84048801

Description:
The purpose of this action is to open a new cooperative agreement between EPA and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The five-year agreement, to begin on October 1, 2022, is in the amount of $7,250,000, with an initial installment of $1,005,000. The goal is to improve environmental protection, capacity building, and implementation of resolutions of the United Nations Environment Assembly. This is in line with the Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme and the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America, signed on 8 September 2021.

Under this action, funds will be added for three projects under the cooperative agreement that address various aspects of cooperation with UNEP on food waste and the International Resource Panel (IRP). The focus of the planned collaboration will be work on strengthening environmental laws, creating healthy communities, transitioning to a green economy, responding to climate change and other global challenges, and providing scientific leadership.

Activities:
The anticipated activities for this cooperative agreement include:

- Support to countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including across energy, industry, transport, buildings and construction, agriculture, and forestry.

- Support to national country projects to introduce low sulfur fuels.

- Support to country projects that will support capacity development to address air quality management, including activities on urban air pollution.

- Support governments, UNEP, and partners to promote sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns, including through the 10YFP, the Life Cycle Initiative, the Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership.

- Support the implementation of the Global Strategy for SCP, cooperating and supporting program development.

- Build upon existing national and international efforts, approaches, and resources to address food loss and waste in rapidly urbanizing cities in developing countries.

- Support continuing cooperation between U.S. EPA and UNEP in advancing the work of the International Resource Panel (IRP) in promoting resource efficiency and sustainable materials management globally.

- Continue to support regional activities, action plans, workshops, and pilot projects that reduce the amount of plastic pollution going into the marine environment.

- Advancing the implementation of the Minamata Convention and the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership.

- Encouraging the development and implementation of effective lead paint laws and other activities to reduce lead exposure.

- Support the implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM).

- Support governments, UNEP, and their partners to implement the UNEA air quality resolutions.

- Protecting ecosystems, in particular water, through integrated approaches to ecosystem management.

- Build on existing cooperation to enhance countries' institutional capacities for environmental protection and management through collaborative activities such as those under the Fifth Montevideo Programme and other activities that support the development, implementation, enforcement, and periodic review of environmental laws and regulatory instruments.

- Build on existing cooperation to promote the development of internationally comparable environmental statistics, indicators, and accounts to support monitoring, evaluation, and learning from their action to address environmental pollution, climate change, and healthy and productive ecosystems. This includes conducting environmental research and assessments, developing sustainable models and standards, and promoting capacity building and development of environmental data collection and use, reporting, and observation systems.

Three projects will fall under this cooperative agreement that address various aspects of cooperation with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

United Nations Environment Programme

2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES S - CROSS AGENCY STRATEGY S.3 - ADVANCE EPA'S ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND WORKFORCE EQUITY 7 - ENSURE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS FOR PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 7.2 - PROMOTE POLLUTION PREVENTION 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.2 - REDUCE WASTE AND PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PR

66.931 - International Financial Assistance Projects Sponsored by the Office of International and Tribal Affairs

Office of Grants and Debarment (OGD) [EPA - HQ]

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Kenya

Foreign

EPA-OITA-OIA-2022-001

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/30/27 to 09/30/28 and the total obligations have increased 937% from $1,005,000 to $10,420,068.