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RECENT MEETINGS COVERED BY IISD REPORTING SERVICES |
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OZONE MEETING AGREES ON
MULTILATERAL FUND, EXEMPTIONS
12-16 December 2005 | Dakar,
Senegal
Agreements have been struck on the Multilateral Fund, exemptions
for using ozone-depleting substances, and numerous other issues
during the seventh Conference of the Parties to the Vienna
Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and seventeenth
Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances
that Deplete the Ozone Layer (COP-7/MOP-17). Despite a heavy
workload, delegates resolved all issues on the agenda, avoiding
the need for a third extraordinary MOP.
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MONTREAL CLIMATE MEETING
FINALIZES KYOTO RULES, SECURES POST-2012 PROCESS
29 November to 10 December 2005 |
Montreal, Canada
Negotiators at the first meeting of the parties to the Kyoto
Protocol have succeeded in finalizing the treaty’s operational
“rule book,” including a package of decisions known as the
Marrakesh Accords. The meeting, which was widely hailed as a
success, also resulted in an agreement on a three-track process
under both the Protocol and the UN Climate Convention for
considering further action beyond 2012, when the Protocol’s
first commitment period ends.
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Canada’s
Environment
Minister,
Stéphane Dion |
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CLIMATE EVENT FOCUSES ON
DEVELOPMENT AND ADAPTATION
3-4 December 2005 | Montreal,
Canada
The
“Development and Adaptation Days at COP 11” event has been held
alongside the UN climate meetings in Montreal.
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BIODIVERSITY SUBSIDIARY BODY
CONSIDERS DRYLANDS, TAXONOMY INITIATIVE
28 November to 2 December 2005 |
Montreal, Canada
The eleventh
meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice (SBSTTA-11) to the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) has reviewed
the programmes of work on
biodiversity of dry and sub-humid lands, and the Global Taxonomy
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RECENT KEY MEETINGS AND MEDIA REPORTS |
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Sustainable Development
 UN
considers budget for 2005 World Summit reforms
General
Assembly establishes emergency response fund
UN
Second Committee adopts resolutions on desertification,
financing, Summit follow-up
Small
island states follow-up on Mauritius Strategy
South-South
Cooperation Day highlights diversity, creativity
Renewables
conference adopts Beijing Declaration
World
Tourism Organization changes acronym, re-elects
secretary-general
Chemicals Management
Workshops
on chemicals classification and labeling held
Forests, Desertification and Land Issues
FAO
offers to help developing countries explore ways to reduce
forest loss
Water, Wetlands, Oceans, Coasts
UN
General Assembly trawl fishing decision not enough, claims
coalition
UN
urges reform of fishing subsidies at WTO
Middle
East water task force announced |
Trade, Finance and Investment in Sustainable Development
Hong
Kong trade ministerial agrees “interim” deal; sets 2006 deadline
for final agreement
Climate and Atmosphere
Expert
workshop focuses on cooking-carbon links
UK,
Norway launch underwater CO2 scheme
Biodiversity and Wildlife
WTO
negotiations on CBD issues cause friction
Diversitas
conference calls for scientific panel on biodiversity
Biosafety
Protocol expert group discusses risk assessment
Swiss
support five-year ban on GM crops
Wildlife
law enforcement network launched in Southeast Asia
New
study maps locations of species threatened with extinction
Chemicals Management
Workshops
on chemicals classification and labeling held
Human Development
Gender
equality agreement signed |
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