Negotiator's toolkit

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Negotiator's toolkit

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Resource type

  • Case studies
  • IISD/ENB summary meeting report

المناقشات

  • الإدارة البيئية
  • المواد الكيميائية والنفايات
  • تغير المناخ
  • لتنوع البيولوجي
  • البحار والمياه العذبة

MEAs

  • Barcelona Convention
  • CBD
  • Montreal Protocol
  • Rotterdam Convention
  • Stockholm Convention
  • اتفاقية بازل

الكلمات المفتاحية

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Case studies
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2024

Procedures for addressing conflicts of interest in expert groups and science-policy bodies

Procedure for avoiding or managing conflicts of interest in expert groups under the CBD and background document on procedures for addressing potential conflicts of interest in science-policy interfaces.
MEAs:
الاتفاقية المتعلقة بالتنوع البيولوجي
المناقشات:
الإدارة البيئية
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Subsidiary body, Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Global Environment Outlook
14/33. Procedure for avoiding or managing conflicts of interest in expert groupsOEWFINF8. Background document on procedures for addressing potential conflicts of interest
plenary room
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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2023

2023 Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs)

Beyond addressing resource mobilization and the illegal traffic of hazardous chemicals and wastes, delegates tried to effectiveness challenges under the Rotterdam Convention, listed new persistent organic pollutants and adopted a compliance mechanism under the Stockholm Convention, and tackled guidelines on

MEAs:
Rotterdam Convention,
Stockholm Convention,
اتفاقية بازل
المناقشات:
الإدارة البيئية,
المواد الكيميائية والنفايات
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Hazardous wastes, Wastes, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Listing
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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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
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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2021

2021 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs)

Parties and stakeholders to the three global hazardous chemicals and wastes conventions convened online to deal with urgent operational and substantive work including election of officers, the programmes of work and budgets for all three conventions, and a decision regarding

MEAs:
Rotterdam Convention,
Stockholm Convention,
اتفاقية بازل
المناقشات:
المواد الكيميائية والنفايات
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Global Environment Facility, Wastes, Chemical Review Committee, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Compliance Committee, European Union, Financial rules, Hazardous wastes, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Conference Room Paper, Open-ended Working Group, Meetings, Scale of assessment, United Nations Environment Programme, Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, National Implementation Plan, Persistant Organic Pollutant Review Committee, Small Island Developing States, Trust fund
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2020

12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention (Part I) and 32nd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

As the meeting closed, delegates agreed that the meeting sent an important signal that despite difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the goals of the Montreal Protocol are well on track and, while virtual meetings are difficult, they showed that

MEAs:
Montreal Protocol
المناقشات:
الإدارة البيئية,
تغير المناخ
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Meetings, Open-ended Working Group, Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Contribution, Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, Amendment, Ozone-depleting substance, European Union, Compliance, Trust fund, United Nations Environment Programme
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2019

31st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP 31)

Delegates to the 31st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol successfully completed five days of negotiations, with the most pressing agenda items—terms of reference for the study on the 2021-2023 replenishment of the Multilateral Fund, the unexpected emissions

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, Amendment, Amendment