Multidisciplinary Group on the Environment (GME)
The GME was instructed to prepare a draft Council of Europe Strategy on the Environment and a related Action Plan for its implementation in accordance with the Reykjavík Declaration, focusing on areas where the Council of Europe has a comparative advantage and/or unique legal instruments and expertise, ensuring an inclusive consultation process, and leveraging synergies with partners and stakeholders with a view to providing added value.
Terms of reference of the Ad hoc Multidisciplinary Group on the Environment (GME) (adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 9 July 2024)
Meetings
Bureau members

Sarah BARNIER-LEROY (France)
Chair

Inga AKSAMITAUSKAITĖ (Lithuania)
Vice-Chair

Ruzanna GRIGORYAN (Armenia)
Member

Antonio Jesús ANTEQUERA DELGADO (Spain)
Member

Csilla FODOR (Hungary)
Member

Terje Birkrem HOVLAND (Norway)
Member, Gender Equality Rapporteur

Reykjavík process and the environment
Useful links
- Council of Europe Landscape Convention
- Bern Convention - Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
- Conventions on the Protection of Animals
- Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law
- EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement
- 1st European Forum on Environmental Human Rights Defenders