 This
week in Bonn, during the Climate Change
Talks, IISD Reporting Services team members
can be found not only in the negotiating
rooms, but also taking notes and photos at a
number of key side events. Each morning,
side-by-side with the Earth Negotiations
Bulletin at the documents counter, you can
find copies of our “companion” publication
at this meeting, ENB on the Side. …
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Kimo Goree
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the global marketplace of sustainable
development ideas, how does an international
consensus to take action on a particular
issue take shape and inspire other actors to
direct their attention and resources towards
that policy option? …
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
Editor, Linkages Update and
MEA Bulletin |
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CONFERENCE DISCUSSES CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE ROLE IN
LOW-EMISSION SOCIETY |
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Bergen,
29 May—The High-level Conference on
Fighting Climate Change with Carbon
Capture and Storage (CCS) took place in
Bergen, Norway from 27-28 May 2009. The
Chair’s summary of the meeting concluded
that: a comprehensive approach to reduce
CO2 emissions must include CCS; CCS can
play a key role in the transition to a
low-emission society; more large-scale
demonstration plants, research and
development and a major scaling-up of
present CCS efforts are needed;
stimulating framework conditions are
necessary to encourage wide-scale
capture and storage; private sector
companies have a particular role to make
CCS commercially viable; CCS must be
made accessible to developing countries;
and CCS should feature in discussions at
the UN Copenhagen Climate Change
Conference in December 2009 and in other
relevant fora.
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CSD NEGOTIATES POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS |
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York,
16 May—Delegates
to the 17th session of the UN Commission
on Sustainable Development (CSD17),
which convened from 4-15 May 2009, at UN
Headquarters in New York, US, focused on
the thematic cluster of agriculture,
rural development, land, drought,
desertification and Africa. In addition
to negotiating policy options related to
the thematic cluster of issues, CSD17
delegates also engaged in dialogues with
Major Groups and the policy research
community, and a High-level Segment and
Ministerial Roundtables focused on the
food crisis, a sustainable green
revolution in Africa, and integrated
management of land and water resources
for sustainable agriculture and rural
development. The results from the
Ministerial Roundtables were summarized
in a Shared Vision Statement, which was
annexed to the CSD17 report. A
Partnerships Fair, Learning Center and
side events also took place during the
two weeks.
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Photo: CSD Chair Gerda Verburg gavels CSD
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ICCM2 AGREES TO ACTION ON EMERGING ISSUES |
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Geneva, 16 May—The
second session of the International
Conference on Chemicals Management
(ICCM2) convened from 11-15 May 2009, in
Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates adopted
resolutions on, inter alia: rules of
procedure; emerging issues; a process
for considering emerging issues; the
establishment of an open-ended working
group; and financial resources.
Delegates also took the decision not to
integrate the Intergovernmental Forum on
Chemical Safety (IFCS) as a subsidiary
body of the ICCM. As a result, the Forum
Standing Committee will convene via
teleconference in June 2009 to take a
decision on IFCS’ future.
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Photo: L-R: Tarek Elruby, Egypt, and
Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director. |
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