On 21 March 2013 the European Union deposited its instrument of approval of the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, following the Council Decision 2013/86/EU of 12 February 2013 to conclude the Supplementary Protocol.
MEPIELAN Centre | Apr 12, 2013 | 2 min read
The 27th Session of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-26/GMEF) was held from 18 to 22 February 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya.
MEPIELAN Centre | Apr 5, 2013 | 6 min read
On the 19th January 2013 delegates representing 140 countries at a United Nations forum in Geneva have managed to clinch a deal to establish a new global treaty regime governing mercury pollution.
MEPIELAN Centre | Apr 5, 2013 | 5 min read
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), which took place on 11 December 2012, has approved draft resolution A/C.2/67/L.58 on the “Implementation of the Convention of Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development.”
MEPIELAN Centre | Feb 5, 2013 | 3 min read
On 21 December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at its 67th Session, adopted the Resolution 67/213 on the “Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twelfth special session and on the implementation of section IV.C”.
MEPIELAN Centre | Feb 4, 2013 | 4 min read
The European Union, by the Council Decision 2013/5/EU of 17 December 2012, has announced its accession to the Barcelona Convention Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution Resulting from Exploration and Exploitation of the Continental Shelf and the Seabed and its Subsoil, 1994 (the Offshore Protocol).
MEPIELAN Centre | Jan 28, 2013 | 6 min read