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Issue #221 | 31 March 2014
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Implementing the Rio+20 Outcome
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As we near the second anniversary of Rio+20, a number of processes are focusing in on decisions that were set in motion by the outcome from that June 2012 event. More. |
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D., Group Director, SDG Knowledge, IISD |
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RIMES' Commitment to Climate Change Adaptation
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Regional and global assessments of climate change have revealed a trend of higher frequency of extreme climate and weather events. More. |
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Tania Ouariachi, Information, Communication and Knowledge Management Specialist at the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia |
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 | IISD RS' Policy & Practice Knowledgebases |
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IPCC Adopts WGII Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report
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31 March 2014: The tenth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II (WGII-10) and 38th Session of the IPCC (IPCC-38) endorsed the findings of the second part of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) addressing climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. More. Photo: Participants consulting on one of the figures from the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) |
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UNEP CPR Delegates Discuss UNEA
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28 March 2014: The first meeting of the Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR) to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which subsumed the 126th meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR), served as the subsidiary intersessional entity of UNEP's new governing body—the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) of UNEP. The meeting provided an opportunity to prepare for the UNEA sessions in 2014 and 2016, debate the role of UNEA in the UN system, and prepare draft decisions for adoption by UNEA, among other agenda items. More. Photo: Delegates from the EU consulting before the start of closing plenary. |
ADP Establishes Contact Group to Negotiate 2015 Agreement
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14 March 2014: The fourth meeting of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP 2-4) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) continued addressing agenda item 3, implementation of all the elements of Decision 1/CP.17 (Durban Platform for Enhanced Action). More. |
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 | Water, Oceans and Wetlands |
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 | Biodiversity and Wildlife |
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 | Post-2015 Development Agenda |
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 | Forests, Desertification and Land Issues |
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 | Trade, Finance & Investment |
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 | Key meetings in the next two weeks |
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WIPO IGC 27: 24 March - 4 April 2014. Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland |
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