25 June 2011: The 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum provided an opportunity for CIF stakeholders to exchange lessons learned and discuss how the CIF can be expanded or improved and help other CIF stakeholders apply lessons learned. More.

Photo: L-R: CIF Partnership Forum Co-Chairs Renosi Mokate and Andrew Steer

24 June 2011: The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 5) to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure (PIC) for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade adopted 13 decisions. More.

Photo: L-R: Jim Willis, Joint Executive Secretary of the Basel and Stockholm Conventions and UNEP-part of the Rotterdam Convention, and COP5 President Noluzuko Gwayi, South Africa

24 June 2011: The UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process (ICP) on Oceans and the Law of the Sea considered the theme “contributing to the assessment, in the context of the UNCSD, of progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development and addressing new and emerging challenges.” More.

24 June 2011: The Asian Development Bank's Sixth Asia Clean Energy Forum 2011 focused on “New Business Models and Policy Drivers - Building the Low-Carbon Future.” More.

23 June 2011: The Vienna Energy Forum 2011 focused on energy poverty and increasing energy access in developing countries, while a parallel Ministerial Meeting on Energy and Green Industry sought to contribute to the preparations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or “Rio+20”). More.

20 June 2011: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20 Subregional Preparatory Meeting for the Caribbean  discussed creating a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, the need for a blue economy addressing oceans and related issues, the institutional framework for sustainable development, and emerging issues and partnerships. More.

17 June 2011: The UN Climate Change Conference June 2011 centered on the agendas of the UNFCCC subsidiary bodies during the first week, with agreement reached to launch work on some agenda items, while the Ad Hoc Working Groups made some progress on their agendas but recognized that much work remains before the Durban Climate Change Conference. More.

17 June 2011: The International Hydropower Association (IHA) Congress also discussed opportunities arising from the growing interest in green growth strategies and carbon market finance opportunities. More.

16 June 2011: During the FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference, ministers adopted a Mandate for Negotiating a Legally Binding Agreement (LBA) on Forests in Europe. More.