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2021 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs)
Parties and stakeholders to the three global hazardous chemicals and wastes conventions convened online to deal with urgent operational and substantive work including election of officers, the programmes of work and budgets for all three conventions, and a decision regarding the Stockholm Convention’s financial mechanism.
2nd Part of the 43rd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (OEWG 43)
Parties to the Montreal Protocol tackled technical work on two issues that are crucial to efforts to repair and protect the ozone layer: the unexpected increase in emissions of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) and developments related to energy-efficient and low-global-warming-potential technologies.
Island Responses to COVID-19 - In the Context of Climate Resilience and Sustainable Development through the Local2030 Islands Network
This HLPF side event shared island solutions, experiences, and approaches in building back better amid the pandemic while noting the leading role islands play in advancing climate solutions.
Building Post-COVID Recovery around Wealth rather than GDP
This HLPF side event introduced examples of expanded wealth measures and how they can help prioritize post-COVID recovery investments and better measure progress toward achieving the SDGs.
Satoyama Initiative: Healthy Planet, Healthy People
This HLPF side event shared how the Satoyama Initiative teaches that living in harmony with nature requires communities to consider issues of biodiversity, climate change, and zoonotics simultaneously.
HLPF 2021 Local and Regional Governments’ Day and Forum
Transformation of work and evolving production and consumption patterns are essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Local and Regional Governments are raising ambitions and actions on SDGs at the local level, through solidarity and multilevel governance.
Forests, Trees and Poverty Alleviation in Africa: An Expanded Policy Brief
This HLPF side event saw the launch of the Expanded Policy Brief for African Stakeholders on Forests, Trees and Poverty Alleviation in Africa, which aims to raise awareness of the role of forests and trees to alleviate poverty.
Towards a Road to Sustainable and Resilient Recovery in Mountains
In 2017, half the population in mountainous areas faced food insecurity—and that was before the pandemic. This HLPF side event heard that building back better will require rethinking economic growth, with responsible production and consumption patterns.
Berlin Forum Press Conference
Stressing that banning or regulating individual chemicals is insufficient, the event called for fundamental regulations that apply to all chemicals at the global level.