Sustainable nitrogen management: Global developments

Name: Sustainable nitrogen management: Global developments
Start: 2023-09-05

5 September 2023

Overview

Event documents

Organizers

Outcome documents

Nutrients are essential in our daily lives and are present in the food we eat and the air we breathe. Nitrogen - one of the most important nutrients - is majorly used in fertilizer production. Half of the world’s food security is dependent on nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer use.

Often an excessive application of these fertilizers ends up in our environment due to industrial and agricultural activity having profound impacts, from pollution of water supplies to the undermining of important ecosystems and the services and livelihoods they support. This highlights the need for sustainable nutrient management on a local, regional, and global scale.

This webinar, organised by the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM), is taking place on 5 September 2023, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Nairobi time and aims to showcase ongoing global processes on sustainable nutrient management.

Agenda
UNEA resolution 4/14
UNEA resolution 5/2
"Options and Modalities for Improved Coordination of Policies across the Global Nitrogen Cycle" - as developed by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

The Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM) is a partnership comprising of diverse entities including the government, research and academia, private sector, regional and international intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations along with different UN agencies committed to promote effective nutrient management to achieve the twin goals of food security through increased productivity and conservation of natural resources and the environment.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global voice on the environment. It provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

Please contact wanjiru.edna@un.org for more information.

Presentations

UNEP - Resolution 4/14: Sustainable nitrogen management
Himali De Costa - Resolution 5/2: Sustainable nitrogen management
Mihai Constantinescu - UNEP Working Group on Nitrogen
Monica Kobayashi - Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Target 7
Hossein Fadaei - Outcomes of the EMG Nexus Dialogue on ‘Sustainable Nitrogen Management'
Clare Hamilton - Paper on Options and Modalities for Improved Coordination of Policies across the Global Nitrogen Cycle

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