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267. The Rio Trio: A Cocktail of COPs
Oct 17, 2024
Joining the discussion is Richard Kinley, a former senior official at the UN Climate Change Secretariat, who brings his wealth of experience in international negotiations. The conversation dives into the upcoming Rio Trio: three pivotal COPs on biodiversity, climate, and desertification. Kinley shares insights on their interconnected challenges and the historical evolution since the 1992 Earth Summit. The urgency of establishing a Plastics Treaty is also highlighted, emphasizing global cooperation in tackling pollution and fostering a comprehensive environmental governance framework.
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- The Rio Trio conventions highlight the historical evolution of environmental governance, illustrating the need for an integrated approach to address interconnected challenges.
- Calls for unifying the separate frameworks of climate, biodiversity, and desertification underscore the urgency for comprehensive solutions in global environmental diplomacy.
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Understanding the Rio Trio
Three significant conventions emerged from the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, known as the Rio Trio, consisting of legally binding agreements focused on climate change, biodiversity, and desertification. These conventions were primarily pushed by developing countries seeking to include environmental considerations in the existing multilateral agreements, which were largely dominated by economic interests at the time. The Climate Change Convention and the Biodiversity Convention were adopted first, followed by the Desertification Convention, which took longer to finalize. While climate change has garnered more attention and funding over the years, the biodiversity and desertification conventions have raised concerns over the imbalance in financial support, highlighting the ongoing competition for resources among these critical environmental issues.
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