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IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2023

UN Climate Change Conference - United Arab Emirates Nov/Dec 2023

Parties adopted a decision operationalizing the new loss and damage fund and a number of parties announced pledges for its initial capitalization. But negotiations were difficult on the other central outcomes: the first Global Stocktake, the Global Goal on Adaptation

MEAs:
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Topics:
Environmental Governance,
Climate and Atmosphere
Keywords:
Adaptation, Climate change, Subsidiary Body for Implementation, Adaptation Fund, Indigenous peoples, Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, Capacity building, Mitigation, Clean Development Mechanism, Small Island Developing States, Greenhouse gases, Least Developed Countries, Implementation, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Alliance of Small Island States, Carbon Market
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2023

10th Session of the ITPGRFA Governing Body

Collaboration between the Treaty and relevant international instruments and organizations came into the spotlight as the Governing Body worked through its agenda, including enhancing the Treaty’s Multilateral System of access and benefit-sharing, farmers’ rights, and the impact of technological developments

MEAs:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Topics:
Land and Agriculture
Keywords:
Implementation, International Agreement, Resolution, Global Biodiversity Forum, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Sustainable use
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2022

9th Session of the ITPGRFA Governing Body

Meeting at a crucial moment for the future of the Treaty, parties relaunched negotiations on measures to enhance the functioning of the Treaty’s Multilateral System of access and benefit-sharing. Parties further addressed farmers’ rights and issues related to “digital sequence

MEAs:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Topics:
Land and Agriculture
Keywords:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Resolution, Meetings, Sustainable use, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Implementation, Biological diversity, Compliance Committee
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2019

8th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Parties to the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture met to address a range of policy, implementation, cooperation, and administrative matters of relevance to the Treaty and its Multilateral System (MLS) of access and benefit-sharing, but they

MEAs:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Topics:
Biological diversity
Keywords:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Resolution, Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Sustainable use, Implementation, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, In situ, Multi-Year Programme of Work, Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Indigenous peoples, Capacity building, Standing Committee, Voluntary Contribution
Case studies
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2019

Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

Negotiation simulation exercise undertaken during the University of Eastern Finland – UNEP Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements in 2019.
MEAs:
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Topics:
Marine and Freshwater
Keywords:
Biological diversity, Climate change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainable development, United Nations Environment Programme, International Agreement, Sustainable use, Indigenous peoples, United Nations General Assembly, Clearing House Mechanism, Ecosystem services, Greenhouse gases, Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry, United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Ecosystem, Open-ended Working Group, Land degradation, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Mitigation, Our Common Future
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IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2018

Katowice Climate Change Conference - December 2018

Parties adopted the Katowice Climate Package at COP 24, which finalized nearly all of the Paris Agreement Work Programme, including decisions to facilitate common interpretation and implementation of the Paris Agreement on the mitigation section of NDCs, adaptation communications, transparency

MEAs:
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Topics:
Environmental Governance,
Climate and Atmosphere
Keywords:
Climate change, Subsidiary Body for Implementation, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Implementation, Adaptation Fund, Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, Adaptation, Mitigation, Indigenous peoples, Subsidiary body, Capacity building, Least Developed Countries
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2018

1st Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyo...

Delegates considered a document prepared by the IGC President, which identified areas for further discussion not containing treaty text, aimed at leading to substantive discussions based on the elements of a package agreed in 2011 on marine genetic resources (MGRs)

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
Topics:
Marine and Freshwater
Keywords:
Environmental Impact Assessment, Capacity building, Sustainable use, African Group of Negotiators, Technology Transfer, Biological diversity, International Agreement, European Union, Traditional Knowledge, International Seabed Authority, Alliance of Small Island States, Small Island Developing States, In situ, Intellectual property rights, Listing, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Strategic environmental assessment, Regional Fisheries Management Organization, Caribbean Community and Common Market, United Nations General Assembly
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2017

7th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA GB 7)

MEAs:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Topics:
Biological diversity,
Environmental Governance,
Land and Agriculture
Keywords:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Sustainable use, Resolution, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Subsidiary body, Multi-Year Programme of Work, Working group, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, Voluntary Contribution, Implementation, Compliance Committee, Financial rules, In situ, Intellectual property rights, World Intellectual Property Organization
Financial rules
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2011

Financial Rules for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - Resolution 1/2011: Financial Rules of the Governing Body

Adopted at the Fourth Session of the Governing Body in Bali, Indonesia, 14 – 18 March 2011. The financial rules are directly linked from Rule X of the Rules of Procedure.
MEAs:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Topics:
Biological diversity,
Land and Agriculture,
Environmental Governance
Keywords:
Financial rules, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
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