1. The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) was established to promote regional cooperation between African Governments and stakeholders in addressing emerging environmental challenges. Through the work of AMCEN, there has been heightened policy responses and actions by Governments, civil society and private sector to transform Africa’s sustainable development pathways. 2. The present report aims to provide information to participants at the resumed eighteenth session of the Conference on the status of implementation of decisions adopted by the Conference at its seventeenth session, held in Durban from 11 to 15 November 2019, its eighth special session, held online on 4 December 2020, its ninth special session, held online on 17 February 2022, and of other activities during the reporting period. 3. The report provides a summary of some key activities related to the Conference and their associated outcomes and should in no way be considered exhaustive in terms of the activities that may have been undertaken since the seventeenth session. The report also provides information on key documents produced by the secretariat during the intersessional period. Finally, the report provides some highlights for consideration by the Conference at the resumed eighteenth session.