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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Launches Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation – Call for Applicants

22/03/2022

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, in collaboration with UNEP, has launched the Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation as part of continuing efforts to update and maintain the Global Climate Change Litigation database. The Peer Review Network includes practitioners and scholars who will act as “national rapporteurs” on climate change litigation in their countries. The Network

Call for side events proposals - First Global Meeting of National Focal Points for the Montevideo Programme V

16/03/2022

From 6 to 9 June 2022, UNEP will host the in-person/hybrid segment of the First Global Meeting of National Focal Points for the Montevideo Programme V, at the United Nations Office at Nairobi. This segment follows the first part of the First Global Meeting of National Focal Points, which was held online in June 2021. Within this context, the

Waigani Convention - South Pacific

2001

Global

Keywords:

Joint implementation, Waste, Wasting, Radioactive waste, Hazardous waste, Sound environmental management, Exclusive Economic Zones

European Union - Legal Frameworks

European Union

Strategy for Plastics in the Circular Economy

Keywords:

Plastics

Africa Region – Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter Law and Policy

Botswana

Gambia

Ghana

Kenya

Malawi

Mauritius

Rwanda

Seychelles

South Africa

Uganda

United Republic of Tanzania

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Keywords:

Plastic pollution, Marine debris

COBSEA Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter

Global

Keywords:

Marine debris

Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (RAPMaLi) for the Wider Caribbean Region

Barbados

Guyana

Saint Lucia

The Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (RAPMaLi) for the Wider Caribbean Region was originally developed in 2007 to promote problem solving at the national and local levels, recognizing that unique regional characteristics should inform innovative solutions to the problem of marine litter. The RAPMaLi action plan has since been implemented through selected pilot projects in Guyana, Barbados and Saint Lucia.

Keywords:

Marine debris, Implementation, Effluent waste