A delegation of 13 experts, led by Ms Sonia Peña Moreno – Director, International Policy Centre – represented Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ at the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP15), held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from 9 to 20 May…
As part of the triple planetary crisis, pollution is one of the major driversÌýof biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and plastic pollution is detrimental to our terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity and ecosystems, upon which livelihoods and economies depend.
There are many steps in the process of advancing from opening negotiations to concluding a final treaty and, for this reason, the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Commission on Environmental Law has issued the following brief outline for the legal process of treaty negotiations.
The Vice President’s Office of the United Republic of Tanzania, the Embassy of Sweden in Tanzania, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) have today launched a new project ‘SUSTAIN Eco’ to support ecosystem management across government, businesses, and with local…
This is a one-page overview of the AFRIPAC project:ÌýEffective Capacity Building for Global Plastics Treaty in Africa. This project is in partnership with GRID-Arendal and is generously supported by NORAD.
This year’s International Day for Biological Diversity brings with it the spirit of ambition and determination. Five months after the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada, it is clear that momentum is still…
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Report on activities and analysis of the main influences of the Rio Doce Panel in the year 2018
Report on activities and analysis of the main influences of the Rio Doce Panel in the year 2022
Recent years have seen a significant increase in concern about the global problem of used fishing gear and ropes in the world’s ocean and other aquatic environments (this paper also extends to gear used in aquaculture).
Workshop Summary The aim of this international workshop was answer questions, and to share knowledge on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) across Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s and partner activities related to the topic. In all, 56 participants attended, representing parties from government, academia, NGOs, and…