Department staff in delegation to high-level assembly
Some of our staff formed part of the Australian delegation to the 6th Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6).
Held in Nairobi, Kenya, UNEA-6 welcomed more than 5,500 representatives from 180 countries to address the triple planetary crises of:
- climate change
- biodiversity loss
- pollution and waste.
Jenny Da Rin led the Australian delegation as High Commissioner to Kenya and our Permanent Representative to UNEP.
UN member countries agreed on critical issues at UNEA-6. These included ocean health, water resource management, sustainable lifestyles, and land degradation.
Our work at the assembly involved:
- supporting a resolution introduced by Ukraine about the environmental impact of armed conflict
- drawing attention to the importance of negotiating an ambitious Global Plastics Treaty.
UN research shows this work is becoming more urgent, with:
- global temperatures hitting record highs in 2023
- hundreds of thousands of species facing extinction
- millions of people losing their lives to pollution every year.
Through our Nature Positive work, Australia is focussed on re-establishing itself as a global leader on the environment.
We are committed to delivering an ambitious environment and climate agenda, at home and abroad, to achieve a net-zero and nature-positive world.
As the world’s leading forum for the environment, UNEA provides a unique forum for collective environmental action. Australia welcomes the strong environmental outcomes from UNEA-6.
