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7th COP 30 President letter

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In further advancing our Global Mutirão against climate change, the Brazilian incoming Presidency of the 30 th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) presents its seventh letter to the international community, this time directed to business and the wider private sector, who are creative and critical forces to addressing the three interconnected priorities the Brazilian incoming Presidency envisions for COP30: (1) reinforcing multilateralism and the climate change regime under the UNFCCC, (2) connecting the climate regime to people’s real lives and to the real economy, and (3) accelerating the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Against a background of systemic uncertainty, in which climate urgency interacts with compounding geopolitical and socioeconomic challenges, one trend is certain: the ongoing climate transition is irreversible. Across sectors, several visionary and pioneer...
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The current global plastics treaty negotiations debacle – some ideas for a way forward

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Guest blog by Craig Boljkovac who is a Geneva-based Senior Advisor with a Regional Centre for the Basel and Stockholm Conventions, and an independent international environmental consultant with over 35 years experience in relevant fields. His opinions are his own. He has participated in several INCs and related meetings for the global plastics agreement. Originally published on Inter Press Service here. The debacle that was the latest round of negotiations for a global treaty on plastics (including in the marine environment); known as “INC 5.2” has already been written about at length by many colleagues on all sides of the issues. Despite all the very informative posts, articles, and other analyses, I believe I have several key observations to make, particularly about the process to-date. After being absent from the previous two INCs (INC-4 and INC-5), I may have a slightly different perspective from those who have been completely immersed in the process all the way along. I managed t...
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UN 80 – Clustering the Climate Conventions

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By Stacey Azores, participated  in UN climate negotiations in various capacities, playing a crucial role in addressing one key adaptation issue. Her work included science, business, and government projects, academic programs, rural expeditions, and raising awareness about implementation and sustainability. O riginally publishe d here at Inter Press Service Introduction The international governance of environmental challenges has progressively evolved over the past decades, transitioning from isolated treaties addressing specific issues to a complex web of multilateral agreements that aim to foster sustainable development and environmental integrity. Early efforts, such as the 1972 Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment, laid foundational principles emphasising the importance of environmental protection within a broader development agenda (UN, 1972). The 1992 Rio Earth Summit stands out as the most significant UN gathering dedicated to global environmental governa...
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Toward Enhanced Synergies among Biodiversity Related MEAs: Addressing Fragmentation with Strategic Coordination

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Photo by IISD/ENB | Anastasia Rodopoulou By  Hugo-Maria Schally  former Head of the Multilateral Environmental Cooperation Unit at the Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission.  (originally published on Inter Press Service here) Introduction The governance of nature and biodiversity has evolved from early 20th-century treaties on hunting and migratory species to today’s complex web of multilateral environmental agreements. Initial efforts, such as the 1902 Convention for the Protection of Birds useful to Agriculture, reflected utilitarian concerns, but by the 1970s global awareness of extinction and habitat loss led to more systemic instruments, including the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (1971) and Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (1973). The 1992 Rio Earth Summit marked a turning point with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the first treaty to address biodiversity at genetic, species, and ecosystem levels, ...
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