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The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea delivers a landmark opinion on climate obligations of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
On 21st of May, 2024, the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law...
New EU Directive empowering consumers for the green transition
On January 17th, 2024, the European Parliament officially approved its provisional agreement with th...
23rd Conference of the Parties of the Barcelona Convention
The 23rd Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Envir...
A third round of negotiations for a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution
From November 13 to November 19, 2023, the third round of negotiations for a treaty on plastic pollu...
One Planet Polar Summit: the first international summit on the protection of glaciers and poles
On November 8 and November 9, 2023, the very first international summit dedicated to the protection ...
Hearings for the ITLOS advisory opinion
From 11 September 2023 to 25 September 2023, the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS...
Climate-related cases before the European Court of Human Rights
On 27 September 2023, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights heard the much-awaited...
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...