{"id":70264,"date":"2016-05-21T01:36:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T23:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/authoritative-new-science-to-be-presented-at-un-environment-assembly-in-nairobi-influencing-critical-country-driven-resolutions\/"},"modified":"2016-05-21T01:36:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T23:36:58","slug":"authoritative-new-science-to-be-presented-at-un-environment-assembly-in-nairobi-influencing-critical-country-driven-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/authoritative-new-science-to-be-presented-at-un-environment-assembly-in-nairobi-influencing-critical-country-driven-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Authoritative New Science to Be Presented at UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Influencing Critical Country-driven Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <span dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n                                                    NEW YORK, United States of America, May 20, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                <\/span><\/p>\n<p>This Monday hundreds of key decision-makers from all over the world will meet in Nairobi to tackle some of the most critical issues of the day, from air pollution that kills millions of people every year to illegal trade in wildlife that is pushing species to the brink of extinction.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>This will be the second-ever meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) \u2013 the world\u2019s de facto Parliament for the Environment.<\/p>\n<p>A series of ground-breaking reports that shine a light on the state of the world\u2019s environment will be released during the Assembly, offering solutions that will help the world overcome some of the most pressing environmental issues of our time:<\/p>\n<p>(All times \u2013 Nairobi)<\/p>\n<p>20 May 2016 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Launch of the Frontiers report on major emerging environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>23 May 2016, 13.00 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Launch of Healthy Environment, Healthy People finds that premature deaths from environmental degradation far outstrip the number of people killed in conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>24 May 2016, 13.00 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Launch of the Actions on Air Quality looks at how mixed progress<br \/>\non air quality has caused an 8% rise in air pollution in cities, threatening to<br \/>\nadd to the seven million people killed dying from poor air quality each year.<\/p>\n<p>\n25 May 2016, 13.00 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Launch of the International Resource Panel\u2019s Food Systems and Natural<br \/>\nResources report, which calls for a total overhaul of the way the world\u2019s<br \/>\nfood systems work and lists 12 ways the world can end hunger and stem<br \/>\nenvironmental damage from these systems.<\/p>\n<p>\n26 May 2016, 13.00 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Launch of the Green is Gold report looks at China\u2019s bid to build<br \/>\nan eco-civilization.<\/p>\n<p>\nOn May 27th the assembly will pass a raft of resolutions that seek to tackle a number of critical issues, from the vast amount of plastic waste in our oceans to the sustainable management of the world\u2019s coral reefs.<\/p>\n<p>Among the resolutions that will be discussed are:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The illegal trade in wildlife products, which has become the fourth largest illegal trade in the world after weapons, drugs and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Food waste \u2013 1.3 billion tonnes is wasted every year. If this waste was turned into meals, it would provide enough nutrition to feed all of the undernourished people in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The fading health of our oceans \u2013 more than 30 per cent of the world\u2019s fish stocks are overexploited, depleted or recovering from depletion and more than 50 per cent are thought to be fully exploited.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sustainable consumption and production, which will be essential if the world is to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The world\u2019s natural capital, which, if harnessed properly, could drive economic growth, improve healthcare and education, and reduce poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Experts and government ministers will be available for interviews on all of these issues.<\/p>\n<p>For a list of all media events, please visit:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.unep.org\/docs\/UNEA2_Media_Events_Schedule.pdf<\/p>\n<p>\nMore than one thousand delegates from all over the world \u2013 from governments, businesses and civil society \u2013 will attend UNEA. There will be interview opportunities with many of these officials and key leaders \u2013 Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal, 56 government ministers from all over the world, Iran\u2019s vice president, Ireland\u2019s Former President Mary Robinson, the Director-General of the World Wildlife Fund, the Political Director of Greenpeace and the CEOs of BMW and of the Ugandan electric buses manufacturer Kiira Motors.<\/p>\n<p>UNEA Highlights (all times \u2013 Nairobi):<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 22 May<br \/>\n17:30-20.00 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Solar Soccer Cup &#8211; Phillips\/KNVB Community Lighting Centre, Mathare, Nairobi<br \/>\n(separate media advisory will be sent)<\/p>\n<p>\nAll below events are at UNEP Headquarters in Gigiri, Nairobi<\/p>\n<p>\nMonday, 23 May<br \/>\n10.00-11.30 \u2013 Opening Plenary<\/p>\n<p>\nMonday to Wednesday, from 09:00 until late afternoon<br \/>\nSustainable Innovation Expo<\/p>\n<p>\nWednesday, 25 May<br \/>\n09.00-12.00 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Symposium on Mobilizing Sustainable Investments: Making Private Finance Work<br \/>\nfor Sustainable Development<br \/>\n14.30-17.30 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Symposium on environment and displacement: Root causes and implications<br \/>\n19.00-21.00 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0UNEA Unplugged: an engaging, dynamic and open debate on<br \/>\nthe main UNEA themes.<\/p>\n<p>\nThursday, 26 May<br \/>\n10.00-11.30 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Opening of the High Level Segment and Statement by UNEP Executive Director<\/p>\n<p>For more information on UNEA: http:\/\/web.unep.org\/unea<\/p>\n<p>NOTES TO EDITORS:<\/p>\n<p>For accreditation to UNEA (by 21 May) follow: http:\/\/web.unep.org\/unea\/media-accreditation<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, United States of America, May 20, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; This Monday hundreds of key decision-makers from all over the world will meet in Nairobi to tackle some of the most critical issues of the day, from air pollution that kills millions of people every year to illegal trade in wildlife that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-70264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}