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  • UNEA-7: Shaping an ambitious global environmental agenda

    The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) will bring together all 193 UN Member States in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2025 to address common environmental challenges. Accredited NGO observers, including ECOS, will join them. What can we expect? We outline the environmental potential of two key resolutions: on sustainable use of AI and sound management of chemicals and waste.

  • UN Plastics Treaty: A defining moment in the global fight against plastic pollution

    World leaders are on their way to Busan, South Korea, for a historic negotiation: INC-5, the final round of negotiations for a UN treaty to end plastic pollution. What can we expect? How can a plastics treaty confront plastic pollution at its root, protect health, and preserve the environment? Read our blog to find out.

  • UNEA-6: Environmental challenges call for ambitious, global solutions

    More people than ever attended UNEA-6, the latest United Nations Environment Assembly held in Nairobi last month. ECOS was present and contributed to the negotiations, giving input to resolutions that shape the global environmental agenda. Consensus-based policymaking is a tough and compromising process, but there were some roses among the thorns. Find out more from our blog.

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