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  • IISD/ENB summary meeting report

المناقشات

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

MEAs

  • BBNJ Agreement
  • CBD
  • Montreal Protocol

الكلمات المفتاحية

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IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2023

35th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP35)

Delegates committed firmly to address threats to both the ozone layer and the global climate, designating a significant portion of the replenishment of the Multilateral Fund to the implementation of the Kigali Amendment, which will phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and

MEAs:
Montreal Protocol
المناقشات:
الإدارة البيئية,
تغير المناخ
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, Open-ended Working Group, Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Ozone-depleting substance, Hydrofluorocarbons, Amendment, Amendment, Conference Room Paper, European Union, Contribution
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2022

34th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP34)

Despite phasing out 98% of ozone depleting substances worldwide relative to a 1990 baseline and making major inroads in avoiding catastrophic climate change, parties grappled with recent scientific findings, whether and how to build on the Protocol’s success to tackle

MEAs:
Montreal Protocol
المناقشات:
الإدارة البيئية,
تغير المناخ
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Open-ended Working Group, Ozone-depleting substance, Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Hydrofluorocarbons, Climate change, Ozone Secretariat, Amendment, Amendment, Baseline, Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, Conference Room Paper
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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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
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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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
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2021

Combined 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention (Part II) and 33rd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

Delegates discussed closing gaps in monitoring of ozone depleting substances as well as low global-warming potential and energy efficient technologies. They adopted 18 decisions, including on compliance and reporting, to ensure the Convention and the Protocol protect the ozone layer

MEAs:
Montreal Protocol
المناقشات:
الإدارة البيئية,
تغير المناخ
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Open-ended Working Group, Ozone-depleting substance, Meetings, Climate change, Compliance, Trust fund, Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, European Union, Contribution, Hydrofluorocarbons, African Group of Negotiators, Capacity building
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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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
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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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
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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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
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2018

30th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

MOP 30 adopted 21 decisions on: issues important to the January 2019 entry into force of the Kigali Amendment on Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), including data reporting issues, including timeline and revised reporting forms, ways to report mixtures and blends, and setting

الكلمات المفتاحية:
Amendment, Amendment, Hydrofluorocarbons, Open-ended Working Group, Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Ozone Secretariat, Conference Room Paper, Ozone-depleting substance, European Union, Hydrochlorofluorocarbons, African Group of Negotiators