Bahrain confirmed as the Vice president of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)

  • Date: 25-Feb-2021
  • Source: Bizbahrain
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Bahrain
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Bahrain confirmed as the Vice president of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)

Special Envoy for Climate Affairs and Chief Executive of the Supreme Council for Environment Dr. Mohamed bin Mubarak Bin Daina has participated in the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5).



The session, conducted virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is held under the overall theme of "Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.“



UNea-5 provides leadership, catalyzes intergovernmental actions on the environment, and contributes to the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).



The theme calls for strengthened action to protect and restore nature and the nature-based solutions to achieve the SDGs in its three complementary dimensions -social, economic and environmental.



Bin Daina said that Bahrain was confirmed as the Vice president of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).



He stressed that Bahrain has launched three environmental initiatives - the National Air Quality Strategy, the assessment of sustainable consumption and production, and the adaptation to climate change, especially the rise in the sea level, which is an important issue for the Kingdom as it is committed to dealing with it as an island nation.



Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 150 nations participated