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1st Special Session of the ITPGRFA Governing Body
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ninth session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), originally scheduled for December 2021, has been postponed to May 2022.
Barcelona Convention COP 22
Positioning itself between the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference held in November 2021 in Glasgow, UK, and the UN Biodiversity Conference to be held in a few months in Kunming, China, the 22nd Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP 22) to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention) and its Protocols came at a crucial point in time and served as the “COP for the Mediterranean”.
2nd Extraordinary Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD
For the second time since the Convention entered into force in 1996, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) convened an extraordinary session (ES-2) of its Conference of the Parties (COP) in December 2021.
61st Meeting of the GEF Council
The 61st meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council considered a proposed Work Program comprising 25 projects and one program.
GEF CSO Consultations on Youth-led Advocacy and Solutions
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Partnership brought together representatives from youth and youth-led civil society and Indigenous Peoples and local community organizations.
Planet Budapest 2021 Sustainability Expo and Summit
Climate change, water security, sustainable transport, and the circular economy are some of the key sustainable development issues facing Central Europe.
57th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council
As the COVID-19 pandemic continued to play havoc with the meetings of multilateral environmental and other agreements, the 57th session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-57) and the Associated Sessions of its four Committees gathered virtually to ensure the work of the ITTC’s governing body, the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), could continue.
GEO Week 2021
An intergovernmental partnership of more than 100 countries, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) highlights the value and usefulness of open Earth observations data and information for research, policy, decisions and action.
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