The Ninth Session of the Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (AfRP-9) will review progress made in carrying out the Programme of Action for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 in Africa, as well as identify priority actions towards accelerating its implementation.

The tenth session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP 10) to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) will review progress in implementing the Water Convention and transboundary water cooperation. The meeting is expected to adopt, among other things, a new programme of work for the period 2025-2027.

Delegates will tackle key questions in enhancing the protection of both ozone layer and climate, including how parties will fund atmospheric monitoring sites to bridge information gaps, manage remaining emissions of controlled substances, and address uncertainties about substances not controlled by the Protocol.

Key expected outcomes of COP 29 include a new collective quantified goal on climate finance to replace the current USD 100 billion per year goal and guidance on operationalization of the new loss and damage fund (including eligibility criteria).

Mining stakeholders will discuss accelerating the production of critical minerals, the possible role of circularity in bridging the critical minerals supply gap, and the nexus of critical minerals and gender equality, among other issues.

Delegates will focus on approving an assessment on the biodiversity-water-food-health nexus as well as an assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change.