{"id":3207,"date":"2019-03-14T11:10:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T05:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2021-03-01T17:33:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:33:41","slug":"single-use-plastics-marine-liter-microplastics-issues-came-forward-for-adoption-on-unea-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/single-use-plastics-marine-liter-microplastics-issues-came-forward-for-adoption-on-unea-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Use Plastics, Marine Liter, Microplastics issues Came Forward for Adoption on UNEA-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"l-box\">\n<div id=\"MEETING\">\n<div id=\"banner\">\n<div id=\"headpic\" class=\"h-item\">\n<div>The fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) continued its third day of discussion on 13th March, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"over\">Delegates at UNEA-4 raced to complete negotiations on all outstanding draft resolutions today, in preparation for the High-Level Segment tomorrow. The Committee of the Whole (COW) convened briefly in morning and afternoon plenaries, and agreed to forward texts on food loss, biodiversity, and arrangements for UNEA-5, single-use plastics, and marine litter and microplastics, to UNEA-4 for adoption. Informal discussions continued into the evening on draft resolutions addressing deforestation, geoengineering, and the GEO process.<\/div>\n<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3208\" src=\"https:\/\/esdo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/370A4369-tn-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/370A4369-tn-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/370A4369-tn-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/370A4369-tn.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Key highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agreement on resolutions on marine litter and microplastics, and on single-use plastics, and the role UNEP can play in these related issues;<\/li>\n<li>Conclusion of negotiations on arrangements for UNEA-5, setting in place an intersessional process and preparation of an action plan to implement all provisions of the Rio+20 outcome on strengthening the role of UNEP (paragraph 88), including progressive consolidation of headquarters functions in Nairobi (sub-paragraph g);<\/li>\n<li>Dialogues with youth and other stakeholders of the GEO-6 process, which put forward proposals for adopting more sustainable pathways;<\/li>\n<li>An address by UNEP Patron of the Oceans and endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh, urging action to combat the degradation of the world\u2019s oceans; and<\/li>\n<li>National statements by many Member States and heads of agencies, outlining their actions to promote sustainable consumption and production (SCP), fight climate change, and halt biodiversity and habitat loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) continued its third day of discussion on 13th March, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya. Delegates at UNEA-4 raced to complete negotiations on all outstanding draft resolutions today, in preparation for the High-Level Segment tomorrow. The Committee of the Whole (COW) convened briefly in morning and afternoon plenaries, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action","category-blog","category-event","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3210,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207\/revisions\/3210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}