Linkages Update - Issue #176
Editor's Note
   
Building Momentum
The past fortnight has launched what promises to be an extremely busy three month period for sustainable development policy making. More.
Lynn Wagner, Ph.D., Manager, Knowledge Management Projects, IISD Reporting Services
Recent Guest Articles
   
Drought and Food Insecurity: Are We Missing the Point?
As over 100 heads of state, governments and delegations gather at UN Headquarters for an historic high-level meeting on addressing desertification, land degradation and drought in the context of poverty eradication and sustainable development, we owe it to ourselves to tell our leaders that emergency assistance for millions in the Horn of Africa is vital in the short term, but it is not enough or for the long-term good of all. More.
Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCCD
Comings & Goings
   
Departures
Tributes Extended for Wangari Maathai, Founder of Green Belt Movement
New Reports and Resources
   
Report of Focus Group on Improving the Standard Setting Process
Carbon Capture and Storage in Developing Countries: A Perspective on Barriers to Deployment
Greening Growth in Asia and the Pacific
Boundary Work for Sustainable Development
Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change, 2006-2015
Summing Up the Parts: Combining Policy Instruments for Least-Cost Climate Mitigation Strategies
Rio+20: Accountability and Implementation as Key Goals
Policy Brief: Opportunities and Challenges for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa
Blending Climate Finance through National Climate Funds: A Guidebook for the Design and Establishment of National Funds to Achieve Climate Change Priorities
Food Security and Climate Change in the Pacific: Rethinking the Options
IISD RS' Policy & Practice Knowledgebases
   
Post-2015 Development Agenda
Asia-Pacific Regional Coverage
Land
Chemicals and Wastes
Forests
Water and Sanitation
Sustainable Energy
Climate Change
Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
Biodiversity
Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
African Regional Coverage
Latin America & Caribbean Regional Coverage
Latest News - 3 October 2011
   
“Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference Discusses Water and Green Economy

23 September 2011: The seventh “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference concluded with the adoption of a Ministerial Declaration titled “Save water, grow green!” Through the Declaration, ministers agreed to take the lead in the transition to a green economy and to make substantive contributions to the discussions on green economy within the context of sustainable development, poverty alleviation and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). More.

Photo: Ján Kubiš, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), giving his closing remarks.
Other News
Sustainable Development
   
UNGA Speakers Outline Expectations Ahead of Rio
African Leaders Call for Greater Sustainable Development, Climate Support
UN Launches High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All
Asia-Pacific Workshop Results in People's Statement on Transformative Agenda for Rio
Green Economy Coalition Outlines Policy Thinking for Rio+20
Biodiversity and Wildlife
   
CITES Adds 91 Species of Hardwood to Trade Control List
High-Level Meeting Hails Yasuni-ITT Initiative as Model
Rio Conventions Joint Liaison Group Agrees on Terms of Reference and Modus Operandi
Task Force Established to Promote Implementation of Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Biodiversity Conventions Liaison Group Adopts Modus Operandi
Water, Oceans and Wetlands
   
European Commission Proposes Fishing Levels in Atlantic, North Sea
Ramsar, IUCN Celebrate World Rivers Day
Forests, Desertification and Land Issues
   
UNCCD and Partners Launch Economics of Land Degradation Initiative
UNGA High Level Event on Desertification Provides Input to COP 10 and UNCSD
Climate and Atmosphere
   
ECLAC Warns Caribbean Countries Against Costs of Inaction on Climate Change
UNESCO, AOSIS Discuss Climate Change, Awareness Raising
Palau, Marshall Islands to Seek Advice from World Court on GHG Impacts
AMCEN Special Session Endorses African Common Climate Position
African Energy Ministers Conference Adopts Johannesburg Declaration
FAO Launches Global Soil Partnership for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Green Climate Fund Transitional Committee Considers Role of Private Sector
Chemicals Management
   
ECLAC Meeting Discusses Costs/Benefits of Solid Waste Management in Caribbean SIDS
Trade, Finance & Investment
   
World Bank, IMF Analyze Impact of Economic Crisis on Development
WTO Public Forum Discusses Eco-Innovation, Carbon Accounting and Green Growth
Human Development
   
UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution on Right to Water and Sanitation
Annual Ministerial Meeting on LDCs Highlights Horn of Africa Crisis, Potential of Sustainable Development
Intergovernmental Organizations
   
ITU Agrees on Methodologies to Assess the Environmental Impact of ICTs
UN ESCAP Launches Green Growth e-Learning Facility
UN Secretary-General Names High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All
NEPAD, China Sign MoU on African Agricultural Growth
UN Environment Management Group Agrees Strategic Approach to Rio+20
UNESCO's High Panel on Science for Development Holds First Meeting
UNECE Launches MDG Indicators Database
Key meetings in the next two weeks
   
UNFCCC Resumed Sessions of AWG-KP 16 and AWG-LCA 14: 1-7 October 2011. Panama City, Panama
Delhi Dialogue on Green Economy and Inclusive Growth: 3-4 October 2011. Delhi, India
Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20 : 3-5 October 2011. Zaragoza, Spain
First Meeting of Plenary on IPBES: 3-7 October 2011. Nairobi, Kenya
Contributions of Forests to a Green Economy: 4-7 October 2011. Bonn, Germany
Fifth Meeting of the Consultative Process on Financing Options for Chemicals and Wastes: 6-7 October 2011. Bangkok, Thailand
Official Opening of the IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC) : 6-7 October 2011. Bonn, Germany
Conference on the Green Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing Back the Social Dimension: 10-11 October 2011. Geneva, Switzerland
POPRC-7: 10-14 October 2011. Geneva, Switzerland
UNCCD COP 10: 10-21 October 2011. Republic of Korea
Sharing Green Economy Best Practices Towards Rio+20: 11-12 October 2011. Warsaw, Poland
Lucerne World Mountain Conference: 11-12 October 2011. Lucerne, Switzerland
First Preparatory Meeting of the World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability: 12-13 October 2011. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
International Day for Disaster Reduction: 13 October 2011. TBA
UNCSD Regional Preparatory Meeting in the Arab Region (ESCWA): 16-17 October 2011. Cairo, Egypt

IISD Reporting Services will be reporting from 4-7 October 2011, in Bonn, Germany, from the Conference on Contributions of Forests to a Green Economy

Conference on Contributions of Forests to a Green Economy

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