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Fourth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4)
11-15 March 2019
Nairobi, Kenya
Heads of state, ministers, business leaders, UN officials and civil society representatives will gather this week at the Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi (UNEA-4). Under the theme “Innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production,” the meeting will tackle how innovation is key both to solving many environmental challenges, as well as to accelerating sustainable development.
The assembly runs from 11-15 March at UN Environment headquarters in Kenya. As the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, it brings together governments, entrepreneurs, activists and others to share ideas and commit action.
GRID-Arendal will be organising events at UNEA-4. Several of its staff members will be taking part in events as speakers or panellists.
Don’t waste it, reuse it! Innovative solutions and business models for wastewater reuse
Date: Monday, 11 March 2019
Time: 13:30 – 14:30
Venue: Global Partnership on Marine Litter and Clean Seas Tent
Clever Mafuta, GRID-Arendal’s Africa Programme Leader, will be a panellist and Miles Macmillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal’s Chief Scientist, will be attending.
The nasty nexus: Nutrients, wastewater & marine litter
Date: Monday, 11 March 2019
Time: 14:30 – 15:30
Venue: Global Partnership on Marine Litter and Clean Seas Tent
Clever Mafuta, GRID-Arendal’s Africa Programme Leader, will be a panellist and Miles Macmillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal’s Chief Scientist, will be attending.
Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Time: 08:30 – 09:45
Venue: V.I.P. Lounge, UN Campus
Björn Alfthan, GRID-Arendal’s Polar and Mountain Environments Programme Leader, will be attending.
Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Time: 11:00 – 12:00
Venue: Global Partnership on Marine Litter and Clean Seas Tent
Joan Fabres, GRID-Arendal’s Senior Expert and Marine Litter Project Manager, will be presenting and Björn Alfthan, GRID-Arendal’s Polar and Mountain Environments Programme Leader, will be attending.
Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Time: 11:30 – 13:00
Venue: Sustainable Innovation Expo space
Clever Mafuta, GRID-Arendal’s Africa Programme Leader, will be attending.
UN environment meeting with the GRID centres
Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Time: 09:00 – 17:00
Venue: Science Division Meeting Room
Miles Macmillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal’s Chief Scientist, will be attending.
Launch of the GEO Vital Arctic Graphics
Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Time: 14:00 – 15:00
Venue: Press Conference room
Björn Alfthan, GRID-Arendal’s Polar and Mountain Environments Programme Leader, will be presenting and Miles Macmillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal’s Chief Scientist, will be attending.
Global Partnership on Marine Litter Networking Luncheon
Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Time: 13:00 – 15:00
Venue: Global Partnership on Marine Litter and Clean Seas Tent
Joan Fabres, GRID-Arendal’s Senior Expert and Marine Litter Project Manager, Patricia Villarubia-Gómez, GRID-Arendal’s Plastic Pollution Expert, and Miles Macmillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal’s Chief Scientist, will be attending.
Global Environmental Outlook (GEO) at the UN Environment Assembly
Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Venue: Conference Room 1
Clever Mafuta, GRID-Arendal’s Africa Programme Leader, and Miles Macmillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal’s Chief Scientist, will be attending.
A new global governance architecture for marine plastic litter
Date: Thursday, 14 March 2019
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Venue: Global Partnership on Marine Litter and Clean Seas Tent
Miles Macmillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal’s Chief Scientist, will deliver the welcome address. Joan Fabres, GRID-Arendal’s Senior Expert and Marine Litter Project Manager, and Patricia Villarubia-Gómez, GRID-Arendal’s Plastic Pollution Expert, will be attending.
Marine litter financing instruments: Are we focusing where it hurts?
Date: Friday, 15 March 2019
Time: 08:00 – 10:00
Venue: Global Partnership on Marine Litter and Clean Seas Tent
Miles Macmillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal’s Chief Scientist, will deliver the welcome address. Joan Fabres, GRID-Arendal’s Senior Expert and Marine Litter Project Manager, and Patricia Villarubia-Gómez, GRID-Arendal’s Plastic Pollution Expert, will be attending.
Microplastics in wastewater: The hidden threat
Date: Friday, 15 March 2019
Time: 11:00 – 12:00
Venue: Global Partnership on Marine Litter and Clean Seas Tent
Patricia Villarubia-Gómez, GRID-Arendal’s Plastic Pollution Expert, will be a panellist. Clever Mafuta, GRID-Arendal’s Africa Programme Leader, and Miles Macmillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal’s Chief Scientist, will be attending.
Vanishing treasures, Steering group meeting
Date: Friday, 15 March 2019
Time: 14:00
Venue: Closed meeting
Björn Alfthan, GRID-Arendal’s Polar and Mountain Environments Programme Leader, will be attending.