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CCAC Ministerial Sees New Pledges for Action on Methane
<p>The Climate and Clean Air Coalition has played a central role in putting SLCPs on the map. Several countries announced pledges to the CCAC Trust Fund, for action on methane, and to help countries reduce SLCPs. Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP, lauded the over USD 1 billion in catalytic funding for the Global Methane Pledge,…
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Climate Finance, Climate Justice Among Issues Spotlighted in COP 28 Margins
<p>A panel of frontline activists from Brazil, the Philippines, Mexico, the US, and Peru described threats faced and solutions the international community should offer during an event on land and environmental defenders. During an event on the Just Transition Work Programme, speakers argued that such a work programme requires the full participation of workers and…
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INC Chair to Prepare Zero Draft of Plastics Treaty in Advance of INC-3
<p>UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen highlighted calls for a broad, innovative, inclusive, and transparent agreement, one that leans on science, learns from stakeholders, and ensures support for developing countries. Some countries, including the US, Saudi Arabia, China, and India, called for a bottom-up approach, where countries would determine their commitments based on their capacity and…
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Sendai Midterm Review Urges Focus on Disaster Prevention, Not Response
<p>Delegates highlighted examples of the “growing challenges of managing not just major hazards, but also smaller ones, especially where basic capacities for emergency response or data collection are limited, and in the case that multiple hazards occur in sequence”. There was perceived unanimity on the need for “a fundamental shift to focus on prevention and…
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UNFF Highlights Role of Forests in Achieving SDGs, Paris Agreement, GBF
<p>The world has only 6.5 years left to achieve the GFG target of increasing forest area by 3% worldwide from 2017 by 2030. Delegates highlighted synergies with other global efforts on forests, land degradation, biodiversity, climate change, and other aspects of sustainable development. They recognized the important role of restoration, conservation, and sustainable management of…
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Global Expert Group Meeting Prepares for Mid-point Review of SDG 7
<p>Experts from the UN system, governments, the private sector, academia, and civil society discussed progress made and challenges associated with achieving SDG 7. Among other recommendations, they called for: a specific focus on Africa and clean cooking as the region and target “most off track”; an inclusive, cross-sectoral stakeholder platform to help break down silos;…
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BRS COPs Address Convention Efficacy, Compliance, Resource Mobilization
<p>The Global Monitoring Programme of the Stockholm Convention concluded that concentrations of POPs are declining, yet vigilance and continued action are still required. A proposal to add a new Annex to the Rotterdam Convention to list chemicals failed to garner the 75% majority required to amend the Convention. Going forward, the Basel Convention’s Open-ended Working…
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Experts Urge Action on PCBs on Sidelines of BRS COPs
<p>The PCB Fair sought to raise awareness on the need to urgently accelerate action to meet the upcoming 2025 and 2028 PCB deadlines under the Stockholm Convention. It provided the opportunity for relevant stakeholders to exhibit their activities, projects, and technologies to support implementation of the Conventions, as well as network and explore opportunities for…
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OEWG 2: Science-Policy Panel to Contribute Further to the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste and to Prevent Pollution
<p>The second session of the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on a Science-Policy Panel to Contribute Further to the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste and to Prevent Pollution (OEWG 2) will continue the group’s work to prepare proposals for the science-policy panel.</p> <p>The session is taking place pursuant to resolution 5/8 of the UN…
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Timely, Open, Inclusive Data Needed to Achieve SDGs: World Data Forum
<p>The World Data Forum meetings and associated projects have played an important role in “support[ing] governments and stakeholders with adequate data to monitor and measure progress,” to enable the digital transformation. The Hangzhou Declaration calls for, inter alia, an “urgent and sustained increase in the level and scale of investments in data and statistics” from…
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