November
certainly has been interesting for those involved with international
sustainable development policy. Several possibilities for future
policy and organizational directions have been discussed or unveiled
this month. From the High-level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence in
the Areas of Development, Humanitarian Assistance, and the
Environment’s Delivering as One report, which included
recommendations to upgrade the UN Environment Programme and to
increase the Global Environment Facility’s resources, to the climate
change conference in Nairobi, which included discussions of
implementation of commitments and long-term action on climate
change, to the UN General Assembly’s resolution on strengthening the
Economic and Social Council, attention has been drawn to strengths
and weaknesses of the sustainable development architecture, and some
proposals for change have emerged. We are following the deliberative
processes that have developed these proposals, and will continue to
monitor these processes and any resulting decisions in 2007.
Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
Editor, Linkages Update and MEA Bulletin
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NAIROBI CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE ENDS ON
HIGH NOTE |
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Nairobi, 18 November—The
“UN Climate Change Conference – Nairobi 2006” has
ended with many delegates expressing satisfaction at
progress on a number of issues. The two-week event,
held in Nairobi, Kenya from
6-17 November 2006, involved a series of UN
meetings, including the twelfth Conference of the
Parties (COP 12) to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the second Conference of
the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to
the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2). These events were
attended by almost 6000 participants.
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Photo:
View of COP/MOP 2 Closing Plenary. |
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ITTC-41 PLEDGES US$5.4 MILLION, APPROVES 13 PROJECTS |
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Yokohama, 12 November 2006—Delegates
to the forty-first session of the International
Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-41) approved 13 new
projects and seven pre-projects, pledging US$5.4
million in project financing. Additional funding
from the European Commission was allocated to
support capacity building in ITTO member states for
the implementation of Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) listings of
timber species. The Council also decided to extend
ITTA, 1994 until the provisional or definitive entry
into force of the ITTA, 2006, among other decisions.
More.
Photo:
Council Chair Koichi Ito (Japan) receives a gift
from Council Chair-elect Ambassador Luis Macchiavelo
(Peru) on behalf of the ITTC, in recognition of his
leadership and hard work. |
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