This week,
climate change has once again claimed center stage, with World
Environment Day on Tuesday focusing on “Melting Ice – A Hot Topic?”
and the G8 summit’s pre-meeting posturing and focus on commitments
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the post-2012 period. …
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY CELEBRATIONS ADDRESS
BIODIVERSITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND COMMUNITY ACTION |
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Berlin, 6 June—On
the occasion of World Environment Day, several
events were held in Berlin, Germany, on 5 June 2007.
Participants attended a press conference to convey a
message to the G8 summit, (convening 6-9 June 2007 in Heiligendamm, Germany), a policy dialogue on
strategic opportunities and priority actions for G8
members and global leaders to build upon synergies
between the climate change and biodiversity agendas,
and the 2006 Equator Prize award ceremony. The
message to the G8 summit calls on G8 leaders to take
leadership for renewed commitments to climate change
and biodiversity conservation. The policy dialogue
addressed policies such as compensation for avoided
deforestation and a review of the economic impacts
of biodiversity loss.
More.
Photo: Ahmed
Djoghlaf (left), CBD Executive Secretary, and Gudrun
Grosse-Wiesmann (right), BMZ, signed
a Memorandum of Understanding between the CBD and
the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) for increased support by the
GTZ to the implementation of the CBD (Photo
courtesy of GeoMedia) |
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INTERNATIONAL HYDROPOWER ASSOCIATION
CONVENES FIRST CONGRESS |
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Antalya, 1 June—The
International Hydropower Association (IHA) World
Congress on Advancing Sustainable Hydropower
convened in Antalya, Turkey, from 29-31 May 2007,
for the IHA’s inaugural international congress. The
event provided a forum for dialogue between
hydropower companies, investment and development
banks, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and
other stakeholders involved in the development
and operation
of
hydr opower
projects for discussion
of: technical hydropower
innovation; social and environmental
performance;
the
role
of the public and private sectors;
social responsibility;
and certification of
good
practice in the
hydropower
sector.
More.
Photo: Doğan
Altinbilek (left) presented Suleyman Demirel
(right), former President of Turkey, with an IHA
Outstanding Achievement Award for his work in the
field of hydropower development |
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AMCOW ADOPTS BRAZZAVILLE DECLARATION |
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Brazzaville, 1 June—The
sixth Ordinary Session of the African Ministers’
Council on Water (AMCOW-6) took place from 30-31 May
2007, in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. The meeting
focused on strengthening regional and international
cooperation and solidarity to address the African
water and sanitation crisis and to make progress on
achieving the water-related targets of the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the World
Summit on Sustainable Development. Ministers adopted
a meeting report summarizing their discussions, and
the Brazzaville Declaration containing ministerial
decisions on future work. Key issues addressed in
these decisions include governance, institutional
and operational matters, finan cial
issues and means of implementation, and partnerships
and other initiatives. Ministers also decided on the
composition of the AMCOW subsidiary bodies for
2007-2009 and confirmed the new President of AMCOW.
More.
Photo: Bruno
Jean-Richard Itoua (left), incoming AMCOW
President, confers with Maria Mutagamba
(right), outgoing AMCOW President |
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Intergovernmental Organizations |
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Water, oceans and wetlands |
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Fourteenth Conference of the Parties to CITES:
3-15 June 2007, The Hague, the Netherlands
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Capacity Building Workshop on Partnerships for Improving the
Performance of Water Utilities in the Latin America and
Caribbean Region:
11-13 June 2007, Recife, Brazil |
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GEF Council Meeting:
11-15 June 2007, Washington DC, US |
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Eleventh Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA-11):
11-15 June 2007, Rome, Italy |
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Financing Development to Achieve the MDGs:
17-18 June 2007, Doha, Qatar |
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International Workshop on Mainstreaming the Environment into
National Development Frameworks:
18-20 June 2007, Bamako, Mali |
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Workshop on Climate Related Risks and Extreme Events under
the Nairobi Work Programme:
18-20 June 2007, Cairo, Egypt |
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The Seventeenth Meeting of States Parties to the UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea:
18-22 June 2007, New York, US |
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Eighth Meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal
Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea:
25-29 June 2007, New York, US |
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Third International Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and
Production:
26-29 June 2007, Stockholm, Sweden |
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