What This Resolution Is About Out of the 15 resolutions proposed in the UNEA-7 cycle, the “Resolution on Enhancing the Meaningful Participation of Youth in Environmental Processes and in Environmental Education”, or simply the “Youth Resolution”, could be considered CYMG’s brainchild. Conversations around a potential youth resolution started in late 2022, and accelerated in 2023 in the lead-up to UNEA-6. However, after failing to secure a Member State sponsor, CYMG turned its

This Cluster A resolution, introduced by India, affirms the link between wildfires and human activities, formalizing UNEP’s role in prevention and response. Citing UNEP’s 2022 report Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires, Member States call for an integrated, science-based international approach to strengthening national and regional wildfire management.

At its seventh session, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) adopted a landmark resolution addressing the environmental dimensions of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) proposed by the host country, Kenya. Traditionally framed as a health and, AMR is now increasingly recognized as an environmental governance challenge under the One Health approach.