8 April 2010: The UN Global Compact's "Caring for Climate" initiative convened its second conference of signatories and stakeholders from 7-8 April 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland.
The First Asia Solar Energy Forum, organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in association with the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), is expected to bring together key policy makers and solar energy related professionals from nearly 30 of ADB's Member Countries with major solar energy and smart grid manufacturers, developers, suppliers, industry associations and knowledge institutes to support the development and deployment of solar energy technologies in Asia and the Pacific. Participation is by invitation only.
28 April 2010: The report of the Secretary-General's Adivsory Group on Energy and Climate Change was launched on 28 April 2010. According to the report, would be possible to provide universal access to modern energy services by 2030 without significantly increasing greenhouse gas emissions, by scaling up renewable energy and other low-emission technologies.
The fifth World Urban Forum (WUF-5), which took place from 22-26 March 2010, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, under the theme “The Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide,” was hosted by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the Government of Brazil.
19 March 2010: The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) convened the sixth Technical Working Group meeting of the Task Force on Financing, Capacity Building and Technology Cooperation for Sustainable Bioenergy in The Hague, the Netherlands. The working group is tasked with aiding in the deployment of technologies for sustainable bioenergy development.
This meeting will convene at the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, to discuss issues relating to climate change, the September Summit on progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), global governance and the global economic and financial crisis. The CEB meets twice a year and brings together the Heads of 27 UN system organizations (15 specialized agencies, 10 UN Funds and Programmes, the IAEA and the WTO) under the chairmanship of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The second Africa Carbon Forum, which was held from 3-5 March 2010, in Nairobi, Kenya, sought to help build on growing interest in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Africa, and concluded with expectations for a boost in Africa's share of the global carbon market.
8 March 2010: To mark International Women's Day, UN officials stressed the need for greater empowerment of women in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 and to face development challenges, including climate change.
19 February 2010: The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has launched a global technology roadmap for carbon capture and storage (CCS) for industrial processes. The €500,000 project is being carried out in partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, and will be implemented in cooperation with the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the IEA Greenhouse Gas Research and Development Programme.
25 January 2010: The UN Energy and Climate Change Advisory Group met in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to discuss the preparation of the Group's final report.
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