Multilateral Environmental Agreement (MEA) negotiations are among the most dynamic negotiations in international law. The process, structure and substance of negotiations has been evolving over time requiring negotiators to be well guided on procedural as well as substantive aspects of negotiations. . This is the third edition of the MEA Negotiators Handbook is a joint publication by the Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL) at the UEF Law School and UNEP. Multilateral Environmental Agreement (MEA) negotiations are among the most dynamic negotiations in international law.
The Second Edition of MEA Negotiators Handbook was published in 2007. This is the reason for revising and updating this negotiators’ handbook from time to time, so that negotiators can be well guided on the process and the structure of negotiations. Since 2004, UNEP and the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) have coorganized an Annual MEA training Course on negotiations and diplomacy focusing on MEAs to equip negotiators on their role as well as on the process and structure of MEA negotiations. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) has funded the course along with UNEP and the Ministry of the Environment of Finland.
