Issue #221 | 31 March 2014

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)

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.

22 March 2014: The Fifteenth Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Dialogue on Forests, Governance, and Climate Change convened at the Newseum in Washington, DC, US, on 19 March 2014, under the theme of “Challenges of Carbon Rights and Implementing the New Warsaw Agreement on REDD+.” More.

14 March 2014: The International Workshop titled 'Green and Social: Managing Synergies and Trade-offs' explored how existing development pathways can be transformed to become more environmentally sustainable and more socially inclusive. More.

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.