Greenhouse
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MONTREAL PROTOCOL CELEBRATES 20 YEARS, REACHES
HISTORIC COMPROMISE |
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 Montreal,
22 September—The
twentieth anniversary of the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer was commemorated on 16 September
2007, with events including a seminar in
Montreal, Canada entitled “Celebrating 20
Years of Progress.” Following the seminar,
the Nineteenth Meeting of the Parties to the
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer (MOP 19) convened from 17-21
September 2007, also in Montreal. Delegates
reached agreement on numerous issues,
including on an accelerated phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and on
critical and essential-use exemptions from
the phase-outs of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
and methyl bromide. The agreement on HCFCs,
which moved up the phase-out date for both
developing and industrialized countries by a
decade, is being hailed as an important step
in reducing the production of chemicals that
are both potent ozone depletors and
greenhouse gases. Coverage of
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Anniversary Seminar. |
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Preparatory segment Co-Chairs Marcia Levaggi
(Argentina) and Mikkel Sorensen (Denmark)
following the adoption of the HCFC accelerated
phase-out
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ADAPTATION WORKSHOP CONSIDERS WORK PROGRAMME |
 Rome,
13 September—The
Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) organized a
workshop on adaptation planning and
practices under the Nairobi Work Programme
on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to
Climate Change (NWP). The workshop, which
took place at UN Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome,
Italy, from 10-12 September 2007, aimed to
identify action pledges from organizations
to fill capacity gaps and address challenges
and develop recommendations in adaptation
planning and practice. The report of the
workshop will be forwarded to the UNFCCC’s
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice (SBSTA) for
consideration at its 28th session in June
2008.
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Photo: L-R: Workshop
Chair Kishan Kumarsingh (Trinidad and
Tobago) and Khaled
AbuZeid, CEDARE, during the closing
plenary |
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 Madrid,
30 June—The
eighth session of the Conference of the
Parties (COP 8) to the UN Convention to
Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which
convened in Madrid, Spain, from 3-14
September 2007, approved twenty-nine
decisions before the final gavel at 7:43 am
on Saturday, 15 September. The decision on
the ten-year strategic plan attracted the
most attention from COP 8 delegates, because
they saw it as an opportunity to refocus the
Convention with the goal of furthering
implementation. The decision on programme
and budget, however, was not adopted. As a
result, an Extraordinary COP will take place
in New York, US, during the UN General
Assembly to finalize this decision.
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Photo: Dais of the
Committee of the Whole |
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Forests, Desertification and Land Issues |
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Intergovernmental Organizations |
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CTI Industry Joint Seminar: Prospects for Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy Technologies in CIS countries:
27-28 September 2007, Kiev, Ukraine |
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Second International Conference on Tourism and Climate
Change:
1-3 October 2007, Davos, Switzerland |
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South American Regional Consultation: Consultative Process
Towards an International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise
on Biodiversity:
2-3 October 2007, Bariloche, Argentina |
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Technical Workshop on Emissions from Aviation and Maritime
Transport:
4-5 October 2007, Oslo, Norway |
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Fifth Meeting of the
Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on
Access and Benefit-sharing:
8-12 October 2007, Montreal, Canada |
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Sixth Ministerial Conference: Environment for Europe:
10-12 October 2007, Belgrade, Serbia |
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