The “busy
season” is truly upon us. In the past two months, government
delegates and representatives from international and civil society
organizations have discussed international sustainable development
issues in Accra, Beijing, Budapest, Geneva, Montevideo, Nairobi, New
Delhi, Paris, Riyadh, Yaoundé and Yokohama. And these are just the
cities to which IISD RS has sent a team, some of them multiple
times. Soon, there will be a lull in the international meeting
calendar, allowing us to reflect upon and assess the new
developments and directions that international sustainable
development policy is moving. In the meantime, we hope that this
issue will help you in your efforts to do the same.
Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
Editor, Linkages Update and MEA Bulletin
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MONTREAL PROTOCOL PARTIES AGREE ON KEY EXEMPTION |
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New Delhi, 4 October—The
Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Ozone
Depletion has succeeded in coming to a compromise on
exemptions for an ozone depleting pesticide. In the
meeting, which convened in New Delhi, India, from 30
October – 3 November 2006, progress was achieved on a
variety of issues, including on the budget, a tracking
system for trade in ozone-depleting substances (ODS),
difficulties faced by developing countries in phasing
out asthma inhalers powered by CFCs, the future of the
Montreal Protocol, and the treatment of stockpiles of
ODS.
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Photo: MOP-18 High-Level
Segment Dais. |
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GPA IGR-2 ADOPTS BEIJING DECLARATION |
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 Beijing,
21 October—The
Second Intergovernmental Review (IGR-2) of the
Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the
Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (GPA),
which convened from 16-20 October 2006, Beijing,
China, endorsed the “Beijing Declaration on
Furthering the Implementation of the GPA” at its
closing session. The Declaration will be submitted
for endorsement to the next UNEP Governing
Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum in
February 2007.
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Photo: Veerle
Vandeweerd, UNEP/GPA Coordinator, and Zhou
Shengxian, Minister, State Environmental
Protection Administration, China, and IGR-2
Chairman, at the opening session of IGR-2. |
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AFRICAN PARLIAMENTARIANS DISCUSS FOREST
ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT |
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Yaoundé,
28 October—The
First International Conference of Parliamentarians
on the Sustainable Management of Central African
Forest Ecosystems, which convened in Yaoundé,
Cameroon, from 24-27 October 2006, adopted the
Yaoundé Message. Through this Message, participants
endorsed an action plan that highlights three
priority actions: institutional development of REPAR,
enhancement of REPAR’s involvement in forest sector
monitoring, and combating transboundary forest
crime.
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Photo: Delegates focus
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