On Monday, the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR) began discussions in Nairobi, Kenya, in preparation for the fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) the following week.
Delegates discussed UNEP’s budget and programme performance, and provided comments on a draft ministerial declaration. Working groups convened in five clusters to negotiate resolutions on innovation and sustainable consumption and production (SCP), chemicals and waste, ecosystems and biodiversity, environmental governance, and UNEP’s programme of work. [Read full report]