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Biodiversity, Kyoto meetings conclude |
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Riyadh and Paris, 21 September—Two high-level meetings, one on biodiversity in the context of European development cooperation,
the other on the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development
Mechanism, have just ended on Thursday afternoon, 21
September. The
biodiversity conference in Paris is expected to contribute to European and international efforts to reach the 2010 Biodiversity Target and 2015 Millennium Development Goal. Meanwhile, the
CDM meeting
in Riyadh involved discussions on the role of CDM in
supporting development and a roundtable on carbon
dioxide capture and storage, ahead of the major UN
climate conference taking place in Nairobi in November. IISD
summary reports on both meetings will be available online by 24 September.
Photo: New UNFCCC
Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer addresses
participants at the CDM conference in Riyadh on 19
September.
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 Governance issues and the voting strength of several developing countries were high on the agenda at the latest meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. The meetings, which took place in Singapore and concluded on 20 September, also involved a meeting of the joint World Bank-IMF Development Committee, which stressed the need to foster sustainable private sector development.
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First "Strategic" Chemicals Meeting for
Africa held |
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 The
first regional meeting since governments agreed to
the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals
Management (SAICM) earlier this year has taken place
in Cairo. The meeting, held from 11-14 September,
focused on a draft regional action plan, a focal
point, funding issues, and other matters of
importance to the region.
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Forests, Desertification and Land Issues
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