On 19 November 2018, the UN Environment Managemnt Group is hosting Law for Environmental Sustainability.
Environmental law is key to good governance at all levels. There is a vast body of environmental law that addresses major environmental concerns (e.g. loss of biodiversity and climate change) and promotes principles that are at the core of environmental sustainability (e.g. access to information, public participation and access to justice on environmental matters). The recognition of the interaction between environmental law and other areas of law, e.g. trade law, human rights law, criminal law, humanitarian law, as well as efforts to ensure their complementarity, is essential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
In September 2017, the Senior Officials of United Nations Environment Management Group agreed to include the promotion of law for environmental sustainability as one of the issues benefiting from enhanced coordination. They suggested organizing a Nexus Dialogue, to discuss the inter-linkages of law for environmental sustainability within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.