IISD Reporting
Services hasn’t yet reported from a meeting in 2007, but we already
can see some of the year’s key sustainable development issues
emerging. …
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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EAST ASIAN NATIONS ADOPT DECLARATION ON
ENERGY SECURITY |
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Leaders of the member States of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN’s dialogue
partner States adopted the Cebu Declaration on East
Asian Energy Security as one of the outcomes of the
12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines, from
10-15 January 2007. The meeting consisted of a
series of summits, with the energy security
declaration being considered during the 2nd East
Asian Summit on 15 January. The Declaration declares
five goals, including improved efficiency and
environmental performance of fossil fuel use and
mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, and
identifies 12 measures to achieve these goals.
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Photo:
Leaders of the ASEAN and dialogue partner States after they
signed the Cebu Declaration on Energy Security, (from left)
President Roh Moo-hyun of the Republic of Korea (partly
hidden), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,
Australian Prime Minister John Howard, and Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh of India.
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SACHS HIGHLIGHTS WATER AS PRIMARY CHALLENGE FOR
ASIAN NATIONS AT DELHI SUMMIT |
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The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2007 has
concluded its examination of the natural resource
dimension of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
During the 22-24 January 2007 meeting in New Delhi,
India, keynote speaker Jeffrey Sachs, highlighted
water as the primary challenge for Asian countries,
and proposed setting up an IPCC-like body for water.
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Photo:
Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University. |
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Intergovernmental Organizations |
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Joint Meeting of Regional Tuna Fisheries Management
Organizations:
22-26 January 2007, Kobe, Japan |
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8th African Union Summit:
22 January 2007 - 30 January 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
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World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007:
24 - 28 January 2007, Davos, Switzerland
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10th Session of IPCC Working Group I:
29 January - 1 February 2007, Paris, France |
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Exploratory Dialogue on Promoting Sustainable Land
Management through Trade:
31 January-1 February 2007, Geneva, Switzerland |
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Citizens of the Earth: The Paris Conference on Global
Ecological Governance:
2-3 February 2007, Paris, France |
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UNEP GC-24/GMEF:
5-9 February 2007, Nairobi, Kenya
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