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Showing 1 - 9 of 10 results|IISD/ENB summary meeting report202335th 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 ProtocolTopics:Environmental Governance,Climate and AtmosphereKeywords: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 report2022United Nations Biodiversity Conference - OEWG 5/CBD COP 15/CP-MOP 10/NP-MOP 4
At the conclusion of an often fractious two-week meeting and after four years of negotiation, parties adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, a historic package of measures that addresses the dangerous loss of biodiversity and the need to restore natural
MEAs:Convention on Biological DiversityTopics:Biological diversity,Environmental GovernanceKeywords:Biological diversity, Global Biodiversity Forum, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Working group, Conference Room Paper|IISD/ENB summary meeting report202234th 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 ProtocolTopics:Environmental Governance,Climate and AtmosphereKeywords: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 report20214th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4)
Parties adopted two essential decisions: the 2022 programme of work and budget, and setting 21-25 March 2022 as the dates for COP-4.2 in person in Bali, Indonesia.
MEAs:Minamata Convention on MercuryTopics:Chemicals and WasteKeywords:Global Environment Facility, Meetings, Conference Room Paper, United Nations Environment Programme, Capacity building, European Union, Wastes, Scale of assessment, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, Financial rules, Trust fund, La Francophonie, Memorandum of Understanding, Open-ended Working Group|IISD/ENB summary meeting report20212021 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,Basel ConventionTopics:Chemicals and WasteKeywords: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 report20182018 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:Convention on Biological DiversityTopics:Biological diversity,Environmental GovernanceKeywords: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 report201830th 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
Keywords: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|IISD/ENB summary meeting report201813th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP13)
COP13 adopted 25 resolutions, including on a language strategy with a step-by-step plan to add Arabic as the fourth Convention language, gender, peatlands, blue carbon ecosystems, sustainable urbanization, agriculture, intertidal wetlands, wetlands in West Asia, and Arctic and sub-Arctic wetlands
Topics:Biological diversity,Environmental Governance,Marine and FreshwaterKeywords:Resolution, Wise use, Ecosystem, Scientific and Technical Review Panel, Ecosystem services|IISD/ENB summary meeting report2017Vienna Convention COP 11 and Montreal Protocol MOP 29
MEAs:Montreal ProtocolTopics:Environmental Governance,Climate and AtmosphereKeywords:Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Conference Room Paper, Hydrofluorocarbons, Open-ended Working Group, European Union, Ozone-depleting substance, Amendment, Ozone Secretariat, Voluntary Contribution
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