The UN Environment Management Group (EMG), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), UN-Habitat and UN Environment, organized its fourth Nexus Dialogue on Cities, Pollution and Health on 3 December 2017, in the margins of the third session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-3) in Nairobi, Kenya.
The EMG Nexus Dialogue on the Environmental Aspects of Minerals and Metals Management, held on 30 August 2023, brought together UN entities and other stakeholders to explore how the UN system could strengthen collaboration on the environmental sustainability of minerals and metals across their full life cycle.
The EMG Nexus Dialogue on Sustainable Nitrogen Management was held on 20 April 2023 in Geneva to explore how the UN system could strengthen cooperation on the sustainable use and management of nitrogen. The Dialogue brought together UN entities to consider both the production and pollution dimensions of nitrogen use, including nitrogen-use efficiency in agriculture, pollution of air, water and land, and the need for more coherent policy responses.
The Common Approach to Pollution is the UN system’s shared framework for bringing together the different mandates and expertise of UN organizations to prevent and reduce pollution in a more coordinated way.
This report shows how the UN system tackles challenges presented by global plastic pollution, coordinating action to address it holistically and through action on the ground. Over 40 UN entities are supporting the Member States in reducing and addressing marine litter and microplastics.
The report signals the importance of sound chemicals management to the broader sustainable development agenda, showcases what has already been accomplished, and indicates how the UN system can further assist Member States in achieving sound chemicals management in the context of sustainable development.