MOMENT-6 is he sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly. The sessions will be held from February 26 to March 1, 2024 at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Program located in Nairobi (Kenya) (decision 5/4 of March 2, 2022).
When delegates meet in Nairobi, Kenya later this month to celebrate the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) In their sixth session, they will have a busy agenda.
It is expected that the world’s highest decision-making body on environment examine a range of pressing environmental issues, from water scarcity to the clean energy transition.
However, six key dialogues are expected to take center stage and go a long way to determining the long-term success of the THE MOMENT. These sessions are designed to boost the global effort to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, loss of nature and biodiversity, and pollution and waste.
Two of those sessions will take place on February 28, a day dedicated to global agreements known as Multilateral Environmental Agreements.
“No country can address the triple planetary crisis alone,” said Radhika Ochalik, Director of the Office of Governance Affairs at the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). “These dialogues are designed to stimulate the global momentum we need to build a more sustainable planet.”
Here is a look at what will happen at UNEA-6:
Strengthening the science-policy interface
February 28 at 10:00 EAT
To confront the triple planetary crisis, the world needs up-to-date scientific data on the state of the environment. But numbers alone are not enough. Scientific conclusions must be accessible to policy makers if change is to be promoted. This session will explore how UNEP and a range of international agreements, known as Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), can strengthen the links between science and policy-making.
Strengthen cooperation between UNEA, UNEP and MEAs
February 28, 15:00 EAT
MEAs (MEAs) are the backbone of the global environmental movement. Many date back decades and have been instrumental in everything from limiting chemical pollution to protecting species.
This session will examine how UNEA, UNEP and MEAs can better collaborate. This is considered key to countering the triple planetary crisis and accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Full steam ahead or slow motion: Are science, data and digitalization really accelerating our transition to a sustainable future?
February 29, 15:00 EAT
Los macrodatos (big data) and technology have long been hailed as game-changers in the effort to protect and repair the planet. However, despite its rise, climate change, nature loss and pollution continue to worsen. This session will examine how to best leverage science and technology in the campaign against the triple planetary crisis.
Multilateral dialogue: Collaboration for the environment
February 29, 16:30 EAT
Government officials, business leaders and members of civil society will explore how they can collaborate more closely on a range of environmental issues. In particular, they will discuss environmental multilateralism and how technology can support the campaign against the triple planetary crisis.
Can the global financial system really tackle climate change, nature loss and pollution?
March 1, 10:00 a.m. ET
This session will explore how the financial sector (and its $480 trillion in assets) can help counter the triple planetary crisis and reignite the effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The dialogue will specifically focus on how countries and companies can better align financial flows with three landmark environmental agreements: the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Global Chemicals Framework.
Environmental multilateralism is a beacon of hope
March 1, 11:30 EAT
Despite deep geopolitical divisions, countries around the world continue to collaborate on the planet’s most pressing environmental issues. Nations have signed several important agreements in the past year, including those aimed at preserving biodiversity and fighting chemical pollution. But the triple planetary crisis worsens day by day. This session will examine how countries can take their collaboration to the next level.
The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) will take place from February 26 to March 1, 2024 at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya. As the world’s highest decision-making body on environmental matters, the THE MOMENT aims to help restore harmony between humanity and nature, improving the lives of the world’s most vulnerable people. MOMENT-6 will focus on how multilateral action can help address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, loss of nature and biodiversity, and pollution and waste.