Meeting of the Bureau of the Forum of Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean, May 2023

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General Description

Date: 4 May 2023

TIme: 9:00 am- 6:00 pm Costa Rica / 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Panama (UTC-5)

Format: Hybrid

Venue: Costa Rica

According to paragraph 35 of the Bridgetown Declaration, the Bureau of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment is in charge of supervising the performance of the Forum and must provide support for the functioning of the Forum together with the Director of UNEP ROLAC. Therefore, the Bureau must meet periodically to provide inputs, contribute to monitoring and review the implementation of the Forum Decisions.

This meeting is organized by the Chair of the Forum, Mr. Franz Tattenbach, Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, with the support of the Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as Secretariat of the Forum.

This session of the Bureau will focus on preparations for the XXIII Meeting of the Forum later in the year, the provision of guidance on ongoing work by the groups of the Forum, and the discussion around key intergovernmental processes currently under way.

WORKING DOCUMENTS

Overview of activities 3 - 4 May [español] [english]

Provisional Agenda UNEP/LAC/B1-2023/Doc.1 [español] [english]

Provisional Annotated Agenda UNEP/LAC/B1-2023/Doc.2 [español] [english]

Proposal for the creation of a Regional Oceans Commission [español] [english]

Presentations

1- Roadmap of the Forum [español] [english]

2- Roadmap of UNEA 6 [español] [english]

3- Highlights of the work of Working Groups and Networks [español] [english]

4- Common Framework of Sustainable Finance Taxonomies for LAC [español] [english]

5- UNFCCC secretariat update [english only]

6- Update on INC on plastics [español] [english]