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Showing 1 - 7 of 7 results|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 Agriculture|E-learning course2022Online 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 GovernanceImage
|IISD/ENB summary meeting report20219th 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|IISD/ENB summary meeting report20188th 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|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 AgricultureRules of procedureRules of procedure of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyiv Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making Procedures and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
MEAs:Kyiv Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer RegistersTopics:Environmental Governance,Chemicals and WasteImage
|Case studies2007Making Adjustments under the Montreal Protocol and LRTAP
MEAs:Montreal Protocol,Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air PollutionTopics:Chemicals and Waste,Climate and AtmosphereImage
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