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September 08 2023
A first draft for the UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution

A first draft for the UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution

On September 4, 2023, the United Nations Environment Programme issued a "zero draft" of the Treaty o...

August 29 2023
Publication of the Committee on the Rights of the Child's general comment n°26 on children’s rights and the environment

Publication of the Committee on the Rights of the Child's general comment n°26 on children’s rights and the environment

On 28 August 2023, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) published its general comment n°2...

June 04 2023
Second Round of Negotiations for a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution

Second Round of Negotiations for a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution

From May 29 to June 2, 2023, the second round of negotiations for the adoption of a legally binding ...

April 29 2023
Adoption of the UNGA Resolution to Request an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on Climate Change

Adoption of the UNGA Resolution to Request an Advisory Opinion from the ICJ on Climate Change

At its 77th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted, by consensus, a resolution ...

March 22 2023
Key Takeaways from the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Cycle's Synthetic Report

Key Takeaways from the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Cycle's Synthetic Report

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just released what UN Secretary-General Gut...

March 07 2023
Historic UN Treaty on High Seas

Historic UN Treaty on High Seas

The United Nations High Seas Treaty is an instrument of the United Nations Convention on the Law of ...

February 28 2023
A Final Draft for the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Human Rights and Climate Change

A Final Draft for the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Human Rights and Climate Change

Vanuatu and 17 other States publish the final draft of the UNGA resolution to request an Internation...

January 12 2023
A Fresh New Start: The Green Diplomacy Blog

A Fresh New Start: The Green Diplomacy Blog

Pathway to the 2022 Declaration becomes... the Green Diplomacy Blog ! Welcome to our new platform fo...

December 22 2022

COP15: Historic Agreement on a new Global Biodiversity Framework

As the Montreal 15th Convention of the Parties on Biodiversity closed on 19 December 2022, a histori...

December 05 2022

UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution: Success for a Milestone Negotiation

The first round of negotiations around the forthcoming treaty on plastics pollution in Punta del Est...

August 01 2022

The UN General Assembly recognizes the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right

On July 28th, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution recognizing the ...

March 10 2022

UNEP adopted a High-Level Political Declaration

On 30 August 2019, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted resolution 73/33, which "noted...

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