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Outcomes from UN Environment Assembly 7

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UNEA-7 Ministerial Declaration UNEP/EA.7/HLS.1  - Ministerial declaration UNEA-7 Resolutions UNEP/EA.7/Res.1  - Resolution on accelerating global actions to promote the climate resilience of coral reefs UNEP/EA.7/Res.2  - Resolution on promoting sustainable solutions through sport for a resilient planet UNEP/EA.7/Res.3  - Resolution on strengthening international cooperation on the environmentally sound management of minerals and metals UNEP/EA.7/Res.4  - Resolution on strengthening the global response to the massive influx of sargassum seaweed blooms UNEP/EA.7/Res.5  - Resolution on promoting synergies, cooperation or collaboration for national implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and other relevant environmental instruments UNEP/EA.7/Res.6  - Resolution on enhancing the meaningful participation of youth in Environmental Processes and on environmental education UNEP/EA.7/Res.7  - Resolution on strengthening the global managemen...

A Year in Review of my activities

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A Year in Review High-Level Dialogue UNEA 7 2025 has been a tough year for multilateralism, where, in many of the forums I have been operating in, we have mostly been trying to defend the gains we have made over the past 10 years. My political activities for this year have focused on multilateral environmental agreements, nitrogen, and plastics. As one of my hobbies is writing, I have continued collaborating with Chris Spence on articles and another book. The publication of Environmental Lobbying at the UN is a replacement of the 2004 book How to Lobby at Inter-governmental meetings. It is richer, and we hope it is a must for anyone working as a stakeholder in the intergovernmental arena. Chris and I are nearly ready to submit a proposal for a new book to our wonderful publisher, Routledge. If they accept, it will come out in June 2027. I have just finished attending the seventh United Nations Environment Assembly. January Handed in the manuscript for Environmental Lobbying...

Multistakeholder Dialogue Resilience through inclusive partnerships: Catalyzing solutions across sectors

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Today’s biggest challenges of climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, desertification and land degradation, which are interconnected and threaten the well-being of humanity and planet are too complex for any one actor to solve alone. Accelerating sustainable solutions and effective responses for a safer and more resilient planet and catalyzing the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals requires all hands-on deck. It requires different sectors and actors to work together in an integrated manner.  Watch here. In this regard, multistakeholder partnerships are not optional but essential for addressing today’s urgent and interlinked environmental challenges. Cross-sector collaboration is therefore crucial for tackling environmental challenges by aligning goals across sectors, sharing knowledge, expertise, technologies, coalescing of local needs and interests, and pooling resources. The dialogue will explore how inclusive partnerships can address the root cause of environ...

Reproducing UNEP's overview of week one the CPR week in prepartion for UNEA 7

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   If you have trouble reading this e-mail, please click here .    UNEA-7 CPR UNEP Inside UNEA   Latest news from the Governing Bodies of UNEP   6 December 2025 ...