Negotiator's toolkit

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Negotiator's toolkit

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Resource type

  • IISD/ENB summary meeting report

Topics

  • Environmental Governance
  • Climate and Atmosphere
  • Biological diversity
  • Marine and Freshwater

MEAs

  • BBNJ Agreement
  • CITES
  • UNFCCC

Keywords

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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

Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017

The COP launched the Talanoa Dialogue, a facilitative dialogue to take stock of collective progress towards the Paris Agreement’s long-term goals. COP 23 also established the “Fiji Momentum for Implementation,” a decision giving prominence to pre-2020 implementation and ambition. Parties

MEAs:
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Topics:
Environmental Governance,
Climate and Atmosphere
Keywords:
Implementation, Subsidiary Body for Implementation, Adaptation Fund, Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, Climate change, Capacity building, Indigenous peoples, African Group of Negotiators, Adaptation, Umbrella Group
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2016

17th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP17)

Delegates considered 90 agenda items and 62 species-listing proposals submitted by 64 countries. Some of the resolutions and decisions adopted concern: actions to combat wildlife trafficking; demand reduction strategies to combat illegal trade in CITES-listed species; provisions on international trade

MEAs:
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Topics:
Biological diversity,
Environmental Governance
Keywords:
European Union, Resolution, Enforcement, Secret ballot, Standing Committee, Working group, Sustainable use, Amendment, Amendment, Ecosystem services, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Meetings, Capacity building, Memorandum of Understanding, Listing, Regional Fisheries Management Organization, International Tropical Timber Council, Non-governmental organizations