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Die Betriebsräteplattform im Kopernikus-Projekt Enavi lädt am 8. April zu einer Konferenz über den Abschlussbericht der „Kohle-Kommission“ ein. Genügen die beschlossenen Maßnahmen, um einen wesentlichen Beitrag zu den deutschen und internationalen Klimazielen zu leisten? Hat die Kommission ein ausreichendes Signal für eine nachhaltige deutsche Energiepolitik gesetzt? Diese und weitere Fragen werden auf der Konferenz, unter Beteiligung kompetenter Experten, diskutiert.

Effective monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) is critical for the success of marine conservation and management. Whereas States have the right to manage the marine resources within their national jurisdiction, the high seas are subject to a complex patchwork of international rules and regulations. As States begin to negotiate a new international agreement concerning areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), there is growing interest in how MCS tools and policies can be applied to this vast global commons. This workshop in Paris, France,will focus primarily on possible options for strengthening MCS through a new international instrument on high seas biodiversity, currently under negotiation at the United Nations.

This UN side event is organized under the STRONG High Seas project and open to participants and delegates at the Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

In September 2018, after more than a decade of discussions, States began formal negotiations for a legally binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. This meeting in New York City builds on a prior expert meeting held during the first round of negotiations that brought together 65 participants to discuss the role and contribution of regional and sectoral ocean governance in developing and underpinning the implementation of a strong high seas agreement.

The Secretariat of the Comisión Permanente del Pacífico Sur (CPPS), the ABNJ Deep Seas project and the STRONG High Seas (‘Strengthening Regional Ocean Governance for the High Seas’) project are organising the Joint Workshop – Science for solutions: bringing stakeholders together to improve ocean planning and governance – which will take place 13-15 March 2019 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

This workshop organised under the STRONG High Seas project brings together regional stakeholders and experts in order to discuss and exchange on technical and scientific information relevant to marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. This output of this regional collaboration will feed into the scientific work of the STRONG High Seas project and help to inform the Southeast Pacific assessment for an upcoming report covering the ecological baseline of the region. The workshop is organised by regional partners WWF Colombia and UCN.