CBCGDF is accredited by the UN Environment Assembly and becomes an observer of the UN Environment leading and subsidiary organs
2019/1/15 17:51:00 本站

Recently, CBCGDF has received some good news from Nairobi, Kenya: CBCGDF, as a representative of Chinese environmental NGOs, has passed the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) Accreditation, and will attend the fourth UNEA which is to be held on March 11-15, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya, where the UN Environment headquarters is located.

 

At the same time, CBCGDF is granted as the Observer to all public meetings and sessions of the United Nations Environment Assembly and its subsidiary organs and will submit the work report to the UN Environment Agency every four years.

 

The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. It addresses the critical environmental challenges facing the world today. Understanding these challenges and preserving and rehabilitating our environment is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

 

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

 

The theme of the Fourth United Nations Environment Conference is “innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production”.

 

The 2019 UN Environment Assembly will also address the following three focus areas:

 

(a) environmental challenges related to poverty and natural resources management, including sustainable food systems, food security, and halting biodiversity loss;

 

(b) life-cycle approaches to resource efficiency, energy, chemicals, and waste management; and

 

(c) innovative sustainable business development at a time of rapid technological change.


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By / Shuya