Known as the “world parliament on the environment”, UNEA-6 wrapped up on Friday in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, after a five-day conference, adopting a ministerial declaration with 17 resolutions and decisions.
The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) took place from 26 February to 1 March 2024.
The UN Environment Assembly attended by over 7,000 delegates from 182 UN Member States and more than 170 ministers participating in Nairobi, debates use of artificial intelligence to solar engineering techniques to help restore the harmony between people and nature.
UNEA-6 adopted a package of action plans, from promoting sustainable lifestyles to the sound management of chemicals and waste and sand and dust storms, issuing calls for immediate steps to rein in overconsumption and take smarter, greener steps towards sustainability aimed at redefining the way humankind interacts with nature.
“A ministerial declaration affirmed the international community’s strong intent to slow climate change, restore nature and land and create a pollution-free world,” said Inger Anderson, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) at the closing session on Friday adding, “The world needs action, speed and real, lasting change.”
The UNEA-6 also hosted the first Multilateral Environmental Agreements Day, marked on 28 February.
The outcome of UNEA-6 will feed into other like-minded collaborative global efforts towards sustainability, including the Summit of the Future, to be held at UN Headquarters in September.
Based on UN News
