Global Environment Assembly agrees to 25 landmark resolutions

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NAIROBI, May 29 (ANA) – The world’s environment ministers gathered at the second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) in the Kenyan capital Nairobi have agreed on 25 landmark resolutions to drive forward the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and the Paris climate agreement.

The ministers, representing over 120 countries out of the 174 that attended the conference, adopted far-reaching resolutions on issues such as marine litter, the illegal trade in wildlife, air pollution, chemicals and waste, and sustainable consumption and production, which are an integral part of the global action needed to implement the 2030 agenda and the Paris climate agreement.

UN Environment Programme (UNEP) executive director Achim Steiner said the environment had always been, and would always be, at the heart of humanity’s prosperity. World nations recognised this in 2015 with global accords such as the 2030 agenda, the Paris agreement, the Sendai framework on disaster risk reduction, and the Addis Ababa action agenda.

“What we have seen in the last five days is the same political will and passion for change that brought about the groundbreaking international agreements of 2015. With global consensus affirmed, we are taking steps to bring about a real transformation of our development models. The United Nations Environment Assembly is providing leadership and guidance the world needs to take these unprecedented steps,” he said.

Among the 25 resolutions and actions adopted at UNEA-2, the theme of which was “Delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, a number of themes dominated – the 2030 agenda and paris agreement implementation; illegal trade in wildlife; marine litter and debris; healthy environment, healthy people; armed conflict; food waste and sustainable consumption.

Thousands of delegates from 174 countries, 120 at the ministerial level, took part in the UNEA-2 and associated side events on issues of global importance, including the sustainable innovation expo and the science-policy Forum.

The sessions were presided over by Costa Rican Environment Minister Edgar Gutiérrez, who took over from former Mongolian minister of environment and green development Oyun Sanjaasuren.
– African News Agency (ANA)