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2024

4th Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including in the Marine Environment (INC-4)

While the plastic pollution negotiations started with lofty ambitions, it has become clear that a strong treaty is in no way guaranteed. With one more scheduled meeting left, some delegates left Ottawa wondering if they still had time to reach

MEAs:
International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastics Pollution, including in the Marine Environment
Temas:
Agua,
Productos químicos y desechos
Palabras clave:
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, International Agreement, Subsidiary body, Capacity building, Meetings, Technology Transfer
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2023

3rd Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including in the Marine Environment (INC-3)

As concerns about the scourge of plastic pollution mount worldwide, delegates shared their views on the “full life cycle of plastic,” with some favoring measures addressing plastic production, and others favoring downstream measures to eliminate plastic waste. Still others focused

MEAs:
International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastics Pollution, including in the Marine Environment
Temas:
Agua,
Productos químicos y desechos
Palabras clave:
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, International Agreement, Wastes, Resolution, Small Island Developing States, World Trade Organization, Open-ended Working Group
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2023

2nd Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including in the Marine Environment (INC-2)

While the meeting was characterized by procedural scuffles, long delays, and late nights, delegates shared views on an options paper and set out a path for the intersessional period leading to the next negotiating session, mandating the preparation of a

MEAs:
International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastics Pollution, including in the Marine Environment
Temas:
Agua,
Productos químicos y desechos
Palabras clave:
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, International Agreement
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2023

2023 Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs)

Beyond addressing resource mobilization and the illegal traffic of hazardous chemicals and wastes, delegates tried to effectiveness challenges under the Rotterdam Convention, listed new persistent organic pollutants and adopted a compliance mechanism under the Stockholm Convention, and tackled guidelines on

MEAs:
Convenio de Rotterdam,
Convenio de Estocolmo,
Convenio de Basilea
Temas:
gobernanza medioambiental,
Productos químicos y desechos
Palabras clave:
Hazardous wastes, Wastes, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Listing
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2022

1st Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-1)

While most delegations seem to agree that there are negative effects surrounding plastic pollution, it was clear they have yet to find common ground on the details and contents of key substantive themes that will determine the scope and guide

MEAs:
International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastics Pollution, including in the Marine Environment
Temas:
Agua,
Productos químicos y desechos
Palabras clave:
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, International Agreement, Implementation
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2022

5th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the BBNJ

Despite more progress at this two-week session than over the last decade, delegates were unable to reach consensus on a new high seas treaty addressing marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction and, instead, suspended the session, to be resumed

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
Temas:
Biodiversidad,
Agua
Palabras clave:
Biological diversity, Sustainable use, Regional groups, Consensus, International Agreement, United Nations General Assembly, Environmental Impact Assessment, In situ, Capacity building, Small Island Developing States, Strategic environmental assessment, Mutually Agreed Terms, Traditional Knowledge, World Trade Organization, Precautionary principle, Package deal, Indigenous peoples, Intellectual property rights, World Intellectual Property Organization, Assessed contribution
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2021

Barcelona Convention COP 22

As well as the landmark decision on controlling sulphur oxide emissions—which will have major health and environmental benefits for Mediterranean communities—COP 22 adopted several significant plans.

MEAs:
Convenio de Barcelona
Temas:
Biodiversidad,
Agua,
Cambio climático y atmósfera
Palabras clave:
Compliance Committee, European Union, Implementation, Biological diversity, International Maritime Organization, Ecosystem approach, Climate change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Habitat, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Amendment, Amendment, Non-governmental organizations, Memorandum of Understanding, Sustainable development, Capacity building, Hazardous wastes, International Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, European Commission
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2021

4th 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:
Convenio de Minamata
Temas:
Productos químicos y desechos
Palabras clave:
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 report
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2021

2021 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:
Convenio de Rotterdam,
Convenio de Estocolmo,
Convenio de Basilea
Temas:
Productos químicos y desechos
Palabras clave:
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