Environmental negotiations: Discussions that shape our future

In this episode, Dwayne Appleby and Andre Mader had an illuminating discussion about multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and their negotiations. Their guest was none other than IGES Executive Director, Hiroshi Ono. 

With a wealth of experience as part of Japan’s negotiation team at various meetings in the past, Ono-san sheds light on how these agreements work and why it is so tough to come to decisions. 

"About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.