UNEA Side-Event: Wastewater as a Solution

This session will explore how wastewater can transform challenges into opportunities, supporting climate mitigation and adaptation, resource recovery, green recovery in post-conflict/post disaster, address land degradation and healthier ecosystems. The event will showcase innovative solutions and practical approaches for sustainable wastewater management and reuse, while highlighting its critical role in reducing pollution and advancing a circular economy. 
 

Join us in person if you are at the UN compound (no registration required) or watch in YouTube the event live if you are not in Nairobi. 
 

Speakers include:

• Noemi Florea, UNEP Young Champion of the Earth 2025
• H.E. Matthew Samuda, Minister, Ministry of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Jamaica
• H.E. Peter Maddens, Ambassador, Embassy of Belgium in Kenya
• Monika Hencsey, Director, Green Diplomacy and Multilateralism, European Commission, DG Environment
• Georges Kouamé Kouadio, Technical Advisor of theMinister of Environment, Côte d'Ivoire

And other distinguished experts and partners. 
 

Finally, in this event, 3 publications, developed with UNEP support, will be launched by member of the Global Wastewater Initiative:

• Sustainable Wastewater Management as a Pillar for the Sustainable Reconstruction of Ukraine by UNEP-DHI Centre on Water and Environment and GWWI
   
• Technical Brief: Sustainable Wastewater Management for Water Villages by GRID Arendal, a member of GWWI
   
• Wastewater Treatment Solutions for Climate Mitigation: A Practical Guide by UNEP-DHI Centre on Water and Environment and GWWI