The seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) concluded with Member States delivering 11 resolutions, three decisions and a Ministerial Declaration aiming to advance solutions for a more resilient planet.
More than 6,000 people – representing 186 countries – registered for the week-long Assembly held at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, focused on advancing solutions to tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature, biodiversity loss and land degradation and pollution and waste.
“What has been achieved here proves that this bridge is indeed capable of carrying the world's ambitions towards a better future,” said Abdullah bin Ali Al-Amri, President of Oman's Environment Authority and President of UNEA-7.
“The conclusion of this session doesn't mean the end of our mission. The measure of our success will not be limited to what we've adopted on paper, no matter how important and strategic, but by what we will see on the ground in terms of cleaner air, cleaner water, restored ecosystems, sustainable ecosystems, green job opportunities and more resilient societies capable of facing the challenges of the future,” he added.
In her UNEA-7 closing remarks, Inger Andersen, UNEP’s Executive Director, called on Member States to make their full contributions so that UNEP can deliver results and impact.
“You will now return to the world outside the negotiation halls. A world in which – let us not forget amid our euphoria – people are dying, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed, economies are being damaged, and inequity is growing because action on environmental challenges has not been fast or strong enough,” Andersen said.
The UNEA-7 resolutions move forward the work of Member States on safeguarding coral reefs, on the sound management of the minerals and metals essential to the energy transition, on the sound management of chemicals and waste, on the sustainable use of Artificial Intelligence, and on finding sustainable solutions through sport. Other resolutions adopted focus on international cooperation to combat wildfires, strengthening work on the environmental dimension of antimicrobial resistance, protecting glaciers, and addressing sargassum seaweed blooms and more.
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