About 1 million species are heading towards extinction, and pollution remains one of the world’s leading causes of premature death.
This is according to Director Inger Anderson, Director of the United Nations Environment Programme ((UNEP), who called this a “critical” time for the planet.
Heads of State and more than 5,000 representatives from government, civil society and the private sector, are expected to tackle some of the planet’s most-pressing environmental challenges, at a meeting (UNEA-6) in Kenya, starting from the 26th February until the 01st March 2024.
A statement from UNEP said this year’s session, the sixth since the Assembly’s launch in 2014, is expected to consider some 19 resolutions aimed at everything related to the environment, from halting desertification to countering air pollution.
The resolutions are part of a broader push at UNEA to accelerate the global campaign against the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, as well as pollution and waste.
In addition to addressing the triple planetary crisis during five days of talks, high-level meetings are planned to focus on financing and technology.
UNEA will also devote a day to highlighting the importance of Multilateral Environmental Agreements, a series of global accords on the environment.
Anderson says “UNEA-6 won’t solve the world’s problems overnight. What it will do is unite nations under the banner of environmental action, focus minds and energies on key solutions and guide the work of UNEP in this critical period for people and the planet.”
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