28 October 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published further submissions from the US and Australia (FCCC/SBSTA/2010/MISC.7/Add.1 and Add.2) on views on the revision of the UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines.
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19 October 2010: The Timber Committee of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) met on 11-12 October 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland, to review the latest international developments affecting the forest sector.
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9 October 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published two documents containing submissions received during the 12th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 12).
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11 October 2010: A group of people among the staff at UN Headquarters in New York, US, organized a swap of 350 incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL), with the aim of joining the 350 global events held on 10/10/10.
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5 October 2010: Mercedes Bresso, President of the EU Committee of the Regions, and Elisabeth B. Kautz, President of the US Conference of Mayors, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation on climate action on 5 October 2010.
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5 October 2010: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has completed its scheduled regional consultations for GEO-5. The consultations were convened in Washington DC, US (September 2), Panama City, Panama (September 6-7), Ottawa, Canada (September 9), Bangkok, Thailand (September 16-17), Nairobi, Kenya (September 20-21), Geneva, Switzerland (September 23-24) and Bahrain (October 4-5).
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1 October 2010: The International Energy Agency (IEA), in cooperation with eight partner countries, launched the “Electric Vehicles Initiative” at the Paris Motor Show, in Paris, France.
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24 September 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a submission from Canada (FCCC/SBSTA/2010/MISC.8/Add.1) on views and information on the effectiveness of the Nairobi work programme (NWP) on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in fulfilling its objective, expected outcome, scope of work and modalities.
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15 September 2010: The Ninth Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region, hosted by the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, from 13-15 September 2010, produced a statement addressing, among other things, climate change issues.
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17 September 2010: The US-Indonesia Joint Commission held its inaugural meeting in Washington DC, US, on 17 September 2010, which included sessions of working groups on climate and the environment and on energy.
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