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12th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the ITPGRFA Multilateral System
Delegates are expected to hold text-based negotiations around three hotspot issues key to enhancing the Multilateral System (MLS) of access and benefit-sharing of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
The Working Group is expected to continue deliberations based on possible elements of a multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism of digital sequence information of genetic resources for the industrial, pharmaceutical and agricultural sectors.
61st Session of the IPCC (IPCC-61)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will try to keep its seventh assessment cycle on track, aiming for progress on its strategic planning schedule and the outlines of upcoming reports.
27th Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry
Heads of forest services and senior government officials will meet in Rome to identify emerging forest policy and technical issues as well as solutions, advising the FAO and others on appropriate action to better manage the planet's forests.
Societies in Harmony with Nature: Building sustainable and resilient communities through the implementation of the Satoyama Initiative and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity
Aligned with the HLPF 2024 theme on “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions” this side event highlighted the role of COMDEKS in achieving the SDGs and key targets under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
2nd Part of the 29th Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority
As well as talks that may shape the negotiations on deep-sea mining, some ISA members have suggested an additional agenda item on a general policy of the ISA for the protection and preservation of the marine environment. The Assembly is also expected to hold elections for the position of ISA Secretary-General.
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2024)
Against a troubling geopolitical backdrop, the annual session of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development will convene under the theme “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises" while 38 countries will present SDG progress reports.
46th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
How will parties fund new atmospheric monitoring sites? How is the Protocol managing implementation challenges? Should it regulate new substances, which may or may not have ozone-depleting potential? How will parties address trade in obsolete equipment? Delegates began to answer these questions and more.