During the 5th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), the first part of which was held virtually on February 22 and 23, the German delegation announced – on behalf of Ecuador, Ghana and the Germany itself – the decision to begin preparations to convene a Ministerial Meeting on Marine Pollution by Plastics, the same one that would take place at the end of the third quarter of this year.
Germany, Ecuador and Ghana concerned about marine plastic pollution
The initiative is supported by the Presidency of the UNEA, currently under the leadership of Norway, and would benefit from close cooperation with the Secretariat of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
Pakistan: Host of World Environment Day 2021
Last Monday, February 22, at the Fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), the adviser to the Prime Minister and Minister of Climate Change of Pakistan, Malik Amin Aslam, and the executive director of the UNEP, Inger Andersen, announced that
Pakistan will host World Environment Day 2021, celebrated this year on June 5 . According to the press release, the central theme of this event will be the restoration of systems and the urgency of making peace with nature.
Likewise, this day will mark the formal launch of the United Nations Decade for the Restoration of Ecosystems 2021-2030 which aims to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on all continents and oceans in order to fight the climate change, eradicate poverty and, even, prevent mass extinction.
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