AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION

    MEMORANDUM   To: The Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Delegates to the Seventh Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) Executive Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is unep-executiveoffice@un.org, unep-newsdesk@un.org, UNEP New York Office <unepnyo@un.org>   Subject: AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION (AHOA)’S POSITION AND CONTRIBUTION TO UNEA-7 ON “ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR A RESILIENT PLANET”   1. INTRODUCTION   Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) – a civil society organization and network of over 3,000 community-based, non-governmental, and academic institutions across over 120 countries mainly in Africa and the Global South – extends warm greetings to UNEA-7 and commends the Assembly’s continued leadership in advancing global environmental governance and sustainable development.   In alignment with the UNEA-7 theme, “Advanc...

Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA)   CONCERNS FOR POOR REPRESENTATION OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY FROM AFRICA AND GLOBAL SOUTH IN THE ‘UNFCCC COP30’ BELEM: IMPERATIVE FOR EMERGENCY REMEDIAL ACTIONS   A Joint Statement by Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA), African Network of Civil Society Organizations (ANCSO), Global Consortium of Civil Society on Climate Change and Conference of Parties (GCSCCC), and Partners < https://afrihealthcsos.blogspot.com/2025/10/concerns-for-poor-representation-of.html > Plot 520, FHA Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja, Nigeria  / +2348034725905 / csa4climate.energy@gmail.com     The UNFCCC COP process is the world’s principal forum for negotiating collective responses to the climate crisis. COP30 in Belém—expected to set critical pathways for mitigation, adaptation, and climate finance—must be informed by voices from those most affected. Yet alarmingly, civil society representation from Africa and the Global South at COP30 risks being m...