The seventh United Nations Environment Assembly calls for multilateral solutions for a more resilient planet

The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) concluded today with Member States adopting 11 resolutions, three decisions and a Ministerial Declaration aimed at driving solutions to achieve a more resilient planet. More than 6,000 people – representing 186 nations – registered to participate in this week-long Assembly, held at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, focused on advancing solutions to face the triple planetary crisis: climate change; the loss of nature and biodiversity and land degradation; and pollution and waste. UNEA-7 resolutions promote the work of Member States in the protection of coral reefs, the rational management of minerals and metals essential for the energy transition, the rational management of chemicals and waste, the sustainable use of artificial intelligence, and the search for sustainable solutions through sport. Other resolutions adopted focus on international cooperation to combat forest and plant mass fires, strengthening work on the environmental dimension of antimicrobial resistance, protecting glaciers, and how to deal with sargassum blooms, among others. “What we have achieved here shows that this bridge is capable of sustaining the world’s aspirations for a better future,” said H.E. Abdullah bin Ali Al-Amri, President of the Oman Environment Authority and President of UNEA-7.

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