Contributing to UNEP course for multilateral environmental negotiators
Research findings on transformative ocean governance, and their relevance for biodiversity, climate and broader environmental science-policy interfaces, contribute to developing the capacities of present and future international negotiators. Hub Director Elisa Morgera was invited to contribute to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) annual Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreement (MEA) Negotiations (Helsinki, 27 May – 6 June 2024), organised by the University of Eastern Finland (UEF).
This is a high-profile two-week course on international environmental law-making and diplomacy for present and future negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements to foster cooperation between developed and developing countries and taking stock of recent developments in the negotiation and implementation of multilateral environmental agreements, with a view to improving environmental governance worldwide.
Elisa delivered a keynote address on the Convention on Biological Diversity as the Legal Basis for System Thinking across MEAs, which built on One Ocean Hub findings on the ocean-climate nexus and human rights. In addition, Elisa also delivered a seminar on “The BBNJ Agreement: New depths of international cooperation on ocean science and management, through benefit-sharing and capacity building.”
In addition, Elisa jointed a panel discussion titled “Science-policy interface and global environmental governance: Lessons learned from biodiversity, climate, chemicals and ocean,” to critically evaluate the dynamic between science and policy-making within the context of global environmental governance, together with Yulia Yamineva (UEF) and Kerstin Stendahl (Climate and Environment Envoy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, and Former Deputy Secretary of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
Elisa then chaired a panel discussion titled “The 2030 Agenda, the Global Biodiversity Framework and the Global Framework on Chemicals,”as platforms to enhance policy integration and coherence among MEAs, supporting more effective and efficient implementation of MEAs. The panel included: Tita Korvenoja (UNEP), Annika Lindblom (Director for International and EU Affairs, Ministry of the Environment of Finland) and Linda Kosgei (Head, Multilateral Environmental Agreements Department, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry of Kenya).
One Ocean Hub looks forward to continuing its partnerships with UNEP and with UEF, whose researchers contributed to the special issue on the ocean-climate nexus.
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