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Setting the Agenda for 2012
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As the 1 November 2011 deadline for submissions to the compilation document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) approaches, the number of proposals for the outcome(s) from 2012 are increasing. More. |
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D., Manager, Knowledge Management Projects, IISD Reporting Services |
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Value Island Biodiversity – It's Our Life
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In the Pacific, biodiversity is seriously threatened by development pressures, causing habitat loss, invasive species and, ever increasingly, the many impacts of climate change. The Aichi Targets are ambitious but achievable, and will help us strengthen our conservation work across the Pacific, which will have global importance. Additional financial resources are essential as Pacific countries now need to translate the Aichi Targets into action.
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David Sheppard, Director General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) |
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Climate Change Negotiations: Keeping Africa Safe
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The Durban Conference on Climate Change is coming just when the continent is pulling out of what has been classified as one of the worst food crises of the 21st Century. While the food crises has multiple causes, it is obvious that with climate change projected to increase the frequency and severity of such extreme weather events, the challenges faced by the region will be exacerbated. More. |
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Emily Massawa, Team Leader on Climate Change in the UNEP Regional Office for Africa |
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Cities and Climate Change
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Cities represent the greatest achievements of human civilisation, and although urban areas, with their high concentrations of people, industries and infrastructure, are likely to face the most severe impacts of climate change, urbanisation will also offer many opportunities to develop cohesive mitigation and adaptation strategies to deal with climate change. More. |
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Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT |
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| Latest News - 18 October 2011 |
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POPs Review Committee Adopts 12 Decisions, Sets Up Working Groups for Emerging Issues
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14 October 2011: The seventh meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC 7) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) established intersessional working groups to address the emerging issues that go beyond the Committee's usual scope, among other decisions. More, Photo: Stockholm Convention Executive Secretary Donald Cooper |
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IPBES Meeting Plans Intersessional Work
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7 October 2011: The first session of a plenary meeting on the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) concluded with an invitation for institutions and governments to submit proposals for the institutional and physical hosts of the IPBES Secretariat. More. |
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| Intergovernmental Organizations |
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| Forests, Desertification and Land Issues |
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| Key meetings in the next two weeks |
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IISD Reporting Services will be reporting from 19-20 October 2011, in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from the UNCSD Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Asia Pacific Region  |
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