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المناقشات

  • الإدارة البيئية
  • تغير المناخ
  • لتنوع البيولوجي
  • البحار والمياه العذبة

MEAs

  • Barcelona Convention
  • BBNJ Agreement
  • CBD
  • UNEA

الكلمات المفتاحية

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2022

5th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the BBNJ

Despite more progress at this two-week session than over the last decade, delegates were unable to reach consensus on a new high seas treaty addressing marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction and, instead, suspended the session, to be resumed

MEAs:
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
المناقشات:
لتنوع البيولوجي,
البحار والمياه العذبة
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Biological diversity, Sustainable use, Regional groups, Consensus, International Agreement, United Nations General Assembly, Environmental Impact Assessment, In situ, Capacity building, Small Island Developing States, Strategic environmental assessment, Mutually Agreed Terms, Traditional Knowledge, World Trade Organization, Precautionary principle, Package deal, Indigenous peoples, Intellectual property rights, World Intellectual Property Organization, Assessed contribution
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2022

4th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the BBNJ

At the most productive meeting so far, “unprecedented progress” was made in discussions on marine genetic resources, including benefit sharing, area-based management tools, including marine protected areas, environmental impact assessments, and capacity building and the transfer of marine technology.

MEAs:
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
المناقشات:
لتنوع البيولوجي,
البحار والمياه العذبة
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Environmental Impact Assessment, Regional groups, Capacity building, Sustainable use, International Agreement, Listing, Traditional Knowledge, United Nations General Assembly, Mutually Agreed Terms, Technology Transfer, Indigenous peoples, Biological diversity, Financial rules, In situ, Strategic environmental assessment, Assessed contribution, Compliance Committee, Precautionary principle, Small Island Developing States
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2021

Barcelona Convention COP 22

As well as the landmark decision on controlling sulphur oxide emissions—which will have major health and environmental benefits for Mediterranean communities—COP 22 adopted several significant plans.

MEAs:
Barcelona Convention
المناقشات:
لتنوع البيولوجي,
البحار والمياه العذبة,
تغير المناخ
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Compliance Committee, European Union, Implementation, Biological diversity, International Maritime Organization, Ecosystem approach, Climate change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Habitat, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Amendment, Amendment, Non-governmental organizations, Memorandum of Understanding, Sustainable development, Capacity building, Hazardous wastes, International Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, European Commission
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2021

9th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention

The meeting successfully highlighted the importance of transboundary water cooperation, welcomed Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, and Togo as new Parties, and saw the signing of the Ministerial Declaration on the Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin by ministers from The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Senegal.

المناقشات:
البحار والمياه العذبة
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Economic Commission for Europe, Meetings, Accession, European Union, Climate change, Implementation, Capacity building, International Financial Institution, Subsidiary body, Non-Party, European Commission, Sustainable development, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Working group
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2021

UNEA-5 (Online Session)

The Assembly adopted the UN Environment Programme Medium-Term Strategy for 2022-2025, and the programme of work and budget for the next biennium. It also launched the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of UNEP. During a high-level leadership

MEAs:
United Nations Environment Assembly
المناقشات:
الإدارة البيئية
الكلمات المفتاحية:
United Nations Environment Programme, Sustainable development, Contribution, Climate change, United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, United Nations General Assembly
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2019

Barcelona Convention COP 21 and its Protocols

Delegates to the Barcelona Convention adopted 14 decisions—one on the programme of work and budget for 2020-2021, and 13 thematic decisions, including on governance, an emissions control area for sulphur oxides, and marine pollution from land-based sources.

MEAs:
Barcelona Convention
الكلمات المفتاحية:
European Union, Compliance Committee, International Maritime Organization, Capacity building, Biological diversity, Implementation, International Seabed Authority, Economic Commission for Africa, Listing, Habitat, Memorandum of Understanding, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Open-ended Working Group, Sustainable use, Assessed contribution, Climate change, Commission on Sustainable Development, Sustainable development, Trust fund, Voluntary Contribution
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2019

3rd Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

Delegates delved, for the first time, into textual negotiations on the basis of a “zero draft” containing treaty text developed by Conference President Rena Lee (Singapore). Deliberations were productive but there is still much work to be done with the

MEAs:
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
المناقشات:
لتنوع البيولوجي,
البحار والمياه العذبة
الكلمات المفتاحية:
European Union, Sustainable use, African Group of Negotiators, Biological diversity, Caribbean Community and Common Market, Environmental Impact Assessment, Clearing House Mechanism, In situ, Small Island Developing States, Capacity building, International Seabed Authority, Traditional Knowledge
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2019

2nd Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ)

MEAs:
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
المناقشات:
لتنوع البيولوجي,
البحار والمياه العذبة
الكلمات المفتاحية:
African Group of Negotiators, Sustainable use, European Union, Biological diversity, Caribbean Community and Common Market, Environmental Impact Assessment, Like-Minded Group, Traditional Knowledge
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2018

2018 UN Biodiversity Conference

The Conference adopted a number of decisions on a series of strategic, administrative, financial, and ecosystem-related issues of relevance to the implementation of the Convention and its Protocols. These included 37 decisions under the CBD COP; 16 decisions under the

MEAs:
الاتفاقية المتعلقة بالتنوع البيولوجي
المناقشات:
لتنوع البيولوجي,
الإدارة البيئية
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Biological diversity, Biosafety Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Implementation, Conference Room Paper, Working group, Subsidiary Body for Implementation, Capacity building, Traditional Knowledge, European Union, African Group of Negotiators