Traduction de «Groupe de travail spécial de l'Accord de Paris » (Français → Anglais) :

Both the existing EU Directive on the disclosure of non-financial information (Art. 2) and these new guidelines reflect current best practices and most recent developments at international level, including lessons from the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Climate Agreement and the industry-led Task Force on climate-related financial disclosures set up by the Financial Stability Board.

Periodic reviews: The EU will need to be ready to participate in the review processes under the Paris Agreement designed to ensure the achievement of the goal of keeping climate change well below 2°C and pursuing efforts towards 1.5°C.To develop an understanding of the implications of a 1.5°C goal, and as the 5 Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was inconclusive on this aspect the IPCC has been requested to prepare a special report in 2018.

12. WELCOMES the outcome of the fourth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing and, signalling the need for a review of the progress made in this Working Group, for in-depth continuation of its work and for the determination of a work schedule with the aim of an early elaboration, negotiation and conclusion of the proposed regime, SUPPORTS the endorsement of its recommendations by COP 8; RECALLS its commitment to negotiate an international regime on access and benefit-sharing as contained in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and in COP Decision VII/19; ...[+++] EMPHASISES that such a regime could be composed of one or more binding or non legally binding instruments where some elements form an integral part of existing international instruments, institutions and other fora while others are developed as self-standing elements within the framework of the CBD, in synergy with and mutual supportiveness of other relevant international institutions and fora; STRESSES the need to ensure equal attention to access and benefit-sharing aspects;

7. IS OF THE VIEW that, when considering with other Parties further commitments for Annex I Parties, a number of other issues will need to be explored, and LOOKS FORWARD to identifying these issues in time for the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 3(9) of the Kyoto Protocol and with a view to informing the review process under Article 9(2) of the Protocol; EMPHASISES the need to ensure that there is no gap between the first and second commitmen ...[+++]t periods; LOOKS FORWARD to a successful discussion in the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 3(9) of the Kyoto Protocol;

7. RECALLS that COP 7 adopted a Programme of Work on protected areas with the objective of the establishment and maintenance by 2010 for terrestrial and by 2012 for marine areas of a comprehensive, effectively managed, and ecologically representative national and regional systems of protected areas to be integrated in a global network; NOTES with great concern that implementation is lagging behind and EMPHASISES the need for more effective measures and adequate technical and financial support, including improved integration of protected areas as valuable assets in national and local development processes, to reach the goals and targets ...[+++]of the programme of work; in this context, UNDERLINES that COP 8 should adopt a mechanism and work schedule for a clear and efficient process to review implementation of the Programme of Work which should focus on the goals and targets contained therein, including the identification of obstacles, gaps and possible responses; HIGHLIGHTS the importance of ensuring further work of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas to support and review progress on implementation;

Senator Joyal: I was in Paris two weeks ago, and I had the rare opportunity to be there when the special task force formed under the French government in 1983 to study ethics and medical practice issued its report on euthanasia.