📅 28 February – 2 March 2022
Nairobi, Kenya / Online
Hosted by the UN Environment Programme, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) brings together representatives of the 193 Member States of the UN, businesses, civil society, and other stakeholders to agree on policies to address the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
The resumed the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) takes place online and in Nairobi on 28 February – 2 March 2022. The overall theme for UNEA-5 is “Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”. This highlights the pivotal role nature plays in our lives and in social, economic, and environmentally sustainable development.
UNEA-5 is an opportunity for the Member States to share best practices for sustainability. It will create momentum for governments to build on and catalyze impact on multilateral environmental efforts to protect and restore the natural world on which the economies and societies depend.
UNEA-5.2 and its preparatory meetings, namely the resumed fifth session of the Open-Ended Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-5.2) from 21 – 25 February 2022 and the 3rd consultation of the process established under General Assembly resolution 73/333 on 16 – 18 February 2022, will be hybrid meetings, with a combination of universal in-person presence and online participation.
Looking ahead to the resumed session of UNEA.5, the UNEA President has re-initiated the consultations process on a ministerial declaration. The latest developments on the draft ministerial declaration as well as inputs from the Member States and Stakeholders are available on this dedicated webpage.
The latest draft structure of UNEA-5.2 is available here. Kindly note that the structure is a draft that is yet to be approved by the Joint Bureaux of the UN Environment Assembly and Committee of Permanent Representatives.