Right after the opening of the 17th Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), which is taking place at the Olive Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa, the African Civil Society Group held a meeting with the Director of Governing Affairs at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Mr. Jorge Laguna-Celis. The Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA) was represented in the meeting by the Programs Manager
The African Civil Society Group meets with the UNEP Director of Governance Affairs
CYNESA's Mission is to offer the platform through which young Catholics across Africa, respond to the twin challenges of Environmental Degradation and Climate Change, from the perspective of Catholic social teaching on care for creation, paying attention to the most vulnerable.