A UN Environment consultation for Asia-Pacific air-conditioning industry experts held in Ningbo, China has helped strengthen national capacities to switch to climate-friendly alternatives to high-GWP (global warming potential) refrigerants, the use of which has to be reduced under a recent landmark global agreement.

UNEP OzonAction and the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate of the Republic of Zimbabwe organises the joint meeting of Ozone Officers’ Network for Africa and West Asia, in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from 17-23 March 2016.

The meeting on the Partnership on Science to Policy Forum was organized by the Secretariat of the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean region in collaboration with the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) and the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) in Mahe, Seychelles on the 11-12 October 2016. It was attended by about 60 participants.

The Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Protocol to the Amended Nairobi Convention is being developed pursuant to decision CP6/3.3 of the Sixth Conference of Parties of the Nairobi Convention (COP6) to strengthen the legal framework of the Nairobi Convention for a more effective management of marine and coastal ecosystems across sectors and national boundaries to achieve sustainable development.