In
#UNCCDCOP15
Sadghuru
@ishafoundation
called for a single-point, incentive-based agenda enabling farmers to rebuild living
#soil
& a global target of 3% soil organic carbon content.
"All other issues will be irrelevant unless 'soil extinction' is stopped and reversed"
Delegates give a resounding applause for all those who contributed to the approval of the Summary for Policymakers of the
@IPCC_CH
Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, what an achievement 🎉
#IPCC
closing plenary to take place on time!
#IPCC58
has completed the review and approval of the Summary for Policymakers of the
#AR6
Synthesis Report. After seven days of extraordinarily long hours, including round-the-clock work since Friday, delegates give the IPCC Chair, Secretariat and authors a standing ovation.
Delegates at UN Headquarters in New York formally adopt the agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of area beyond national jurisdiction (
#HighSeasTreaty
)!
Day 2 of the
#UNCCDCOP15
High-level Segment featured talks on:
🔵the role of youth
🔵future of land stewardship
🔵
#landrestoration
as a path to sustainable post-pandemic recovery
🔵moving from disaster to drought resilience
Our highlights and images ➡️
Tuvalu: There are millions of people suffering around the world from climate change.
Denying this fact could be considered a crime against humanity.
#COP25
Brazil announces its support for a precautionary pause on commercial
#DeepSeaMining
for at least 10 years, stating that the current level of knowledge is insufficient to move to exploitation and requesting ISA members to refrain from submitting plans of work.
#Ocean
Member States adopted 14 resolutions, including to negotiate a global
#plasticstreaty
and establish a science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and pollution, while celebrating 50 years of
@UNEP
Our summary and analysis of
#UNEA5
,
#OECPR
and
#UNEP50
➡️
The
#IPCC
Working Group II has approved its
#AR6
Summary for Policymakers and accepted the underlying assessment report. WGII will forward the SPM to IPCC-55 on Sunday morning, for the Panel to approve the actions taken by WGII.
@IPCC_CH
#ClimateReport
On Sunday, our coverage of
#COP26
starts
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"We are the disease that is infecting the planet. We are the only species to force disharmony with other beings on earth. We suffer collective amnesia of the truth: that to cause irreversible damage on earth brings to same to ourselves." Jason Momoa
@JASONMOMOA_TH
#SAMOAPathway
The
#UNFCCC
can seem complex to outsiders.
Sometimes it's complex to insiders, too.
But there are many entry points where
#health
ministries, actors, and organizations can add their technical expertise to the fight against
#climatechange
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#PlanetaryHealth
#ClimateAction
Whether you are an environmental negotiator, an activist, a reporter, or an NGO leader—we have a special announcement.
We've retooled our website to make it easier to search.
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Today, the Earth Negotiations Bulletin is celebrating 30 years of documenting global efforts to tackle our environmental crises 🌍
Look back in time with us over 30 years serving as a "paper of record" of global environmental talks 🧵⤵️
Media release ➡️
A further resumed IGC-5 will be convened to adopt the text of a
#HighSeasTreaty
at a date to be announced.
#BBNJ
IGC President Rena Lee suspended the session at 9:53 pm.
Our summary and analysis will be available on Wednesday, 8 March 2023.
The
#PlasticsTreaty
#INC3
closed Sunday with delegates mandating the Secretariat to (by 31 Dec) compile a “revised zero-draft text” to be the basis of talks at
#INC4
The Committee was unable to agree on a mandate for intersessional work
Read ➡️
Week 1 of
#BonnClimateConference
ended without agreement on the meeting’s agendas
Awaiting news from Heads of Delegation, negotiators went on as usual debating draft text and crafting bridging proposals on capacity building, adaptation, and other issues
The IPCC has elected Jim Skea, UK, to serve as its Chair for the seventh assessment cycle. Skea is a veteran IPCC expert and served as Working Group III Chair during the sixth assessment cycle.
#IPCC59
#climatechange
Opening closing plenary,
#BBNJ
IGC President Rena Lee (Singapore): The ship has reached the shore!
Delegates then agreed to forward the text to an open-ended informal working group before its adoption at a date to be announced.
#HighSeasTreaty
How did the
#IPCC
arrive at the wording of the
#AR6
Synthesis Report?
How did countries' delegates shape this summary of what we know about
#climatechange
?
Earth Negotiations Bulletin is allowed to observe deliberations and produce this analysis
Read ➡️
And finally on Sunday, 15 December 2019, at 1:55 pm
#COP25
is gaveled to a close, making it the longest COP in
@UNFCCC
history.
Look for the ENB summary & analysis by Wednesday morning, after our intrepid team gets some rest.
