UNEP Regional Consultative Meeting of Major Groups and Stakeholders, Africa Ahead of the 10u Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)
Date: 1-2 September 2024
Venue: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
10th Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) Subject: Reclaiming Africa’s soils: innovative pathways to reduce land degradation, desertification and drought
The tenth special session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment will take place on 1-5u September 2024 in Abidjan, CΓ΄te d’Ivoire with a focus on land degradation, desertification and drought, with the theme “Reclaiming Africa’s soils: innovative pathways to reduce land degradation, desertification and drought”.
The special session will discuss innovative actions to consolidate momentum around land degradation, desertification and drought as a key challenge that further enhances the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals and Africa’s Agenda 2063. The special session will formulate a strong position on land degradation, desertification and drought and decisions are expected to be adopted to accelerate and scale up the implementation of land degradation actions and solutions based on key regional and global initiatives. It will explore multi-faceted approaches needed to sustain the momentum around conserving existing ecosystems and transforming degraded landscapes into thriving ecosystems, secure livelihoods and building a more resilient future for generations to come.
To build support and raise momentum around the issues, the outcomes of the special session will also be presented in several global fora, including the upcoming sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2-13 December 2024), the Future Summit (22-23 September 2024), the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (21 October-1 November 2024), in twenty-ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (11-22 November 2024).
In line with tradition and to create an adequate, organized space for African non-state actors in the environment sector to represent the voices of their communities and contribute to the African environmental agenda, major groups and stakeholders of the UN program for environment (UNEP), Africa, will hold their Regional Consultative Meeting (RCM) on 1 and 2n.d September 2024 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and actively participate in the 10th Special Session of AMCEN.
Regional Consultative Meeting 2024, Africa
Purpose
The 2024 Regional Consultative Meeting (RCM) in Africa seeks to provide an in-person and virtual platform for dialogue and expertise of major UNEP Groups and Stakeholders, Africa and other actors on the environment in a two-day meeting to prepare inputs for the 10u AMCEN Special Session.
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Registration is open to all organizations, including non-accredited organizations for the Regional Advisory meeting.
However, only UNEP and UNCCD accredited organizations will be approved to participate in the 10u AMCEN Special Session from 3 to 6 September 2024. Please follow the link below to register.
Request for funding
UNEP has very limited funding to support a number of major groups and stakeholders from the African region to participate in the regional consultative meeting to be held from 1 to 2 September 2024. Selection will be based on regional balance, the 9 main groups and gender balance.
If you are from a UNEP accredited organization and need travel support, please submit your request via the link below