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Commonwealth Blue Charter

QA test Event Jan 2025

23 January 2025 to 23 January 2025
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Event
In 2018, the Secretariat partnered with the United Kingdom to improve the engagement of member states with the United Nation’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. The Secretariat and the UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the Commonwealth Small States Office.

June QA Event

13 June 2024 to 13 June 2024
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Conference
Botswana is a member of the Physical, Digital and Regulatory Connectivity clusters of the Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda. The Connectivity Agenda is a platform for countries to exchange best practices and experiences to trade and investment and undertake domestic reform.

Commonwealth partners with Coral Restoration Consortium to launch Storytelling Hub v2

The Coral Restoration Consortium, has joined forces with the Commonwealth to launch a unique online platform that will share the stories of people protecting and restoring coral reefs worldwide.  The Hub will leverage the power of storytelling to raise awareness of these fragile ecosystems and the work of the communities saving them.
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'Blueing' the NDCs: An Updated Review of Ocean-Based Nationally Determined Contributions of Commonwealth Countries

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are the main mechanism by which countries communicate their ambitions and efforts in support of the Paris Agreement. Starting in 2023 and every five years thereafter, governments take stock of the implementation of the Paris Agreement, known as the global stocktake (GST). The GST holds countries accountable for their collective efforts to achieve the targets they set themselves in 2015,and tracks the progress made. Recent analysis of country NDC commitments shows that progress is not happening ‘at a pace or scale consistent with achieving’ the goals of the Paris Agreement. Urgent transformational change is needed.
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Ocean acidification: A threat to marine ecosystems and economies in the Commonwealth and beyond

14 November 2023 to 14 November 2023
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Event
Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP28, experts and government officials will discuss the ongoing threat of ocean acidification, and its damaging impacts on marine and coastal ecosystems, blue food systems and sustainable blue economies.

Commonwealth Secretariat and UK Government Collaborate on Training Ahead of Key Plastics Treaty Negotiations

In a move to bolster treaty negotiations for an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the UK Government through the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have convened a training programme for Commonwealth government officials.
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