7 June 2010: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a new Clean Air Portal, which is the point of entry for data and information on air quality, climate change co-benefits, energy and transport.
The location of the 22nd session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol has been changed. This meeting will now convene in Bangkok, Thailand.
1 June 2010: The Government of China, with policy advice received from the UN Environment Programme Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE), has enacted regulations that include controls over consumption, trade, import, export and production of remaining Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS).
3 June 2010: The World Bank approved a bundle of financial instruments for a project called the “Chillers Energy Efficiency Project,” which will replace around 375 chillers in the Philippines with more climate-friendly technologies.
28 May 2010: The fourth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on 25-26 May 2010. The Assembly was preceded by a Civil Society Forum and a GEF Council meeting, which took place at the same venue.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) finalized its Fifth Replenishment negotiations, with over 30 countries pledging US$4.25 billion to fund projects with global environmental benefits during the next four years.
4 May 2010: The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a project to support climate institutions in Africa from 2010-2012, for an estimated total of US$37 million.
The ninth session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), which convened from 19-30 April 2010, at UN Headquarters in New York, US, considered economic and social issues and their impacts, including the financial crisis, climate change, forests and the actions of multinational corporations, among other issues.
The UN Business for the Environment Global Summit (B4E Summit) took place in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 21-23 April 2010.
Organized by the World Bank and the energy company Masdar, this forum will analyze the challenges and opportunities of flaring reduction projects across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and understand how carbon finance could make flaring reduction projects more economically viable.
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