CCAC at the Second Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA2)

About UNEA 2

The second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) will take place at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, under the overarching theme of Delivering on the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Assembly, which represents the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, will culminate in resolutions and a global call to action to address the critical environmental challenges facing the world today.

CCAC partners and the CCAC Secretariat are involved in numerous activites this week that highlight the important relationship between Air Quality, Human Health and Climate Change.

Key CCAC events at UNEA 2:

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• May 19, 17:00- 19:00, Science Policy Forum, Session 4: Climate Change, Air Quality,  Sand & Dust Storms. (Location: Conference Room 1)
• May 21, 10:00 - 12:00, Maskbook Creative Workshop, Kangemi Resource Center (offsite from UNEA2).
• May 23, 13:00 - 14:30, Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement through Clean Cooking. (Location: Conference Room 10)
• May 23, 14:45 - 15:30, CCAC Journalist Roundtable. (Location: Classroom 6). Release of the Integrated Assessment of SLCPs for Latin America and the Caribbean
• May 23, 15:30 - 16:45, National and city action to achieve health benefits from improving air quality (Location: Sustainable Innovation Expo)
• May 24, 13:00 - 14:00, Press Conference: Actions on Air Quality. (Location: Press center)
• May 26, 16:00 - 17:00, Green room Event: Detoxify: Mitigating Black Carbon and other Pollutants from Brick Production. Multiple-benefits for healthy people and climate.