Center for International Environmental LawThe Aarhus Convention #MOP8 negotiations just wrapped up in Geneva. The talks were arduous, but they succeeded in preserving its core mechanisms — a testament to just how vital and relevant the #AarhusConvention remains.
A thread 🧵👇
#MOP8 event alert: Join us to explore how the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll can strengthen the implementation of procedural rights under the convention, access to information, public participation & access to justice.
⏰ 19/11 at 1pm
🔗 unece.org/environmenta...
Today, the eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention #MOP8 kicks off in Geneva 🇨🇭.
The conference will be a litmus test for Europe’s commitment to environmental democracy.
A short thread 🧵👇
unece.org/media/enviro...
🇨🇭 In Geneva, the Convention’s ability to function effectively may face one of its most serious test yet: #MOP8 comes at a moment of rare geopolitical significance, with democratic space shrinking and public oversight increasingly constrained across Europe & beyond.
#MOP8 outcomes will be shaped above all by:
👣 Whether the European Union🇪🇺 & the United Kingdom🇬🇧 engage constructively at the conference
👣 Whether Switzerland 🇨🇭 & Norway 🇳🇴 will continue to affirm themselves as champions defending the integrity of the process.