High-Level Briefing on the 5th Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly

Invitation to a high-level briefing on the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), that will convene virtually on 22-23 February 2021.

The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. It meets biennially to set priorities for global environmental policies and develop international environmental law. Through its resolutions and calls to action, the Assembly provides the leadership to catalyze intergovernmental action on the environment. Decision-making requires broad participation, and the Assembly provides an opportunity for all peoples to help design solutions for our planet’s health.

UNEA-5 will take place in two-parts, an online session in February 2021 and a resumed session in February 2022. UNEA-5 will mobilize, motivate and energize Member States and stakeholders into sharing and implementing successful approaches and nature-based solutions that contribute to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly the eradication of poverty and the promotion of sustainable patterns of consumption and production.

This online briefing will provide an update on the UNEA-5 President’s priorities for the Assembly, envisioned to strengthening actions for nature to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and building a resilient and inclusive post-pandemic world for people and planet.

More details available at https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/high-level-briefing-on-the-5th-session-of-the-united-nations-environment-assembly-geneva-unea-briefing/

Speakers

By intervention order

• Jorge LAGUNA, Director, Governance Affairs Office, UN Environment Programme
• H.E. Sveinung ROTEVATN, Minister of Environment and Climate of Norway, President of UN Environment Assembly
• H.E. Amb. Franz PERREZ, Ambassador for the Environment, Switzerland
• Patrizia HEIDEGGER, Director of Global Policies and Sustainability, European Environment Bureau
• Joyce MSUYA, Deputy Executive Director, UN Environment Programme
• Bruno POZZI, Europe Director, UN Environment Programme (moderator)

Registration

The event will take place online. Kindly register directly on the Webex platform: http://tiny.cc/GEN3FebReg