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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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UNEP AND WHO HOLD CONFERENCE ON HEALTH AND
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 Libreville,
30 August—The
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the
World Health Organization (WHO) organized
the First Inter-ministerial Conference on
Health and Environment in Africa, from 26-29
August 2008, in Libreville, Gabon. The
conference, which sought to catalyze the
reduction of environmental threats to
health, closed with the adoption of the
Libreville Declaration which, inter alia,
called on WHO and UNEP to establish a
network for addressing communicable and
non-communicable diseases.
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Photo: Ministers and
Heads of Delegation in a group photo after the
official opening of the ministerial segment. |
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ACCRA CLIMATE TALKS REPORT SOME MOVEMENT ON ROAD TO
COPENHAGEN |
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 Accra,
28 August—Limited
progress has been reported from the latest
round of UN climate change negotiations. The
talks, which were held in Accra, Ghana, from
21-27 August 2008, involved the third
session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on
Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA 3) and
the first part of the sixth session of the
Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments
for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol
to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (AWG-KP 6). The talks
resulted in the adoption of conclusions on
long-term cooperative action and on the 2009
work programme under the AWG-LCA. Parties
also adopted conclusions on spillover
effects, LULUCF, the flexible mechanisms,
methodological issues, greenhouse gases,
sectors and source categories, and means to
reach emission reduction targets under the
AWG-KP. Parties agreed to compile ideas and
proposals on the elements contained in
paragraph 1 of the Bali Action Plan for
discussion in Poznan, Poland, in December
2008.
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Photo: A view of the
main hall where the AWG-LCA contact group sessions
were held. |
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IPCC CELEBRATES 20th ANNIVERSARY, CONSIDERS FUTURE WORK |
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Geneva,
4 September—The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
has marked its 20th anniversary with a
high-level event in Geneva, Switzerland. The
event, which took place on 31 August 2008,
was attended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
and other senior officials. The IPCC is
meeting for its 29th session from 31 August
to 4 September 2008. Participants are
discussing several agenda items, including
the IPCC’s programme and budget for
2009-2011, use of funds from the Nobel Peace
Prize, election of its Bureau and Task Force
Bureau, various procedural matters, future
IPCC activities and planning for the 5th
Assessment Cycle, outreach and matters
relating to the UNFCCC.
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