The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Executive Director of UN Environment, Mr. Erik Solheim called on the refrigeration and air conditioning industry to join the fight against climate change through the full implementation of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. In his video message to the Ozone2Climate Industry Roundtable on 13 April 2017 in Shanghai, China, he said, “The Kigali Amendment shows industry the direction.

The Secretariat has the honour to launch a call for proposals for side events to all Member States, UN organizations and accredited major groups and stakeholders. The interested organizer(s) will submit their proposed side event by completing an online form that is available on the website of the Assembly (www.unep.org/environmentassembly). All Member States, UN organizations and accredited major groups and stakeholders are invited to familiarize and follow the provided guidance on side event proposal submissions. The call for proposals for side events will close on August 31th 2017.

Organized by UN Environment and the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Center (ISC3) / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the German Chemical Society, the Freie Universität Berlin and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

The purpose of this conference paper is to inform participants at the Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Cartagena Convention about the opportunities provided through the UNDP/GEF “CLME+ Project” (2015-2020) to work towards the institutionalization of an integrated, collaborative reporting mechanism on the state of the marine ecosystems in the Cartagena Convention Area (habitats-pollution-fisheries-climatic and societal change), in support of enhanced policy coordination and decision-making.