Negotiator's toolkit

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Negotiator's toolkit

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Tipo de recurso

  • Case studies
  • Financial rules
  • IISD/ENB summary meeting report

Temas

  • gobernanza medioambiental
  • Productos químicos y desechos
  • Cambio climático y atmósfera
  • Biodiversidad
  • Agua

MEAs

  • BBNJ Agreement
  • Convenio de Estocolmo
  • Convenio de Minamata
  • Global Plastics Treaty
  • Kyiv Protocol
  • LRTAP
  • Protocolo de Montreal

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IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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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
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2023

5th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Parties took crucial steps toward eliminating mercury pollution, including by adopting decisions on: new dates to phase out mercury-added products including cosmetics, strengthened ties with Indigenous Peoples, the Convention’s first effectiveness evaluation, and a threshold for mercury waste, which will

MEAs:
Convenio de Minamata
Temas:
gobernanza medioambiental,
Productos químicos y desechos
Palabras clave:
Wastes, Indigenous peoples, Capacity building, European Union, African Group of Negotiators, Global Environment Facility, Best available technique, Global Biodiversity Forum, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Trust fund, Environmentally Sound Management, Technology Transfer, Financial rules, Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, Mutually Agreed Terms
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2023

35th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP35)

Delegates committed firmly to address threats to both the ozone layer and the global climate, designating a significant portion of the replenishment of the Multilateral Fund to the implementation of the Kigali Amendment, which will phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and

MEAs:
Protocolo de Montreal
Temas:
gobernanza medioambiental,
Cambio climático y atmósfera
Palabras clave:
Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, Open-ended Working Group, Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Ozone-depleting substance, Hydrofluorocarbons, Amendment, Amendment, Conference Room Paper, European Union, Contribution
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2022

34th 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:
Protocolo de Montreal
Temas:
gobernanza medioambiental,
Cambio climático y atmósfera
Palabras clave:
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 report
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2022

4th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the BBNJ

At the most productive meeting so far, “unprecedented progress” was made in discussions on marine genetic resources, including benefit sharing, area-based management tools, including marine protected areas, environmental impact assessments, and capacity building and the transfer of marine technology.

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:
Environmental Impact Assessment, Regional groups, Capacity building, Sustainable use, International Agreement, Listing, Traditional Knowledge, United Nations General Assembly, Mutually Agreed Terms, Technology Transfer, Indigenous peoples, Biological diversity, Financial rules, In situ, Strategic environmental assessment, Assessed contribution, Compliance Committee, Precautionary principle, Small Island Developing States
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2021

Combined 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention (Part II) and 33rd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

Delegates discussed closing gaps in monitoring of ozone depleting substances as well as low global-warming potential and energy efficient technologies. They adopted 18 decisions, including on compliance and reporting, to ensure the Convention and the Protocol protect the ozone layer

MEAs:
Protocolo de Montreal
Temas:
gobernanza medioambiental,
Cambio climático y atmósfera
Palabras clave:
Open-ended Working Group, Ozone-depleting substance, Meetings, Climate change, Compliance, Trust fund, Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, European Union, Contribution, Hydrofluorocarbons, African Group of Negotiators, Capacity building
Financial rules
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2021

Financial Rules for the Kyiv Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Aarhus Convention - Decision IV/4 Financial arrangements under the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers

Adopted at the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties, held in Geneva on 22 October 2021. Decisions issued in addendum to report of fourth session (ECE/MP.PRTR/2021/6/Add.1).
MEAs:
Protocolo PRTR
Temas:
Cambio climático y atmósfera,
gobernanza medioambiental
Palabras clave:
Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, Financial rules
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IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2019

3rd Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP3)

The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP3) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury focused on achieving the smooth functioning of an international treaty body as well as substantive and technical issues aimed at fostering action to address

MEAs:
Convenio de Minamata
Temas:
gobernanza medioambiental,
Productos químicos y desechos
Palabras clave:
African Group of Negotiators, Meetings, Wastes, Subsidiary body, European Union, Capacity building, United Nations Environment Programme, International Labour Organization, Compliance Committee, Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, Technology Transfer, World Health Organization, Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, Global Environment Facility, Central and Eastern Europe, Memorandum of Understanding, Group of Western European and Other States, Small Island Developing States, Open-ended Working Group, Financial rules
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2018

30th 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

Palabras clave:
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