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IISD RS Activities

Upcoming Project Activities - 2011

IISD RS will provide daily and/or summary issues from 30 international meetings related to environment and sustainable development. These meetings will include:

January
First Intersessional Meeting of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), 10-11 January 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (INC2), 24-28 January 2011, Chiba, Japan
Ninth Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF9), 24 January - 4 February 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

February
Second Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and Ninth Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention, 16-18 and 21-25 February 2011, Bonn, Germany
Twenty-sixth Session of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council and Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-26/GMEF), 21-24 February 2011, UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting (IPM) for the Nineteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-19), 28 February - 4 March 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

March
Tenth Informal Consultations of States Parties (ICP) to the Fish Stocks Agreement, dates to be determined (but likely 2-3 days in March 2011), UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
Fourth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR GB 4), 14-18 March 2011, Bali, Indonesia

April
Bangkok Climate Change Talks - 2011, 3-8 April 2011, Bangkok, Thailand
Nineteenth Meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Plants Committee, 18-21 April 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
Fifth Conference of the Parties (COP5) to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), 25-29 April 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

May
Nineteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-19), 2-13 May 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
Thirty-third Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Approval of the Special Report on Renewable Energy, 10-13 May 2011, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction (Biodiversity), 31 May - 3 June 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

June
First Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), 6-10 June 2011, Montréal, Canada
Bonn Climate Change Talks - June 2011, 6–17 June 2011, Bonn, Germany
Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC COP 5), 20-24 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
Twelfth Meeting of the UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (ICP-12), 20-24 June 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

July
CBD meetings (to be confirmed post-Nagoya, but likely 3-6 weeks and may include meetings of SBSTTA, Article 8j, Working Group on Review of Implementation), dates and locations to be confirmed
Third Intergovernmental Review of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Pollution (GPA), dates and location to be confirmed
Thirteenth Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA-13), UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Headquarters, Rome, Italy
Twenty-fifth Meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Animals Committee, 18-22 July 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

August
Thirty-first Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (OEWG-31), 1-5 August 2011, Bangkok, Thailand
Sixty-first Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, 15-19 August 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

September
Thirty-fourth Session of the IPCC and Approval of the Special Report on Extreme Events and Disasters, Special Report Approval (26-30 September 2011) - IPCC (possibly to follow, dates and location to be confirmed)

October
Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD , 10-21 October 2011, Changwon City, Republic of Korea
Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (Basel COP 10) , 17-21 October 2011, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Seventh Meeting of the POPs Review Committee , 11-15 October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Talks (possible additional session), dates and locations to be confirmed

November
Tentative: Seventh Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the CBD , 7-11 November 2011, location to be confirmed
Tentative: Fifteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice to the CBD , 14-18 November 2011, location to be confirmed
UNCSD Second Intersessional Meeting, 14-15 November 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
Twenty-third Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP-23), 14-18 November 2011, Bali, Indonesia
Forty-seventh Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-47) & Associated Sessions of the Committees, 14-19 November, Antigua, Guatemala
Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS COP 10), 20-25 November 2011, Bergen, Norway
Durban Climate Change Conference, 28 November - 9 December 2011, Durban, South Africa