The resumed eighteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) is taking place in Dakar, Senegal, from 12 to 16 September 2022 under the theme: "Securing people’s well-being and ensuring environmental sustainability in Africa”.
This session is not an island. It comes just ahead of critical environmental policy processes – UNFCCC COP27 to take place in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, otherwise referred to as the African COP; the UNCBD COP 15 taking place in Montreal, Canada, later this year; and the first meeting of the Intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) to develop a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment that will take place in Uruguay from the 28 November to 2nd December 2022. This will be preceded by regional consultations on the 27th of November and the COP19 of CITES.
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