Location: Virtual
Date: November 26 November, 2020
The eight special session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) will take place as below: • Expert session: 30 November 2020 (agenda attached) • Ministerial session: 4 December 2020 The session will be held virtually under the theme: ‘Enhancing environmental action for effective post-COVID recovery in Africa’. The Pre-AMCEN session for Major Groups and Stakeholders is expected to virtually take place on 26 November 2020. The below thematic areas will be discussed during Pre-AMCEN session for Major Groups and Stakeholders:
- African’s Engagement in the Fifth United Nations Environmental Assembly
- African Perspectives on the post 2020 biodiversity framework and the Convention on Biological Diversity COP 15
- African Perspectives on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP 26
- African Green Stimulus Programme
- Considerations for the Ministerial Declaration