Events

The webinar will explore the role of UNEP in the Caribbean regarding the conservation of biodiversity and their habitats and promote concepts and values that encourage the audience to understand the role of each species in maintaining ecosystem balance and the importance of protecting them Agenda Topics Include: 

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM) in collaboration with its partners, is organizing this webinar to highlight key challenges, responses and collaboration of sargassum in the context of the Caribbean and West-Africa, as well as highlight efforts of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) Working Group on Sargassum, and build on outcomes of the recent Sargassum International Conference (Guadeloupe, October 2019). 

Since 2016, the UN Environment Programme Caribbean Sub-Regional Office, located in Kingston Jamaica has sought to improve its relevance in the Caribbean, bring the services of the global UN Environment Programme closer to the Caribbean and assist countries to achieve environmental sustainability as a part of the global 2030 Agenda.

The 21st Global Annual Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans will be held in Berlin, Germany October 3 to 5 2019. The meeting will be hosted by the Secretariat of the Helsinki Convention and will be held back to back with the Marine Regions Forum. 

According the World Health Organization, 7 million people die prematurely every year as a direct or indirect result of air pollution. In addition, 93% of children live in areas where the air pollution levels are above the recommended standards of the World Health Organization.