The fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) opened in Nairobi, Kenya, with a minute of silence in honor of the 157 people who perished in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash while en route to Nairobi. The meeting established two working groups and three contact groups to complete negotiations of all resolutions that had not yet been finalized, and delegates continued their discussions on issues including sustainable consumption and production, deforestation, biodiversity, gender equality, deforestation, and marine litter and microplastics. Highlights from the day included agreement on a draft resolution on rangelands and pastoralism, proposed by the African Group, and discussions on ways to improve work processes around the organization of future UNEA conferences. Read full report in [ English | French ]