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

Palabras clave

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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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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
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

1st Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyo...

Delegates considered a document prepared by the IGC President, which identified areas for further discussion not containing treaty text, aimed at leading to substantive discussions based on the elements of a package agreed in 2011 on marine genetic resources (MGRs)

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:
Agua
Palabras clave:
Environmental Impact Assessment, Capacity building, Sustainable use, African Group of Negotiators, Technology Transfer, Biological diversity, International Agreement, European Union, Traditional Knowledge, International Seabed Authority, Alliance of Small Island States, Small Island Developing States, In situ, Intellectual property rights, Listing, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Strategic environmental assessment, Regional Fisheries Management Organization, Caribbean Community and Common Market, United Nations General Assembly
Case studies
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2007

Making Adjustments under the Montreal Protocol and LRTAP

MEAs:
Protocolo de Montreal,
Convenio de Ginebra
Temas:
Productos químicos y desechos,
Cambio climático y atmósfera
Palabras clave:
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, Alliance of Small Island States, Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Jakarta Mandate on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity, Country with Economy in Transition, Development Assistance Committee, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, United Nations General Assembly, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Voluntary Contribution, Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Greenhouse gases, Vienna Setting, Subsidiary body, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
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Case studies
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2007

Stockholm Convention on POPs: Adding a substantive element to a draft MEA

MEAs:
Convenio de Estocolmo
Temas:
Productos químicos y desechos
Palabras clave:
Persistent Organic Pollutants, United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, Alliance of Small Island States, Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Jakarta Mandate on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity, Country with Economy in Transition, Development Assistance Committee, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, United Nations General Assembly, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Voluntary Contribution, Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Greenhouse gases, Vienna Setting, Subsidiary body
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