As the
international sustainable development community converges on Poznań,
Poland, for the 2008 UN Climate Change Conference, it is remarkable
to consider all of the inputs that delegates must strive to take
into account as they work their way along the Bali Road Map, toward
the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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MONTREAL PROTOCOL PARTIES TAKE DECISIONS TO MAXIMIZE
CLIMATE BENEFITS OF OZONE PROTECTION |
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Doha, 21
NovemberThe
eighth Conference of the Parties to the
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the
Ozone Layer and the 20th Meeting of the
Parties to the Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
convened in Doha, Qatar, from 16-20 November
2008. At this first "paperless" meeting,
parties adopted a Doha Declaration and 29
decisions, including on: ratification;
compliance; destruction of ozone depleting
substances (ODS); essential- and
critical-use exemptions; process agents; and
financial and administrative matters.
Parties agreed to replenish the Multilateral
Fund for the triennium 2009-2011 with US$490
million, and to request the Executive
Committee of the Multilateral Fund to
commence pilot projects on the destruction
of ODS and the Technology and Economic
Assessment Panel (TEAP) to undertake a
cost-benefit analysis of ODS destruction,
taking into consideration both climate and
ozone benefits.
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Photo: A bird's eye
view of the plenary room. |
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UNCCD SUBSIDIARY BODIES CONSIDER WORK PLANS AND INDICATORS |
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Istanbul,
15 NovemberThe
first Special Session of the Committee on
Science and Technology (CST S-1) and the
seventh session of the Committee for the
Review of the Implementation of the
Convention (CRIC7) of the UN Convention to
Combat Desertification (UNCCD) convened in
Istanbul, Turkey, from 3-14 November 2008.
Delegates reviewed the two-year work
programmes and four-year work plans that the
Convention's bodies were asked to develop,
as well as indicators and reporting
guidelines, to set in place the mechanisms
through which implementation of the ten-year
strategic plan, which was adopted in 2007,
would be executed and assessed. Delegates
also conducted informal consultations to
develop a process through which the CST
Bureau would work during the coming year to
identify a minimum set of indicators to
monitor and assess desertification.
More.
Photo: Participants
watched a live video feed of Turkish officials and
high school students planting trees in honor of
CST-S1 and CRIC 7, including 193 trees to represent
the 193 parties to the Convention and ten trees per
delegate. |
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BANGKOK WORKSHOP ADDRESSES AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN
ASIAN CITIES |
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Bangkok,
15 NovemberA
workshop addressing the theme "Air Quality
and Climate Change: scaling up win-win
solutions for Asia" convened in Bangkok,
Thailand, from 12-14 November 2008. The
event sought to generate consensus on how
Asian cities can take a more active part in
climate change mitigation by adopting a
co-benefits approach that integrates urban
air quality management activities, energy
management and climate change mitigation
activities.
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Follow-Up International Conference on Financing for
Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey
Consensus:
29 November-2 December 2008. Doha, Qatar. |
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CMS COP 9:
1-5 December 2008. Rome, Italy. |
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UN Climate Change Conference – Poznań:
1-12 December 2008. Poznań, Poland. |
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Econcern Sustainable Energy Event:
1-12 December 2008. Poznań, Poland. |
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CBD Expert Group on ABS Concepts, Terms, Working Definitions
and Sectoral Approaches:
2-5 December 2008. Windhoek, Namibia. |
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Stockholm Convention Expert Meeting to Further Develop the
Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification
of Dioxin and Furan Releases:
3-5 December 2008. Geneva, Switzerland. |
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Forest Day 2:
6 December 2008. Poznań, Poland. |
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Development and Climate Days:
6-7 December 2008. Poznań, Poland. |
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Poznań Business Day:
9 December 2008. Poznań, Poland. |
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