Archives - June 2011

UNEP-Risoe Launches Technology Transfer Publication Series [viewed]

29 June 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)-Risoe Centre has announced the launch of a new publication series titled "Technology Transfer Perspectives," which aims to stimulate debate and information sharing on technology transfer among academics, experts, policy makers, practitioners and other stakeholders, and will include mitigation and adaptation-side approaches.

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UNCCD Organizes Fourth Land Day [viewed]

29 June 2011: The Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has released its report from "Land Day 4," which took place on 11 June 2011, in parallel to the Bonn Climate Change Conference.

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CCCCC Update Takes Stock of Bonn Climate Change Conference [viewed]

CCCCC28 June 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published the 10th issue of its monthly Climate Change News Update, which compiles international and regional climate change-related news. The issue features an article on the lack of agreement on key areas at the Bonn climate change talks, held from 6-17 June 2011 in Bonn, Germany.

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UN/ISDR Stresses the Need for DRR to Reduce Impact of Droughts [viewed]

28 June 2011: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) has stressed the need for disaster risk reduction (DRR) approaches to reduce the impacts of drought, highlighting that DRR policies such as water management and flood risk management are necessary to help anticipate and reduce the consequences of such events.

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Event: 13th Meeting of the Enforcement Branch of the Compliance Committee [viewed]

The Enforcement Branch of the Kyoto Protocol’s Compliance Committee is responsible for determining whether Annex I Parties are in compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, including their emissions targets and reporting commitments, and determines the consequences for Parties not meeting their commitments.  

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IPCC Briefs Media on Special Report on Renewable Energy [viewed]

28 June 2011: Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has briefed the press on the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN), which was agreed upon and released by the IPCC during its 33rd plenary session held in May 2011 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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New IMO Secretary-General Elected [viewed]

28 June 2011: Koji Sekimizu (Japan) has been elected as the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with effect from 1 January 2012 and for an initial term of four years.

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UNFCCC Publishes GHG Synthesis and Assessment Report [viewed]

UNFCCC27 June 2011: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published the synthesis and assessment report (FCCC/WEB/SAI/2011) on the greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories submitted in 2011.

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UNEP Launches Ozone Africa Media Award Prize [viewed]

27 June 2011: The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Regional Office in Africa has announced the launch of the 2011 Ozone Africa Media Award. The award, which was established in 2010, aims to encourage the highest standards of excellence in environmental and scientific reporting, focusing on how ozone issues are addressed in Africa.

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Adaptation Fund Board Accredits National and Regional Implementing Entities [viewed]

Adaptation Fund27 June 2011: At its 14th meeting, held in Bonn, Germany on 22 June 2011, the Adaptation Fund Board approved US$17.4 million in grant funding and accredited the National Environment Fund of Benin as the fourth National Implementing Entity and the West African Development Bank as the first Regional Implementing Entity.

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