 While
several meetings related to climate change
policy stand out as key events in the last
fortnight, the possibilities offered by the
World Bank’s decision to make over 2000
indicators from developing countries
available through its Open Data Initiative
could make 22 April 2010 an Earth Day to
remember. …
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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UNFCCC PARTIES AGREE ON ADDITIONAL MEETING SESSIONS BEFORE
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 Bonn,
12 April—The
main objective of the ninth session of the Ad
Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative
Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 9) and the
11th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group
on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under
the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 11), which convened
from 9-11 April 2010, in Bonn, Germany, was to
agree on the organization and methods of work in
2010, including additional meeting time. The
AWG-LCA adopted conclusions on organization and
methods of work in 2010, and invited its Chair
to prepare, under her own responsibility, a text
to facilitate negotiations among Parties, in
time for the May/June sessions in Bonn. AWG-KP
11 agreed to, inter alia: focus in 2010 on Annex
I parties’ aggregate and individual emission
reductions under the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012
and to continue working on “other issues;” and
hold two sessions between AWG-KP 12 in June and
COP/MOP 6 in November-December 2010.
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Photo: During an informal plenary, AWG-LCA Chair Margaret
Mukahanana-Sangarwe (Zimbabwe) introduced
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FIRST CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR METEOROLOGY IN
AFRICA ADOPTS NAIROBI DECLARATION |
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Nairobi,
17 April—The
First Conference of African ministers
responsible for meteorology adopted the
Nairobi Declaration in response to the
increasing risks and threats to
development posed by climate variability
and change. The Conference, which was
organized by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO), in partnership with
the African Union Commission, gathered
around 30 ministers in Nairobi, Kenya,
on 15-16 April 2010. The Conference also
established a high-level mechanism, the
African Ministerial Conference on
Meteorology (AMCOMET), which is expected
to meet every two years to further
develop meteorology and its applications
in the continent.
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Photo: Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General,
WMO |
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Ninth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues:
19-30 April 2010. New York, US. |
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2010 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and
the World Bank Group:
24-25 April 2010. Washington DC, US. |
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35th Session of the European Forestry Commission:
27-30 April 2010. Lisbon, Portugal. |
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Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meeting:
3-4 May 2010. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. |
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Fifth Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands:
3-7 May 2010. Paris, France. |
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25th Session of the North American Forestry Commission:
3-7 May 2010. Palenque, Mexico. |
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WIPO IGC 16:
3-7 May 2010. Geneva, Switzerland. |
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CSD-18:
3-14 May 2010. New York, US. |
IISD Reporting Services will be reporting from the
Fifth Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands | 3-7 May 2010 |
Paris, France
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