This report highlights key progress made by the UN system in advancing common approaches, shared policy agendas, and joint operational initiatives on the environment. It outlines actions undertaken to strengthen interagency collaboration, enhance environmental integration across UN programmes, and support delivery of the environmental dimensions of the 2030 Agenda.
The United Nations System-Wide Framework of Strategies on the Environment (SWFS) aims to achieve greater synergy, collaboration, and coherence in the United Nations system’s work on the environment to support Member States in the delivery of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. This report was prepared for the information of the sixth session of UNEA providing an update on key collaborative initiatives on the environment under the Environment Management Group since the first SWFS report. It aims to provide a synoptic view of United Nations system efforts in enhancing environmental multilateralism for sustainable development, addressing the triple planetary crisis, and how these efforts can be enhanced in support of Member States.
The Common Approach to Pollution is the UN system’s shared framework for bringing together the different mandates and expertise of UN organizations to prevent and reduce pollution in a more coordinated way.
This report shows how the UN system tackles challenges presented by global plastic pollution, coordinating action to address it holistically and through action on the ground. Over 40 UN entities are supporting the Member States in reducing and addressing marine litter and microplastics.
The report maps agency specific environmental actions, partnerships, and overall strategic trends of Member Agencies of the United Nations Environment Group, highlighting good practices, leveraging data visualisations, and identifying opportunities for further collaboration.
The report signals the importance of sound chemicals management to the broader sustainable development agenda, showcases what has already been accomplished, and indicates how the UN system can further assist Member States in achieving sound chemicals management in the context of sustainable development.