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Financial rules
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2022

Financial Rules for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - Resolution XIV.1: Financial and budgetary matters

Financial Rules published individually for each COP. Latest is Resolution XIV.1, adopted at 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in Wuhan, China, and Geneva, Switzerland 5-13 November 2022.
MEAs:
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
Topics:
Marine and Freshwater,
Biological diversity,
Environmental Governance
Keywords:
Financial rules, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Resolution
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IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2022

14th Session of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP14) of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention)

Delegates adopted 21 resolutions, including several intended to increase the scope and diversity of engagement in the work of the Wetlands Convention. These included promoting the role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in wetland management, connecting with youth, and

Topics:
Environmental Governance,
Marine and Freshwater
Keywords:
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Resolution, Indigenous peoples, Wise use
E-learning course
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2022

Online Negotiations

As COVID-19 restrictions made in-person meetings impossible, many United Nations and Multilateral Environmental Agreement (MEA) meetings have moved to a virtual format. This course takes a closer look at how these negotiation processes are dealt with in a virtual context.
Topics:
Environmental Governance
Keywords:
Biosafety Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity, COVID-19 pandemic, Meetings, Compliance Committee, Voting, Subsidiary body, Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, Biosafety, Compliance, Consensus, Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, Standing Committee, Non-governmental organizations, Regional groups, Economic Commission for Europe, Least Developed Countries
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IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2021

9th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention

The meeting successfully highlighted the importance of transboundary water cooperation, welcomed Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, and Togo as new Parties, and saw the signing of the Ministerial Declaration on the Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin by ministers from The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Senegal.

Topics:
Marine and Freshwater
Keywords:
Economic Commission for Europe, Meetings, Accession, European Union, Climate change, Implementation, Capacity building, International Financial Institution, Subsidiary body, Non-Party, European Commission, Sustainable development, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Working group
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2018

8th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention MOP8) serviced by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Throughout the meeting, many speakers highlighted the importance of further expanding the Water Convention and making its tools globally available to enable cooperation and effective water management. MOP8 addressed many substantive issues, including reporting under the Convention and SDG indicator

Topics:
Environmental Governance,
Marine and Freshwater
Keywords:
Economic Commission for Europe, Accession, Implementation, Climate change, European Union