Sustainable
development policy making involves a complex combination of
scientific and economic inputs, as well as political evaluation and
positioning, leading up to long hours of negotiations. …
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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BONN CLIMATE TALKS FOCUS ON BALI ROADMAP |
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 Bonn,
14 June—Four
parallel meetings took place between 2-13
June 2008, in Bonn, Germany, under the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
and Kyoto Protocol. The second session of
the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term
Cooperative Action under the Convention,
which was launched in Bali, started its
substantive work in Bonn, while the resumed
fifth session of the Ad Hoc Working
Group on Further Commitments for Annex I
Parties under the Kyoto Protocol began the
process of listing issues for further
negotiation, particularly on the Kyoto
Protocol’s market-based mechanisms and on
carbon sinks. The Subsidiary Body for
Implementation advanced preparations for a
second review of the Kyoto Protocol under
Article 9 in December 2009, and the
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice made some progress on
methodologies for reducing emissions from
deforestation and degradation in developing
countries (REDD). Collectively, these
meetings resulted in the adoption of 30
conclusions and 4 draft decisions that will
be taken up at subsequent meetings.
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Photo: A bird’s eye
view of the plenary of the second session of the
Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative
Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 2) |
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AFRICAN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT
ADOPTS DECLARATION |
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 Johannesburg,
13 June—The
twelfth session of the African Ministerial
Conference on the Environment (AMCEN-12),
which convened from 7-12 June 2008, in
Johannesburg, South Africa, adopted the
AMCEN Johannesburg Declaration on the
Environment for Sustainable Development, in
addition to decisions on: implementation of
the Action Plan of the Environment
Initiative of NEPAD; climate change,
including sections on Africa’s preparations
for developing a common negotiating position
on a comprehensive international climate
change regime beyond 2012 and on a
comprehensive framework of African climate
change programmes; AMCEN’s Constitution; the
status and use of the general trust fund;
chemicals and hazardous waste management;
environmental education and
technology-supported learning; Africa
Environment Day; and the Africa Environment
Outlook process and the Africa Environment
Information Network.
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Photo: L-R: Achim
Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, and André
Okombi Salissa, outgoing President of AMCEN
(Republic of Congo), officially launching Africa:
Atlas of our Changing Environment, during the
opening ceremony of AMCEN-12. |
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ABIDJAN CONVENTION PARTIES ADOPT SEVEN DECISIONS |
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Johannesburg, 11 June—The
first extraordinary meeting of the
contracting parties to the Convention for
Cooperation in the Protection and
Development of the Marine and Coastal
Environment of the West and Central African
region (Abidjan Convention) convened on 10
June 2008, in Johannesburg, South Africa, to
receive a report on the revitalization
process of the Abidjan Convention and
consider related decisions. Delegates
adopted decisions on: enhancing
institutional arrangements and collaboration
for the Abidjan Convention; strategies for
ratification/accession of the Convention; a
review of the title, mandate and objectives
of the Convention; transferring the
Secretariat’s location to the Côte d’Ivoire;
strategies for improving contributions to
the West and Central African Trust Fund;
strengthening the roles of National Focal
Points; and an Action Plan for the
Revitalization of the Abidjan Convention.
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Ninth Meeting of the UN Open-Ended Informal Consultative
Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea:
23-27 June 2008, New York, US |
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FAO Technical Consultation on IUU:
23-27 June 2008, Rome, Italy |
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60th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission:
23-27 June 2008, Santiago, Chile |
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Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel
Convention:
23-27 June 2008, Bali, Indonesia |
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11th African Union Summit:
24 June-1 July 2008, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt |
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41st Session of UNESCO's IOC Executive Council:
24 June-1 July 2008, Paris, France |
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ECOSOC Substantive Session:
30 June-24 July 2008, New York, US |
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Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Water
Sector:
1-2 July 2008, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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G8 Summit:
7-9 July 2008, Hokkaido, Japan |
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28th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties
to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer:
7-11 July 2008, Bangkok, Thailand |
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