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48th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
Parties are preparing the next replenishment of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol against a backdrop of global financial turmoil.
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2026)
With less than four years until the 2030 Agenda’s deadline, government representatives and civil society leaders will meet at the UN as 36 countries will present progress reports on implementing the SDGs.
15th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention
Delegates will discuss implementation challenges that arose after making amendments to the Basel Convention's control annexes to tackle e-waste and plastic waste.
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.
Bonn Climate Change Conference - June 2026
The UN climate change negotiations were beset by unprecedented levels of complexity, procedural disputes, and geopolitical divisions as countries sought to assert their political and socioeconomic interests more vigorously, while continuing to shape the future direction of the climate regime.
Conférence de Bonn sur les changements climatiques - juin 2026
Les négociateurs sur le climat se réuniront pour discuter d’un large éventail de questions–allant de l’atténuation à l’adaptation, en passant par le financement, la technologie et le renforcement des capacités–et pour préparer les décisions qui seront adoptées lors de la COP 31 à Antalya, en Turquie, en novembre prochain.
Expert Meeting on Agriculture and Food
In sharing the latest science on agriculture and food systems to give targeted inputs to the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report, experts urged moving beyond simply identifying adaptation options and focusing also on adaptation effectiveness, residual risks, adaptation limits, and the cost of inaction.
Eighth GEF Assembly and 71st Meeting of the GEF Council
The successful end of 18 months of negotiations for the ninth replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund “represents a renewed vote of confidence in multilateralism, in the GEF partnership, and in the importance of the global environment.” Many also urged prioritizing the private sector’s involvement and participants pointed to the vast finance gap all MEAs face.