9 September 2012: The Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests 2) concluded a first reading and much of a second reading on the text of a draft multilateral legally binding agreement (LBA) on forests. More.

9 September 2012: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Renewables and Islands Global Summit, which took place from 6-7 September 2012, in Malta, brought together more than 130 representatives from IRENA member States, including ministers from 14 member States and participants from international organizations and the private sector. More.

Photo: Group photo of the delegates of the IRENA Renewables and Islands Global Summit.

12 September 2012: Two events focused on technology convened in Bangkok, Thailand, following the Bangkok Climate Change Conference. The fourth meeting of the UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee (TEC 4) continued its thematic dialogue with relevant stakeholders on enabling environments and barriers to technology development and transfer, which began at TEC 3, and also considered progress on the implementation of its workplan for 2012-2013, in relation to, inter alia: technology roadmaps, relevant work of other institutions under and outside of the Convention, technology needs assessments, and possible topics for technical papers. And the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) for Climate Change Experience Sharing Workshop aimed to: showcase best TNA practices; get feedback from participating countries on conducting and reporting TNAs and Technology Action Plans (TAPs); enhance capacity of National TNA Coordinators in project proposal development; and facilitate interaction between country representatives and the funding community. TEC. TNA Workshop.