OVERVIEW
Date: July 5th, 2022.
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 am Costa Rica /9:00 - 12:00 pm Panama (UTC-5)
Format: Virtual.
The second meeting of the High-Level Officers of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on June 5, 2022. During this session, the progress report of the work plan for the implementation of the results of the XXII meeting of the Forum adopted during the first virtual meeting of the Bureau of the XXIII Forum of Ministers of the Environment held on 24 June 24 2021, will be presented to the High-Level Officers.
The Secretariat will also present a tentative roadmap for the intersessional period until the XXIII Meeting of the Forum of Ministers, and the High-Level Officers will be invited to provide comments and inputs for the finalization of the document. The roadmap will then be presented for its approval at the next meeting of the Bureau of the Forum.
For more information, please contact the Forum Secretariat at unep-rolac-forumofministers@un.org.
WORKING DOCUMENTS
Provisional Agenda UNEP/LAC/HLO-2/2022.1 [español] [english]
Provisional Annotated Agenda UNEP/LAC/HLO-2/2022.2 [español] [english]
Tentative Roadmap UNEP/LAC/HLO-2/2022.3 [español] [english]
Workplan UNEP/LAC/HLO-2/2022.4 [español] [english]
Presentation [español] [english]
Final Report of the Second High Level Officers Meeting
UNEP/LAC/HLO-2.5 [español] [english]
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
LETTER TO MEMBER STATES - "Follow-up to the meeting of the ad hoc open-ended working group (OEWG) to prepare for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment" [english]
WORKING GROUPS - DOCUMENTS
CHEMICALS AND WASTE
Air Pollution Network
- Regional Action Plan on Air Quality for Latin America and the Caribbean 2022-2025 [español] [english]
- Resource Mobilization Strategy for the Latin America and the Caribbean Air Quality Regional Action Plan 2022-2025 [español] [english]
- Actions on Air Quality - Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Report [español] [english]
Marine Litter and Microplastics
- Recommendations on the establishment of a suitable mechanism to promote regional cooperation and coordination in the field of marine litter and microplastics in Latin America and the Caribbean [español] [english]
- Report on the existing technical and financial resources and mechanisms to address marine litter and microplastics in Latin America and the Caribbean [español] [english]
- Report on policies, regulations and strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean to prevent marine litter and plastic waste [español] [english]
Chemicals and waste Intergovernmental Network for LAC
- Progress Report of the Work Programme 2021-2022 for the year 2021 [español] [english]
Voluntary Coalition of governments and relevant organizations for the progressive closure of dumpsites in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Progress Report of the Work Plan 2021-2022 for the year 2021 [español] [english]
PREVENTING FUTURE PANDEMICS AND ACCELERATING SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF REGIONAL STRATEGIES FOR THE CONSERVATION, RESTORATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEMS
- Annex 5 - Action Plan for the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration in Latin America and the Caribbean. Support for the Implementation of the Action Plan [español] [english]
- Bridgetown Declaration [español] [english]
BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS
FIRST HIGH-LEVEL OFFICERS MEETING - 2022
May 4, 2022
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE FORUM OF MINISTERS OF ENVIRONMENT
January 27-28, 2022 More details
High-Level Officers Meeting
Thursday, November 25, 2021.More details.
Report of the First Meeting of High-Level Officers of the Forum of Ministers 29-30 September 2021 [español] [english]
Report of the Regional Consultative Meeting for Major Groups in Latin America and the Caribbean, October 18-19 2021. [español] [english]
Report of the Regional Ministerial Consultation, 21 October 2021. [español] [english]
Regional Ministerial Consultation
Thursday, October 21, 2021. More details.