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Briefing and Information Documents
AMCEN Bureaus: 1985 - 2019
AMCEN/17/INF/2: AMCEN Bureaus: 1985 - 2019
United Nations Environment Programme, African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
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November 11, 2019 to November 15, 2019 |
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Briefing and Information Documents
Information Note on the Seventeenth Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment: "Taking Action for Environmental Sustainability and Prosperity in Africa"
Information note on the seventeenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
United Nations Environment Programme
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November 11, 2019 to November 15, 2019 |
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Briefing and Information Documents
Brief Note from AMCOMET to AMCEN - AMCEN/17/REF/2
The African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) was established in 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya as a high-level mechanism to foster the development of weather and climate services and their applications to meet sector specific societal needs in Africa. it would be appropriate for AMCOMET and AMCEN to work closely in an integrated manner to develop sector-specific climate risk and impact indices for the African Group of climate change negotiators as an alliance of African member states that represents the interests of the region in the international climate change negotiations, with a common and unified voice.
United Nations Environment Programme
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November 11, 2019 to November 15, 2019 |
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Briefing and Information Documents
Report of the Secretariat for the Period from July 2017 to October 2019 - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
Seventeenth session [Advance]
The aim of the present report is to provide information to participants at the seventeenth session of the Conference on the status of implementation of decisions adopted by the Conference at its sixteenth session, held in Libreville from 12 to 16 June 2017, and its seventh special session, held in Nairobi from 17 to 19 September 2018, and of other activities during the reporting period. The
report provides a summary of a number of key activities related to the Conference and their associated outcomes and should in no way be considered exhaustive in terms of the activities that may have been undertaken since the sixteenth session. The report also provides information on key documents produced by the secretariat during the intersessional period. Finally, the report highlights a number of
considerations for the Conference at its seventeenth session.
United Nations Environment Programme
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November 11, 2019 to November 15, 2019 |
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Briefing and Information Documents
Enhancing the Circular Economy in Africa - Note by the Secretariat
This note presents the key areas for transition to a circular economy, namely the policy and regulatory framework needed to support the circular economy; the green financing mechanism; and retooling and reskilling, awareness-raising and knowledge-sharing. It highlights opportunities for the circular economy in Africa and concludes by focusing attention on a number of potential areas for action, including scaling up existing circular economy practices; integrating the circular economy into national and regional development plans; information and knowledge management regarding the circular economy. Other areas of action include advancing political will; supporting access to affordable green financing and sustainable markets, with a particular focus on micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises.
United Nations Environment Programme
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November 11, 2019 to November 15, 2019 |