#TimeForAction
#Climate
At the opening of the 3rd CPW Wildlife Forum,
@mremae
of
@UNBiodiversity
underscored the Partnership's achievements in a keynote address
It featured sessions on “Landscapes as food provision systems” & “Zoonotic diseases and the One Health Approach”
👉
Twenty-four hours after the scheduled end of the meeting,
#IPCC
delegates prepared to forgo sleep entirely, agreeing to work non-stop until they finish their work to approve the
#AR6
synthesis Summary for Policymakers
Highlights ➡️
#climate
#IPCC58
Delegates finally reached agreement on the
#BonnClimateConference
agendas, paving the way for the adoption of conclusions. Consultations continued into the evening on a number of issues.
Discussions on the
@IPCC
were particularly heated.
#SB58
Read ➡️
#BBNJ
IGC-5.2 delegates have been meeting in President's consultations for 25 hours hoping to break the deadlock on fundamental issues in order to agree on a clean text for a
#HighSeasTreaty
. Divergence is still evident.
#ICYMI
:
@theGEF
Council adopted a Work Program, worth $281.1 million towards urgent
#climateaction
in developing countries and combatting environmental crises.
Learn more of the
#GEFCouncil60
meeting in our summary & analysis.
👉
After 2 years apart, the
#biodiversity
community finally meets for the Geneva
@UNBiodiversity
meetings
Will it lead to an ambitious
#post2020
global biodiversity framework or come down to the wire? Talks are crucial for tackling the biodiversity crisis
➡️
Vanuatu announces it joins the countries calling for a precautionary pause on
#DeepSeaMining
, urging for a precautionary approach regionally and globally.
#Ocean
In a celebratory environment,
#GEFcouncil64
approves the establishment of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, including its programming directions; the decision will be ratified and the Fund will be launched during the GEF Assembly that will take place in August 2023.
Recalling the long journey towards this day,
#IGC5
President Lee gaveled the final session of the adoption of the new
#HighSeasTreaty
to a close at 6:10 pm, stating that, “for the
#Ocean
, it was worth it!”
#BBNJ
#biodiversity
Read ➡️
📣Just in: (long-awaited) confirmation that
@UNFCCC
#COP29
will take place in Azerbaijan from 1-22 November 2024
Also,
#COP30
will take place in Brazil, 10-21 November 2025
Environmental NGOs:
We're tired of governments siding with polluters.
We're tired of our lives being negotiated away.
Did you ignore the simple solution of leaving fossil fuels in the ground?
#COP25
#IPCC
formally accepts the actions of Working Group II, which include the approval of the Summary for Policymakers of the WGII contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
#AR6
. The
#AR6
#ClimateReport
will be released by the
@IPCC_CH
tomorrow, 28 February.
Today, ENB is marking 31 years of bringing transparency to environmental talks! 🌍
Over three decades, our greatest ally in raising awareness of negotiations has always been: our readers. Your engagement has helped grow support for our reliable and neutral reporting.
Governments have agreed on final language for a treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
#BBNJ
Our summary/analysis ➡️
#biodiversity
#IGC5
#Ocean
#HighSeasTreaty
Anne Larigauderie,
@IPBES
Executive Secretary, stressed that the Platform’s assessments, including the Nexus and the Transformative Change Assessments, will contribute to understand how to reach key development goals “with nature, not against it.”
#IPBES9
,
#ForNature
The second
#UNOceanConference
drew to a close on Friday, with delegates adopting a political declaration titled, “Our ocean, our future, our responsibility.”
Our highlights and images ➡️
#UNOC2022
#SaveOurOcean
CBD parties discuss a target of the
#post2020
global
#biodiversity
framework
@UNbiodiversity
on ensuring that all areas under agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry are managed sustainably, contributing to the efficiency and resilience of these production systems.
Speaking at opening of 4th
#APWS
Kazufumi Onishi, Mayor of Kumamoto, noted that the region’s volcanic geology provides “mineral
#water
from the tap” while traditional rice farming has helped recharge its aquifers.
The
#IPBES8
Plenary met to approve scoping reports for future assessments on the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food & health, and the underlying causes of
#biodiversityloss
, and work plans for the intersessional period.
Our summary & analysis
👉
The
#PlasticsTreaty
#INC2
was characterized by
• procedural scuffles
• long delays
• late nights
But delegates also set out a path for the intersessional period leading to
#INC3
and mandated the preparation of a “zero draft”
Our summary ➡️
The opening plenary of the
@UNFCCC
#JuneClimateMeeting
was briefly suspended after civil society representatives walked on stage to alert to the humanitarian crisis in Palestine
Do you know someone who gets lost in the acronyms and jargon of
#climatechange
negotiations?
Is it you?
Our team has compiled clear, concise definitions of the key terms and acronyms used in
@UNFCCC
talks and beyond.
Bookmark➡️
The world took the first step towards a treaty to end
#plasticpollution
on Monday, with
@andersen_inger
stressing that the future treaty should be science-based and engage a broad range of stakeholders including waste pickers
Our highlights and images ➡️
We've got a figure!
