Canada’s comments - Zero draft, May 2023 Ministerial declaration for the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly “Effective, inclusive, and sustainable multilateral actions to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution”

This document presents Canada’s comments on a zero draft ministerial declaration for the sixth United Nations Environment Assembly, proposing textual changes and new paragraphs. It emphasizes the triple planetary crises, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, loss and damage funding arrangements, and short-lived climate pollutants. The text highlights recent multilateral outcomes, including biodiversity, oceans, water and human rights developments, and calls for strong implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and pollution-related conventions.