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Kenya set to host UN environment assembly as UNEP turns 50

United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) sign outside United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi on June 24, 2014. PHOTO | FILE

By  Luke Anami  &  Hellen Shikanda

Kenya is set to host the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) from February 28 to March 2, and a special session to mark the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 50 years in Nairobi.

The UNEA will, among other issues, discuss climate change, biodiversity and nature loss as well as waste and pollution management.

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