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On 17 July, the Council adopted a decision[1] accepting on behalf of the European Union an amendment to the 1999 Gothenburg Protocol to reduce emissions of air pollutants globally. The EU is now ready to formally accept the amendment.

On 17 July, the Council adopted a decision to conclude, on behalf of the EU, the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol that will ensure the protection of the climate from the powerful greenhouse gases hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). With this decision, the EU is ready for formal ratification, and has signalled its continued determination to lead global efforts to tackle climate change.

Statements were issued by Ocean Conservancy’s Chris Dorsett, and Earthjustice’s Andrea A. Treece, on the decision to sue the Department of Commerce for sanctioning overfishing of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico.

Nine people have drowned and a teenaged boy is missing after a flash flood swept over a popular swimming spot in a river in the western U.S. state of Arizona, authorities said Sunday.

The Great Barrier Reef

The Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD) held its 17th meeting in Athens (Greece). In this forum, the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN-Med) was invited to report to the 22 state representatives the progress made towards the implementation of the IUCN Green List of Protected Areas (GLPCA) within the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development 2016-2025 (MSSD).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with two Southern California plastic product manufacturers to resolve federal Clean Water Act violations. Both companies have corrected the deficiencies and have returned to compliance.