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[PHOTOS] Scenes from UNEA-6 Summit in Nairobi

UNEA is world’s top decision-making body on the environment

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by The Star

News27 February 2024 - 12:16
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In Summary


  • UNEA-6 will focus on how multilateralism can help tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.
Silent Protest by Children and Youths Major Group at the UNEP headquarters during the sixth edition of the United Nations Environment Assembly on February 26,2024.

The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly(UNEA) summit which commenced Monday entered its second day today with various committee meetings lined up.

Among the discussions during the day are agriculture and soil health, transboundary ecosystem restoration and the impacts of war and heavy industry on pollution.

Delegates attending the UNEA-6 conference in Nairobi on Febuary 26, 2024.

UNEA is the world’s top decision-making body on the environment.

It aims to help restore harmony between humanity and nature, improving the lives of the world’s most vulnerable people. 

UNEA-6 will focus on how multilateralism can help tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.

UNON Director General Zainab Hawa Bangura with Environment CS Soipan Tuya during the opening session of the 6th United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi.
Delegates at the United Nation Environment Assembly during the Sixth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi. More than 7,000 delegates registered for the UNEA-6 with 4,000 attending the opening ceremony held on February 26, 2024.
UNEA-6 President Leila Benali with UNEP Executive Inger Andersen during a joint presser at the United Nations Environment Assembly during the Sixth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi on February 26,2024.
Silent Protest by Children and Youths Major Group at the UNEP headquarters during the sixth edition of the United Nations Environment Assembly on February 26,2024.
UNEA-6 President Leila Benali arrives for a presser at the United Nation Environment Assembly during the Sixth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi.
An installation by Kairos Futura dubbed 'A seat At The Table', an organization of Futurists based in Industrial Area Nairobi at the United Nations Environment Assembly on February 26, 2024.
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