5 October 2012: The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 6) adopted 16 decisions, including a decision on socio-economic considerations which, for the first time, initiates activities aiming to provide a basis for future substantive work on considerations with regard to socio-economic impacts of living modified organisms. More.

Photo: COP/MOP 6 Chair M.F. Farooqui, India, gavels the meeting to a close at 9:30 pm.

3 October 2012: The second UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) workshop on long-term finance focused on approaches to scale-up climate finance and create enabling environments. More.

Photo: Co-Chairs Zaheer Fakir, South Africa, and Georg Børsting, Norway

27 September 2012: The First Meeting of Signatories (MOS 1) to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks, the first meeting since the MOU came into effect in 2011, adopted a conservation plan for sharks. More.

24 September 2012: The third session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM-3) agreed to extend the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management's (SAICM's) Quick Start Programme (QSP) Trust Fund until 2015. More.