Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 10am - 1pm & 3pm - 6pm, General Assembly Hall
The President of the General Assembly will be convening a High-level Thematic Debate entitled “Moment for Nature”. The High-Level Thematic Debate aims at achieving the level of cohesion needed among the global environmental work streams to keep the 1.5 degrees target alive, and rapidly accelerating the implementation of the SDGs and resilient COVID-19 recoveries. Focusing on the interlinkages and synergies between the different strands of the environmental action tracks, and with reference to the common challenges faced, the event will:
- Present solutions to common bottlenecks affecting the entire environmental agenda;
- Highlight best practices and transformative partnerships that break the siloes and build the required cross-cutting technical, skilling and financial capacities that could accelerate implementation on all fronts to the level needed;
- Reinforce the views of a range of stakeholders, including young people.
“A super-session for nature”
The seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly has coincided with a high number of conferences, high-level meetings and processes relating to the environment. This includes the three Conferences of Parties on Climate, Biodiversity and Land; the Second UNOceanConference; the Food Systems Summit; the Sustainable Transportation Conference; the High-Level Dialogue on Energy; the High-Level Meeting on the New Urban Agenda; UNEA/ UNEP@50; and Stockholm+50.
While multiple global commitments have been made by Member States during these conferences, several cross-cutting challenges have been identified across the various environmental tracks that are limiting action. For instance, while there has been no dearth of ambition in the commitments made, there is an urgent need for large scale action to bridge the gap between commitment and action.
Humanity is at a moment of reckoning, which requires us to work in synergy, and unite all efforts in a moment for nature, to maintain hope in our shared future on our blue planet. And to do so, these bottlenecks that hinder action across all environmental tracks need to be addressed.
Outcomes
The Moment for Nature’s results-oriented discussions will be captured through a summary of the President of the General Assembly, that aims to:
1. Inform future action and policies by the General Assembly and implementation bodies at international, regional, and local levels, as well as inform relevant policies and actions by Member States and stakeholders; and,
2. Inform engagement of Member States at other related high-level meetings and processes
