Areas of work: Geneva
QUNO/CIEL Event on International Trade and the Upcoming Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
QUNO, and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) organized an event to discuss trade measures in the context of...
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QUNO highlights the importance of the arms sector when discussing responsible business conduct
During the 11th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights | OHCHR, QUNO Geneva partnered with American Bar Association Center...
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QUNO Briefing Paper for the Climate Negotiations under the UNFCCC: The Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
Quakers support Indigenous peoples’ rights, based on our commitment to peace and justice. We recognise the historical and ongoing injustice...
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QUNO Two-Sider: International Environmental Law
International environmental law is central to climate action. For example, the 2015 Paris Agreement, is a universal climate change agreement...
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QUNO Two-Sider: Inspiring Actions to Create New Laws on Climate Change
The climate negotiations under the UNFCCC are the main form of international climate action. Yet, there are many international and...
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QUNO Two-Sider: Climate Change & People on the Move
The impacts of climate change are shaping some of the oldest human practices: moving and creating places where we feel...
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QUNO Stresses the Importance of Adopting Package-less and Reuse Systems to Address Plastics Pollution in a Workshop Organised by the WTO and UNCTAD
QUNO participated in a workshop on sustainable and effective substitutes and alternatives for plastics, co-organized by the World Trade Organization...
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QUNO Attends Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution
From 28 November to 2 December 2022, the first session of the Intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution was...
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REPORT: “Package-less and Reuse Systems Through Policy Intervention: rethinking packaging in international trade”
With quantities of waste steadily rising worldwide, packaging material and packaging waste have emerged as critical areas for action at...
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QUNO Statement at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution
On Wednesday, 30 November 2022, delegates met in plenary to discuss key topics relating to the creation of a new...
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The “Implementation COP” in a growing climate of accountability: A COP27 Reflection
Human Impacts of Climate Change Representative, Lindsey Fielder Cook reflects on the outcomes of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh.
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Second Week of COP27 (14-20 November 2022)
The Human Impacts of Climate Change representative, Lindsey Fielder Cook, and HICC programme assistant, Alana Marie Carlson, continued in the...
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Geneva Peace Week 2022 (part 3/3) – QUNO moderates High Level Panel on ‘Rights, Inequalities and Peace: navigating tensions, finding opportunities”
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development explicitly combines the promotion of peaceful, just, and inclusive societies in its Goal 16,...
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Geneva Peace Week 2022 (part 2/3) – QUNO continues to spotlight human rights, social and economic justice, and political participation as foundational to sustainable peace
As one of the founding organizations of the Geneva Peace Platform (GPP), QUNO Geneva continues to play a role in...
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Saving Lives and Listening to those Most Affected: Key Actions for the UN Network on Migration
It is five months since States met at the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) to assess implementation of the Global...
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First Week of COP27 (6 – 12 November 2022)
QUNO’s team at the COP27 are the Representative for the Human Impacts of Climate Change (HICC), Lindsey Fielder Cook, and...
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