Last Day Highlights from UNEA-6 | UN Environment Assembly | UNEP United Nations

Wrap-Up of Day 5 (Last Day) of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.

About UNEA-6

The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) took place from 26 February to 1 March 2024 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.

As the world’s top decision-making body on the environment, UNEA aimed to restore harmony between humanity and nature, thereby improving the lives of the world’s most vulnerable people.

UNEA-6 focused on how multilateralism can help tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Backed by strong science, political resolve, and engagement with society, the Assembly provided an opportunity for world governments, civil society groups, the scientific community, and the private sector to shape global environmental policy.

As the planet’s only universal membership forum for the environment, UNEA offered a unique platform for courageous decisions and new ideas to chart a bold plan of collective environmental action. In doing so, UNEA-6 supported the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

UNEA-6 was preceded by a meeting of the Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives, held from 19 to 23 February 2024, which helped lay the groundwork for the Assembly.