20 November 2012: The UNFCCC has published a report evaluating achievements under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The report, titled "Benefits of the Clean Development Mechanism 2012," expands on a previous study, released in 2011, with an analysis of roughly 4,000 CDM projects in four areas: sustainable development, technology transfer, finance and regional distribution.
5 November 2012: The Group of 20 (G20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors discussed progress on green growth, phaseout of fossil fuel subsidies, climate finance and disaster risk financing during a meeting from 4-5 November 2012, in Mexico City, Mexico. The Ministers and Governors assessed progress on a G20 mandate to promote growth and job creation and to address ongoing economic and financial challenges.
22 November 2012: At the international workshop on Sustainable Pro-Poor Development of Aviation Biofuels, experts, policy makers and stakeholders examined the opportunities for biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation industry and create employment in rural communities. Panelists considered the food security implications of scaling up biofuel production.
November 2012: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) has released an information note on “Consultations in Support of a Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Resilience." The information note outlines progress on the consultation activities to date, including the emergence of key messages, such as the desire for a bottom-up, people-centered post-2015 framework.
19 November 2012: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) convened a two-day UN High-Level Retreat to initiate work on a UN strategic plan for disaster risk reduction. Attended by representatives from 20 UN agencies, the Retreat was held from 19-20 November, in Paris, France.
13 November: President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Vuk Jeremić, has called for States to reach consensus on the membership of the working group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a speech to the UNGA Second Committee. He also stressed coordination and complementarity between the SDGs and the post-2015 development agenda.
The World Bank and the World Resources Institute's (WRI) sustainable transport center, EMBARQ, will co-host the 10th annual "Transforming Transportation" event on sustainable transport. The 2013 agenda will discuss, inter alia: capitalizing on the multilateral development banks' $175 billion commitment for sustainable transport made during Rio+20; opportunities for sustainable transport in China, India and Latin America; integrating urban transport and development; improving transport health and safety in cities; and bringing shared bicycle solutions to scale in developing countries.
The Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) will facilitate the Development and Climate Days on Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UNFCCC Secretariat will hold an Adaptation Practitioner's Day on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. The Development and Climate Days, which are celebrating their 10th anniversary, are organized under the theme of “innovative approaches, incisive dialogue on climate-smart development.” The Days will focus on learning-by-doing, featuring innovative dialogues between negotiators and policy makers, knowledge centres and practitioners. The Adaptation Practitioners Days will address the question “what is adaptation in practice” by sharing field experiences on concrete adaptation actions and lessons learned from over 10 years of adaptation financing under the UNFCCC Climate Change Funds, the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund. Adaptation Practitioner's Day: http://www.thegef.org/gef/adaptation-practitioner-days. Event Registration: http://www.climatecentre.org/site/registration-development-and-adaptation-days
8 November 2012: The UN Global Compact and Accenture have released 19 sectoral reports within the theme of "Sustainable Energy for All: The Business Opportunity." The reports identify priority activities and challenges for businesses to support the UN Secretary-General's Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative.
15 November 2012: The fourth international conference on Drylands, Deserts and Desertification (DDD) gathered over 350 participants at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Sede Boqer Campus, Israel, to define ways to operationalize the outcomes from the UN Conference for Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) for dylands and desertification.
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