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Showing 1 - 9 of 18 results|IISD/ENB summary meeting report2023UN 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 ChangeTopics:Environmental Governance,Climate and AtmosphereKeywords: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 report20235th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Parties took crucial steps toward eliminating mercury pollution, including by adopting decisions on: new dates to phase out mercury-added products including cosmetics, strengthened ties with Indigenous Peoples, the Convention’s first effectiveness evaluation, and a threshold for mercury waste, which will
MEAs:Minamata Convention on MercuryTopics:Environmental Governance,Chemicals and WasteKeywords:Wastes, Indigenous peoples, Capacity building, European Union, African Group of Negotiators, Global Environment Facility, Best available technique, Global Biodiversity Forum, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Trust fund, Environmentally Sound Management, Technology Transfer, Financial rules, Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, Mutually Agreed Terms|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 report2022Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change Conference - November 2022
For the first time, countries agreed to recognize the need for finance to respond to loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, and quickly established a fund and the necessary funding arrangements, with the details to
MEAs:United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeTopics:Environmental Governance,Climate and AtmosphereKeywords:Climate change, Subsidiary Body for Implementation, Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, Adaptation Fund, Adaptation, Greenhouse gases, Clean Development Mechanism, Implementation, Indigenous peoples, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Capacity building|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 report2021Glasgow Climate Change Conference
Despite divisive negotiations at COP 26, parties managed to finalize the Paris Agreement Rulebook and adopt other substantive outcomes. During the closing plenaries, parties reflected that the overall package was not perfect, and many stressed that they were adopting the
MEAs:United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeTopics:Environmental Governance,Climate and AtmosphereKeywords:European Union, Subsidiary Body for Implementation, Climate change, Adaptation, Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, Adaptation Fund, Capacity building, Indigenous peoples, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Least Developed Countries, Alliance of Small Island States, Greenhouse gases|IISD/ENB summary meeting report2021Combined 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 ProtocolTopics:Environmental Governance,Climate and AtmosphereKeywords: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 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
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