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Brief Note from AMCOMET to AMCEN - AMCEN/17/REF/2
(2019)The African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) was established in 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya as a high-level mechanism to foster the development of weather and climate services and their applications to meet sector ... -
Briefing Note for the 17th Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN): Clean Air, Health, Environment and Climate - Introduction to the CCAC-UNEP Africa Integrated Assessment on Air Pollution and Climate Change: An Assessment Process on the Role and Potential of Emission Mitigation Strategies to support development in Africa
(2019-10)https://www.unenvironment.org/amcen -
Briefing Note on UNEA 4 and UNEA 5 for relevant Regional Ministerial or Expert Meetings
(2019)This note provides an overview on key documents relevant for discussions on follow-up of the fourth session of UN Environment Assembly (UNEA 4) and on preparations for the fifth session of Assembly (UNEA 5), in support of ... -
Briefing Note on UNEA 4 and UNEA 5 for relevant Regional Ministerial or Expert Meetings - AMCEN/17/REF/1
(2019)This note provides an overview on key documents relevant for discussions on follow-up of the fourth session of UN Environment Assembly (UNEA 4) and on preparations for the fifth session of Assembly (UNEA 5), in support of ... -
Caribbean Ozone Officers Network Meet on Montreal Protocol Implementation
(2018)UN Environment’s OzonAction in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning, Sustainable Development and Information Technology of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, hosted the Thematic Network Meeting of ... -
CEP Sustainable Development Strategy And Performance Indicators (Including Resource Mobilization Strategy)
(2017-03-07)CEP Sustainable Development Strategy And Performance Indicators (Including Resource Mobilization Strategy) -
Chair’s Summary - Consultative Meeting on the Development of an African Strategy for Ocean Governance
(2018-11-30)A Consultative Meeting on the Development of an African Strategy for Ocean Governance was held at the United Nations Offices in Nairobi, 29-30 November 2018 to discuss possible elements to be included in the African ... -
Climate Change, Clean Technology and Green Growth Opportunities in Africa - Note by the Secretariat
(2010)Climate change, as the United Nations Secretary-General has said, is “the defining challenge of our generation”. Its potential consequences for economic and social well-being are so profound that many have preferred to ... -
Communications and Outreach: Note by the Secretariat
(2018-11)UN Environment Chemicals and Health Branch, as Secretariat of the Global Mercury Partnership, has endeavoured to enhance the impact of the Partnership by facilitating communication between Partnership areas and with the ... -
Concept Note – Strengthening Resilience to Environmental Impacts of Emergencies in Latin America and the Caribbean through the Development of an Environment and Emergencies Preparedness Network
(2019-10-24)Concept note – Strengthening resilience to environmental impacts of emergencies in Latin America and the Caribbean through the development of an Environment and Emergencies Preparedness Network -
Concept Note: Workshop on Environmentally Sound Management of Used Lead Acid Batteries - 24-25 February 2016, Guatemala City, Guatemala
(2016)Presentation at the Regional Workshop on the Environmentally Sound Management of Used Lead Acid Batteries -
Conference of the Parties to the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa “The Bamako Convention: A platform for a Pollution Free Africa” - Report by the Secretariat on the Implementation of the Bamako Convention
(2018)During the negotiations process for the Basel convention the position of the African countries was in favor of a total ban of transboundary movements of hazardous waste, instead of the mechanism of controlling and monitoring ... -
Connecting Water, Peace, and Security through Ecosystems - Stockholm World Water Week Side Event
(2018)This session will examine the linkages between peace and development through good governance of natural resources. Case studies from Africa and Asia will illustrate how ecosystem changes affect political stability. The ... -
Contact Group Meeting on the Implications of Joining the Customs Union between Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation - Information Note: Ozone Layer Protection Talks in Minsk with Current and Future Members of the Customs Union to Enforce Montreal Protocol Provisions
(2014)Delegations of the current members of the Customs Union between Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia and those of the prospective future members Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan elaborated – after 3 days of intensive discussions ... -
DPR Korea learns from China on HCFC Alternatives
(2014-04-17)Seven officers from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) - representing the National Coordinating Committee for Environment (NCCE), the Ministry of Chemical Industry, the Ministry of Land and Environment ... -
Draft Report on the Status of Styrofoam and Plastic Bag Bans in the Wider Caribbean Region - Fourth Meeting of the Scientific, Technical and Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol concerning Pollution from Land based Sources and Activities in the Wider Caribbean.
(2018)Plastic pollution is one of the most relevant and important issues of our time. Plastic has gradually become a part of our everyday life, but this is no longer tenable; the traditional linear production, use and disposal ... -
East African countries build their capacity and strengthen cooperation to combat illegal trade in Ozone Depleting Substances
(2019)The meeting focused on the management of seized and unwanted ODS, facilitating legal trade and combatting illegal trade of environmentally sensitive commodities. -
ECA Network Meet on HPMP Implementation and ODS Alternatives Survey
(2016-11-09)The Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia (ECA network) of UN Environment's OzonAction in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova and UNDP Chisinau, have organised a Thematic ...