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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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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

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...

A Fresh New Start: The Green Diplomacy Blog
Pathway to the 2022 Declaration becomes... the Green Diplomacy Blog ! Welcome to our new platform fo...
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...
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...
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 ...
UNEP adopted a High-Level Political Declaration
On 30 August 2019, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted resolution 73/33, which "noted...