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POPRC CONVENES LAST MEETING BEFORE COP4 |
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 Geneva,
17 October—The
Fourth Meeting of the Persistent Organic
Pollutant Review Committee (POPRC4) has
convened from 13-17 October 2008, in Geneva,
Switzerland. Delegates considered, among
other agenda items: a draft risk profile for
short-chained chlorinated paraffins;
proposals to list endosulfan and
hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) under Annexes
A, B or C of the Convention; new information
on perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); and
toxic interactions between POPs. This was
the Committee's final meeting prior to COP4,
which will be held in Geneva in early May
2009.
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Photo: POPRC members
and observers met in plenary throughout the week. |
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SECOND MERCURY OEWG RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF FRAMEWORK |
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 Nairobi,
11 October—The
Second Meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended
Working Group (OEWG2) to Review and Assess
Measures to Address the Global Issue of
Mercury, which convened from 6-10 October
2008, in Nairobi, Kenya, discussed a future
mercury framework including: elements to be
addressed by a mercury framework; the type
of framework to be used; and the capacity
building, financial and technical support
required to deliver on the elements.
Delegates reached agreement on a policy
framework on mercury, and narrowed down the
list of implementation instruments – one
legally-binding and three voluntary options
– for consideration by the UNEP Governing
Council in February 2009.
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Photo: Chair John
Roberts (UK) gavelled the meeting to a close at
6:33pm. |
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SACHS AND DE BOER DEBATE CARBON MARKETS, TAXES |
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New York,
10 October—A
high-level debate on the merits of the Kyoto
Protocol’s flexible mechanisms and carbon
taxes convened at Columbia University in New
York, US, on 9 October 2008, under the
theme, “The Kyoto Mechanisms: Key to
Combating Climate Change?” Much of the
two-hour event involved a discussion between
Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),
and Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth
Institute at Columbia University. The aim of
the discussion was to help focus attention
on market-based mechanisms, carbon taxes and
other policies and measures being considered
by policy makers and negotiators working to
establish a framework to address climate
change.
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European Forest Week:
21-24 October 2008, Rome, Italy |
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Open-ended Legal and Technical Working Group for the Second
International Conference on Chemicals Management:
21-24 October 2008, Rome, Italy |
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FfD Process Informal Meetings:
23-24 and 29-31 October 2008, New York, US |
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Second Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD):
27-30 October 2008, Manila, the Philippines |
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Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure
for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in
International Trade:
27-31 October 2008, Rome, Italy |
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Tenth Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention:
28 October-4 November 2008, Changwon, Republic of Korea |
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