Events

Second Global Meeting The objective of the meeting are: (i) to provide an opportunity to national focal points and other stakeholders to review a draft proposal for a new programme on environmental law prepared by UN Environment based on the outcomes of the first global meeting of focal points; …

Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Venue: Conference Room 4 Chaired by:  H.E. Mrs. Francisca Ashietey-Odunton, High Commissioner and Permanent Representative of Ghana Pre-meeting Resources Annotated and Provisional agenda   Uploaded: 06 August 2018 Post-meeting Resources

Time:  10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. AND 2:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M Venue: Conference Room 1 Chaired by H.E. Mrs. Francisca Ashietey-Odunton, High Commissioner and Permanent Representative of Ghana Pre-meeting Resources Annotated and Provisional agenda   Uploaded: 06 August 2018 Post-meeting Resources

The Seventh Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), will be held at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme in Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya from 17 to 21 September 2018. It will consist of a meeting of the expert group to be held from 17 to…

15th - 16th September, 2018 Regional Consultative Meeting for Africa, Nairobi Kenya. The Regional Consultative Meeting for the region of Africa will take place in Nairobi Kenya from 15th to 16 of September 2018. The meeting will take place back to back with African Ministerial Conference on the…

Africa Animal Welfare Conference is an annual conference co-hosted by Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) in collaboration with UN Environment for professionals and practitioners, coming together to discuss issues that cut across animal welfare, wildlife and environmental conservation. The…

This regional conference will focus on the coordination and promotion of international, national and private sector support for forest and landscape restoration, while paving the way forward for forest and landscape restoration implementation. As a platform for thought-provoking discussions between…

The 9th of June was not a normal day for Mr. Rudolf Makhanu, Country Coordinator for Kenya from the International Crane Foundation. He has just announced the creation of the Environment Ministry at Ongata Rongai church, but he did that while wearing his gloves and mask waiting for dozens of his…

The Montevideo Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environment Law (Montevideo Programme) -- a series of ten-year long-term programmes that organize the work of the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the international community to support the development and…

Experts from all over the world will meet in Nairobi to discuss barriers and options for combatting marine plastic litter and microplastics.  The meeting was mandated by the third stand-alone resolution on marine litter which was adopted by the UN Environment Assembly in December 2017.  For more…