The world’s highest environmental decision-making body’s biannual meeting kicks off later this month in Nairobi, Kenya, to address pressing and emerging environmental challenges facing the planet.
The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, or UNEA-6, will take place from Feb. 26 to March 1, focusing on the interlinkages of three planetary environmental crises: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Held at the U.N. Environment Programme headquarters, it is expected to be attended by over 3,000 delegates, including over 70 ministers, intergovernmental organizations, the broader U.N. system, the scientific community, and the private sector, among others.
UNEA-6 is part of development meetings held by the U.N. to set the global environmental agenda, providing policy guidance and defining member states’ responses to the emerging environmental challenges that are not usually addressed during climate negotiations.