Climate,
science and governance. There was little question last week about
the key debates to watch on the sustainable development agenda. …
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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AU MEMBER STATES ADDRESS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FOR DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN AFRICA |
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 Addis
Ababa, 31 January—Heads
of State and Government of the African Union agreed to
designate 2007 as Africa’s year for scientific
innovations at the eighth AU Summit, held in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia. The Summit, which consisted of a series
of meetings from 22-30 January 2007, saw delegates
addressing the themes of “Science, Technology and
Scientific Research for Development” and “Climate Change
in Africa.” Meeting outcomes included agreement of a 20-year
continental strategy for biotechnology, and a decision
to proceed with establishing a Pan-African Intellectual
Property Organization.
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NORTH AMERICAN CONSULTATION ON IMoSEB
GENERATES PROPOSALS |
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 Montréal,
1 February—Over
60 experts at the North American Regional
Consultation of the Consultative Process Towards an
International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on
Biodiversity (IMoSEB) exchanged views and discussed
various options on a possible IMoSEB during a 30-31
January 2007 meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Participants did not achieve consensus on a new
mechanism, but did generate views and proposals that
are expected to contribute to future discussions on
the topic.
More.
Photo: L-R: Dais during the opening session: Chair
John Karau, Environment Canada and Adrian
Vazquez, Executive Director, Commission for
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IPCC WORKING GROUP I ADOPTS CLIMATE SCIENCE
REPORT |
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Paris,
2 February—The
Tenth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I has adopted
its contribution to the IPCC Fourth Assessment
Report (AR4), titled “Climate Change 2007: the
Physical Science Basis.” The Working Group’s Summary
for Policy Makers was agreed at a meeting held in
Paris from 29 January to 1 February. The Group found
that there is more than a 90 percent probability
that human action has contributed towards recent
climate change, up from its estimate of a more than
66 percent probability in 2001.
More.
Photo: L-R: Martin Manning, Head WGI
Technical Support Unit (TSU) and IPCC Working Group
I Co-Chairs Susan Solomon and Dahe Qin. |
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Forests, Desertification and Land Issues |
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Trade, Finance and Investment |
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UNEP GC-24/GMEF: 5-9 February 2007, Nairobi,
Kenya
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45th Session of the Commission for Social Development:
7-16 February 2007, New York, US
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Global Forum: Building Science, Technology, and Innovation
Capacity for Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction:
13-15 February 2007, Washington DC, US |
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Country-Led Initiative in Support of the Multi-Year
Programme of Work of the UNFF: Charting the Way Forward 2015:
13-16 February 2007, Bali, Indonesia |
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Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group of
Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the
Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety:
19-23 February 2007, Montreal, Canada |
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CSD-15 Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting:
26 February-2 March 2007, New York, US
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