Science-based
policy making. This often discussed goal has proven difficult to
implement in practice. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) has made it look relatively easy. The
recognition that the IPCC’s work has garnered for the climate change
issue, topped off by the announcement that it would receive the
Nobel Peace Prize, has resulted in a great deal of IPCC-envy in the
international environmental community. …
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CBD MEETINGS ON ABS AND ARTICLE 8(j) CONCLUDE,
BIOSAFETY MEETING ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS IN
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 Montreal,
25 October—The
fifth meeting of the Working Group on Access
and Benefit-sharing (ABS WG 5) of the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
convened from 8-12 October 2007, in
Montreal, Canada. Representing the first
half of a single session that will be
completed at the Working Group’s sixth
meeting, to be held from 21-25 January 2008,
in Geneva, Switzerland, ABS WG 5 considered
substantive elements of an international
regime on ABS.
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Photo: L-R: ABS
Working Group Co-Chairs Fernando Casas
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ABS WG 5 meeting was immediately followed by
the fifth meeting of the Working Group on
Article 8(j) and related provisions (15-19
October 2007), which adopted a series of
recommendations to be forwarded to the ninth
meeting of the Conference of the Parties
(19-30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany). However,
delegates did not reach agreement on a
recommendation on inputs by the Working
Group to the negotiation of an international
regime on ABS.
More.
Finally, CBD delegates are gathering in
Montreal from 22-26 October 2007, to
participate in the fourth meeting of the
Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts
on Liability and Redress (WGLR4) in the context of
the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
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Photo: L-R: Working
Group on Article 8(j) Chair Fernando Coimbra
(Brazil) and WGLR4 Co-Chair Jimena Nieto
(Colombia) |
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 Belgrade,
13 October—The
sixth Environment for Europe (EfF)
Ministerial Conference took place in
Belgrade, Serbia, from 10-12 October 2007,
during which participants considered:
assessment and implementation of
commitments; the state of the environment;
implementation of multilateral environment
agreements; findings of the UN Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE) environmental
performance reviews; education for
sustainable development; biodiversity;
capacity building; perspectives of South
East Europe; environmental policy and
international competitiveness; and
environmental finance and partnerships.
Participants developed a Ministerial
Declaration on the future of the EfE process
and Ministerial Statements on education for
sustainable development and biodiversity. More. |
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Intergovernmental Organizations |
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9th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and
Action Plans:
29-31 October 2007, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
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5th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity:
29 October - 2 November 2007, Trondheim, Norway |
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2nd Session of the ITPGR Governing Body:
29 October - 2 November 2007, Rome, Italy |
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5th Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in
Europe:
5-7 November 2007, Warsaw, Poland |
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43rd Session of the International Tropical Timber Council
and Associated Committees:
5-10 November 2007, Yokohama, Japan |
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32nd Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee:
8-9 November 2007, Bonn, Germany |
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