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64th Meeting of the GEF Council
Council Members focused on supporting new, key environmental agreements and frameworks, reaching consensus on the establishment of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, including its programming directions, and on preparing the GEF to serve as part of the financial mechanism for the Agreement on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ).
Global Conference on the Future of Resource Taxation
Policymakers, experts, and stakeholders will chart a path toward a future where mining—expected to drastically increase in the search for critical minerals for a renewable energy system—drives tangible, sustainable benefits for developing, resource-rich countries.
Further resumed 5th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on BBNJ
Expected by many to be a game changer in Ocean governance, a new legally binding agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) was adopted by consensus at UN Headquarters in New York after 17 years of negotiations.
Conférence de Bonn sur les changements climatiques - Juin 2023
Avec le sixième rapport d'évaluation du Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat qui souligne une fois de plus le besoin urgent d'une action climatique renforcée, et moins de six mois avant la 28ᵉ réunion de la Conférence des Parties à Dubaï, les délégués avaient du pain sur la planche à Bonn.
Bonn Climate Change Conference - June 2023
With the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report underscoring once more the urgent need for enhanced climate action, and less than six months to go before the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties convenes in Dubai, delegates had their work cut out for themselves in Bonn.
2nd Session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly
Against a backdrop of global crises that are having severe effects on cities, participants at the Second Session of the UN Habitat Assembly addressed the need for a sustainable urban future through inclusive and effective multilateralism and adopted 10 resolutions, five decisions, and a Ministerial Declaration to further the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
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 “zero draft” of the new treaty to address plastics pollution.
2ᵉ session du Comité intergouvernemental de négociation chargé d'élaborer un instrument international juridiquement contraignant sur la pollution plastique, y compris dans le milieu marin (CNI-2)
Alors que la réunion a été caractérisée par des échauffourées sur les questions de procédures, par de longs retards et par des nuits tardives, les délégués ont échangé leurs points de vue sur un document d'options et ont tracé la voie à suivre pour la période intersessions menant à la prochaine session de négociation, mandatant l’élaboration d'un "avant-projet" du nouveau traité pour la lutte contre la pollution par les plastiques.
Resumed Review Conference on the UN Fish Stocks Agreement
Many highlighted progress on strengthening the ecosystem approach, addressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, preserving deep-sea ecosystems, and promoting coordination between Regional Fisheries Management Organizations. But there was no consensus to reference the Agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.