Big step for the Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group I contribution to the
@IPCC_CH
Sixth Assessment Report: delegates just approved a figure on observed changes in weather and climate extremes across regions
The ocean is under serious threat from
#overfishing
,
#marinepollution
, habitat loss, and acidification.
Ahead of
#WorldOceansDay
, our latest brief explores the evolution of ocean governance and a holistic approach to addressing ocean health.
Learn more:
The waiting game
@UNFCCC
#COP28
is still on
Not a single negotiation session appeared on the schedule all day and press conferences were cancelled
Not that anyone was really counting on it, but there's no closing time in sight
Ivonne Higuero,
@CITES
Secretary-General, highlights the relations between wildlife crime and habitat degradation and increased risks of exposures to zoonoses
#CITESCoP19
@ivonnehiguero
Delegates at
#INC2
#PlasticsTreaty
negotiations finally started talks on the options paper, with calls for inclusion of measures to: reduce plastic production, establish design standards, address recycling & improve
#waste
management (
#plasticsinc
)
Read ➡️
Delegates at
#COP22Med
#BarcelonaConvention
adopted 19 decisions, including a landmark one concerning the designation of the Mediterranean as an Emission Control Area for sulfur oxides
The decisions pave the way for a sustainable Mediterranean region
👉
The
@UNBiodiversity
Conference has the “urgent task of making peace with nature”: UN Secretary General
@antonioguterres
at
#COP15
calls for:
🌱"massive" financial support to the Global South
🌱addressing the root causes of
#biodiversity
loss
🌱tackling concentration of wealth
Martha Rojas Urrego, Secretary-General, Ramsar Convention, emphasized that “an unprecedented crisis requires unprecedented efforts to turn the tide,” urging increasing synergies among biodiversity-related conventions in the post-2020
#biodiversity
framework.
#IUCNcongress
Siddharth Shekhar Yadav, Vanuatu, highlights, in the ISA Council, the adoption of the historic UN General Assembly Resolution requesting for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of states in respect of climate change.
#ClimateCrisis
Canada announces its support for a moratorium on commercial
#DeepSeaMining
, noting the lack of adequate scientific information and of a robust regulatory framework ensuring environmental protection.
#Ocean
Simon Stiell,
@UNFCCC
Executive Secretary: There's no point in going through what we just did if we engage in collective amnesia for the following year.
#COP27
At the Geneva Biodiversity Conference, delegates laid the foundations for
@UNBiodiversity
COP15, which must adopt the
#post2020
global biodiversity framework later this year in Kunming
Our summary of negotiations is out now
➡️
#biodiversity
#ForNature
Biodiversity is being lost at an alarming rate—so countries are meeting in Montréal to set targets to reverse the declines.
What should you expect from the
@UNBiodiversity
Conference?
@ETsioumani
explains in 5 minutes.
📽️
#Biodiversity
#ForNature
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 after 17 years of talks
Summary ➡️
It's now early Sunday morning in Madrid and with
#COP25
ticking over 30 hours into overtime, delegates speculated about how close parties actually were to any meaningful agreement.
We will be here until the final gavel falls.
@UNFCCC
#TimeForAction
Having finalized their discussions on the options paper,
#INC2
closed
Delegates mandating INC Chair Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, working with the Secretariat, to prepare a zero draft of a new
#Plasticstreaty
on
#plasticpollution
for consideration at INC-3
Read➡️
It's official: the Summary for Policymaker of the Working Group I contribution to the
@IPCC_CH
's Sixth Assessment Report is approved, the underlying report accepted, and the decisions adopted at the Working Group I's 14th session are accepted by the Panel
At
#INC1
towards a
#PlasticsTreaty
, delegates elect by acclamation, Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Peru 🇵🇪, as Chair of the first part of the INC process.
INC Chair Meza-Cuadra notes that "today, we begin negotiating the most important treaty of our age."
#plasticpollution
@UNEP
At
#PlasticsTreaty
#INC3
, delegates considered the revised Zero Draft, which reflects over 300 submissions over and above discussions from contact groups
Delegates will need to streamline the plethora of options between now and
#INC4
Read ➡️
During
#BBNJ
IGC-5.2 plenary, Kurt Davis,
@UNJamaica
underlines that "at this moment in global history, we are at a point of transition" and calls for a truly ambitious new
#HighSeasTreaty
that goes beyond existing agreements to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of BBNJ
TODAY IN PARIS: Day 1 of the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on
#plasticpollution
, including in the
#marine
environment.
@UNEP
#plasticstreaty
#INC2
Follow us for updates:
Today,
@IPCC_CH
delegates continued their consideration of the Summary for Policymakers.
Plenary discussions focused on a subsection on the impacts of human-induced climate change and on a subsection on the ocean and land
#carbonsinks
.
👉🔗
The
#IPBES10
has successfully closed, with delegates approving the summary for policymakers of the
#InvasiveAlienSpecies
assessment
They also agreed on the topics for additional reports up to 2030
Highlights ➡️
#biodiversity