The event ended on March 1, 2024 with delegates expressing optimism that firm action on curbing the plastic menace would soon become a reality
UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo shared by Inger Andersen on her X handle, @andersen_inger
Everything, everywhere, all as one: how the UN Environment Assembly can steer the world to a sustainable future
This year, we are inviting the multilateral environmental agreements, nations and indeed every actor to come together and find new ways of working together towards a common goal
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Inger Andersen urges inclusion of ‘super pollutants’ such as methane and black carbon in NDCs
By addressing short-lived climate pollutants, the world can deliver climate action, improve air quality and human health, said Andersen at the Climate and Clean Air Conference, 2024
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UNEA-6 opens with a call for environmental multilateralism
It is time to put political differences aside, focus on threats facing the planet and embark on the pathway to a sustainable and safe future, says Inger Andersen
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UNEA-6: Reuse should be central component of legally binding treaty on plastics, say speakers
Panelists at side event held on first day of meet hope an agreement is reached quickly
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UNEA-6: Rapid adoption of renewables critical for a climate-resilient world, say experts
At the same time, a balance must be struck between the need for and limits of development, they add
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UNEA-6: Nature-based solutions for climate facing a funding crisis, says Andersen
UNEP executive director makes case for debt for climate and nature swaps, cites example of Ecuador
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UNEA-6: Over a third of global population living with solid waste, reveals report
World needs to integrate the principles of just transition to a circular economy to better manage waste, says lead author
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UNEA-6: Report raises concern on India’s reliance on single-use plastics; cites study to support reuse systems
The Zero Waste Europe-NHF study cited encompassed the perspectives of street vendors, customers and policy makers across Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi Nagpur and Ranchi
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UNEA-6 to consider 12 draft resolutions on its final day
While the resolutions are a critical part of UNEA-6, they are not legally binding
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UNEA-6: Align investment with science for sustainability of environment, says assembly president
Investments should not happen to detriment of environment, or worsen already-dire situations of many societies
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UNEA-6: Extraction & use of world’s resources has grown three times more in 50 years
Global Resources Outlook 2024, released on final day of assembly, reveals shocking statistics
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UNEA-6 delegates want more action on plastics, Paris Agreement
Some countries complained final Ministerial Declaration doesn't explicitly call for expedited reaching of the much anticipated legally binding agreement on ending plastic pollution
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