New guide for MEA negotiators

Aug 19, 2011 - Download FIELD's new guide - Help for MEA negotiators who encounter problems.

Read FIELD Executive Director’s blog about the MEA guide on the CDKN website.

This guide aims to help negotiators who work with multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) to deal with difficult situations that can arise in international negotiations.

The guide suggests practical approaches that may be helpful in some difficult situations and covers some legal questions.

Many international environmental negotiations are pioneering processes. The rules of these processes evolve constantly. This is a challenge for negotiators.

Understanding the basics of international negotiations, the rules of procedure of different MEAs and being aware of possible practical approaches to difficult situations is helpful.

• Chapter I of the guide provides a summary of basic information about MEA negotiations.
• Chapter II is the main chapter. It describes what could be a typical - but particularly problematic - week of MEA negotiations. It focuses on problems that a negotiator might encounter and suggests approaches for solving them.
• Chapter III provides brief concluding notes.
   

Further reading

New guide helps developing countries through global climate talks - FIELD Executive Director’s blog about the guide on the Climate and Development Knowledge Network's website

Find out more about FIELD's work on multilateral environmental agreements. 

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