The Committee of Permanent Representatives considers and prepares the draft resolutions and decisions for adoption by UNEA, without prejudice to the rules of procedure, and based on a presentation by the initiator(s) of the draft resolution.

Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic is dumped into the ocean.

The resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) takes place online and in Nairobi on 28 February – 2 March 2022.

When leaders gather for the resumed session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2) next week, part of their discussions is expected to focus on the problems with humanity’s food systems.

Nairobi, 23 February, 2022 – Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense.

Global commitments on implementing multilateral agreements were front and centre on Thursday, as the General Assembly President co-hosted hundreds of Parliamentarians from around the world – the largest in-person gathering at the UN in New York since last September’s High Level Week.

Deadly wildfires, noise pollution and other looming environmental threats could cause widespread ecological damage, and need to be urgently addressed, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new report published on Thursday.

From the deepest points of the ocean to the food and water we consume, microplastics are a growing threat to human and planetary health.

For the better part of five decades, plastic has been pouring into the world’s oceans, poisoning marine life, sullying beaches and, infamously, feeding a garbage patch that’s bigger than France.

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) top official in Europe on Tuesday called on governments and health authorities to “closely examine” why there is low demand and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines, as an “Omicron tidal wave” slams countries in the east of the region.