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Showing 1 - 7 of 7 results|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 report202215th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP 15)
Following two weeks of high-level discussions and negotiations, delegates adopted 38 decisions to improve drought resilience, reduce land degradation, invest in land restoration efforts, and improve synergies with the climate change and biodiversity conventions.
MEAs:United Nations Convention to Combat DesertificationTopics:Environmental Governance,Land and AgricultureKeywords:Land degradation, Climate change, Implementation, Biological diversity, Committee on Science and Technology, Committee for the Review of Implementation of the Convention, Capacity building, Rio Conventions, Indigenous peoples, Women Major 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 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 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|IISD/ENB summary meeting report201713th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP 13)
Both the CST and the CRIC completed their work ahead of schedule, while several decisions at the heart of the negotiations, including adoption of the 2018-2030 Strategic Framework, alignment of the Convention with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and
MEAs:United Nations Convention to Combat DesertificationTopics:Environmental Governance,Land and AgricultureKeywords:Committee for the Review of Implementation of the Convention, Land degradation, Committee on Science and Technology, Implementation, Working group, United Nations Global Compact, Capacity building, Women Major Group, Rio Conventions|IISD/ENB summary meeting report20172017 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs)
MEAs:Rotterdam Convention,Stockholm Convention,Basel ConventionTopics:Environmental Governance,Chemicals and WasteKeywords:Meetings, Wastes, Listing, European Union, Persistent Organic Pollutants, African Group of Negotiators, Hazardous wastes, Chemical Review Committee, Memorandum of Understanding
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