COP15 Montreal: Target 22 on gender equality approved but word ‘responsive’ still in brackets
Participation, capacity building and financial access to women from all walks of life non-negotiable in Post-2020 GBF
Brazil GEF meet: Over half a billion dollars set aside for work on biodiversity
Adequate funds are needed to meet the 4 goals & 23 targets set under the Kunming-Montreal biodiversity framework by 2030
MOP 28: Countries close to agreeing on a dual baseline for HFC phase down
Experts suggest that this could lead to a change in the status quo of differentiation mechanism for Montreal Protocol parties
Amazonian biodiversity: Indigenous convoy to bring focus to threats during Montreal summit
Non-profit Amazon Watch, among others, to participate in COP15 CBD
China continues to use ozone depleting CFC-11 in violation of Montreal Protocol
Between 40 and 60 per cent of total global CFC-11 emissions originate from Eastern China, reveals study. This is no good news for the ozone layer …
Montreal Protocol negotiations: funding remains a roadblock
Negotiators have prepared a draft text to address all the challenges, except funding
BIS to revisit safety standards on use of hydrocarbons in fridges and ACs
CSE had recommended amendments to a standard which would allow wider use of the refrigerant
Self-withering: Biodiversity Convention’s new global framework raises basic questions
Fairness and North-South balance embedded in the treaty made the West uncomfortable with it
COP15 Montreal: ‘Coalition for Nature’ formed by Small Island Developing States
The goal of the coalition is to advocate for agreed common SIDS priorities and needs such as greater means of implementing biodiversity objectives
Road to COP15 Montreal: Kenya’s local communities have had limited benefits from their natural resources; here is why
Many communities are vulnerable to manipulation, rendering the whole principle of fair and equitable sharing of benefits impractical
UN General Assembly 2023: Crucial biodiversity fund gets enough money to be operational
Nature and People: From Ambition to Action side event also saw new contributions toward target of conserving 30% land & ocean by 2030
Montreal Protocol: A successful treaty?
Even as the fate of HFCs hangs in uncertainty, there remains much at stake for the Montreal Protocol
Road to COP16: CBD implementation body ends meet without consensus on many crucial decisions
The delegates will meet once again before COP16 to finalise the text
Invasive alien species in focus at 10th plenary of IPBES
Report on invasive species & their control to be approved at the plenary was developed over four years by 86 leading experts from 49 countries
Negotiations pick pace as US proposes amendment text on exempted countries
The amendment text proposed by the US allows HFC exemption for 34 countries, mostly from the Middle East and Africa
COP15 Montreal: ‘30x30 will create more militarised Protected Areas’
Fiore Longo, director of the French chapter of Survival International, details the disadvantages of 30x30 of the Global Diversity Framework
Ozone layer to recover in 4 decades but aerosol injection may undo gains: UNEP
The success of the Montreal Protocol can inspire climate action, say scientists
Green eye in the sky
A voyage into space for a three-dimensional monitoring of the polluted environment
No consensus on HFCs at Montreal Protocol meet
Hydrofluorocarbons to be discussed in an informal group after many nations oppose formation of contact group to discuss the greenhouse gases
HFC-23 emissions on the rise
India, China threaten to release more super greenhouse gas; developed countries just as guilty
A year of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: How far have we come?
Decisions deferred to 2024; slow progress might make it difficult to meet targets by 2030
SBSTTA-25: Delegates move forward on recommendations to implement Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Synergy between climate change & biodiversity recognised; work on indicators to continue till next meeting
Faces of protection: 30x30 goal impossible without indigenous participation
A report at COP15 Montreal on protected areas lacks qualitative aspects of indigenous land
Avoiding climate breakdown depends on protecting Earth’s biodiversity — can the COP15 summit deliver?
COP15 brings together parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) with a goal of negotiating this decade’s biodiversity …
Ozone layer recovery can be speeded up
As the levels of ozone depleting substances continue to decrease because of compliance with the Montreal Protocol, ozone layer may heal 11 years …