enhance effective implementation at the national level including through means of implementation 28 February 2024 from 1 pm to 3 pm EAT
MEAs related events will be organized from 28 February to 1 March at the MEA pavilion and exhibitions of MEAs will run through the full week of UNEA-6.
The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions will actively engage at UNEA-6 to bring attention to the linkages between pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change and show case the work undertaken by Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions to tackle those interconnected planetary crises.
BRS Secretariat’s engagement programme at UNEA-6.
All times are in EAT/ GMT+3.
28 February 2024
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18:30 - 19:45 | Conference Room 11
Side event: Tackling the Triple Planetary Crisis: Building the Linkages from Science to Action
Organizers: Secretariat of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Science Policy Interface on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention
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18:30 - 19:45 | Online
Side event: Inclusive Pathways: Advancing Gender and Indigenous Perspectives in Multilateral Environmental Cooperation for a Sustainable Future for All
Watch the event live here
Organizers: Women4Biodiversity, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
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29 February 2024
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10:00 - 11:30 | Helipad, MEAs events Tent B
Side event: Better addressing the triple planetary crisis through the cooperation between the MEAs implementation and compliance committees
Watch the event recording here
Organizers: Ozone Secretariat, CBD, CITES, CMS, Minamata convention secretariat
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10:00 - 11:30 | Helipad, MEAs events Tent C
Side event: Effective multilateral actions for responsible mining
Organizers: United Nations Environment Programme
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11:30 - 13:15 | Helipad, MEAs events Tent B
Side event: Catalyzing Environmental Impact and Visibility through Digital Transformation: MEAs Embracing Knowledge-Driven Capacity-Building
Organizers: Secretariat of the Minamata Convention, United Nations Environment Programme
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13:15 - 15:00 | Helipad, MEAs events Tent B
Side event: Effective multilateral actions to protect people and nature from pollution – building on synergies between the chemicals, waste and biodiversity agendas
Organizers: United Nations Environment Programme
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13:15 - 15:00 | Helipad, MEAs events Tent C
Side event: Greening Customs for People, Planet and Prosperity: The Case of Waste Management
Watch the event live here
Organizers: United Nations Environment Programme and the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
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13:30 - 14:45 | Press Room
Side event: For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste – Joining Forces for Accelerated Implementation of the Global Framework on Chemicals
Organizer: Germany
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17:00 - 18:30 | Helipad, MEAs events Tent C
Side event: Decarbonization and detoxification: Linkages and Opportunities for integrated solutions
Watch the event recording here
Organizers: Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, secretariat of the Minamata Convention and United Nations Environment Programme
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10:30 - 12:00 | Helipad, MEAs events Tent A
Side event: Enhancing Cooperation between Montreal Protocol (OzonAction), the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, and Minamata Convention at the Country Level on Areas of Common Interest
Organizer: United Nations Environment Programme
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13:15 - 14:45 | Helipad, MEAs events Tent B
Side event: Synergies in the governance of climate change and plastics in the context of the triple planetary crisis
Organizers: Grid-Arendal and secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions will take part, as an observer, in UNEA-6 and provide information on decisions and ongoing work under the conventions that are relevant to the session’s deliberations.
To that effect, the Secretariat submitted to UNEA-6 the following background notes on the work of the conventions as it relates to the draft resolutions being considered:
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