Archives
2nd Part of the 31st Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority
The International Seabed Authority will continue trying to balance pressures to accelerate or delay deep-sea mining activities in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
48th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
Delegates focused on financial and technological issues related to the phase-out of ozone depleting substances and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), with emphasis on the funding required for the 2027–2029 replenishment of the Multilateral Fund to ensure effective implementation.
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2026)
Committing to make the final years of the 2030 Agenda count, participants at the HLPF showed the Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals have delivered meaningful progress—though uneven and backsliding in some quarters.
Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC 2026)
The highlight of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference was the launch of the South-North Commission on Development, a new independent initiative to explore how international cooperation and multilateral institutions should evolve in an increasingly multipolar world.
Seventh Global Conference on Climate and SDG Synergies
Ministers of the environment, heads of UN organizations, and lead negotiators called for focusing on scaling up implementation, underscoring that complex global challenges “must be met with cooperation, compromise, and collective action.” Nine thematic roundtable sessions explored cross-cutting implementation issues at the local, regional, and global levels.
15th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention
Delegates faced the challenge of how the Basel Convention can meet growing, complex waste-related challenges such as trade in plastics, electronic waste (e-waste), batteries, and used textiles, while staying relevant to longstanding challenges such as ship recycling.
Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue 2026
Participants welcomed growing recognition of the role of the Ocean in climate ambition, and several expressed optimism that momentum arising from the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue may show the way to tangible action and commitments at COP 31.
Conférence de Bonn sur les changements climatiques - juin 2026
Les négociations de l'ONU sur les changements climatiques ont été marquées par une complexité sans précédent, des différends de procédure et des divisions géopolitiques, les pays cherchant à affirmer plus vigoureusement leurs intérêts politiques et socio-économiques, tout en continuant à façonner l'orientation future du régime climatique.