Events - Friday, 4 May 2012

This event was originally scheduled as the third of three "informal informal" consultations to negotiate the draft Outcome Document. The decision taken by the Bureau on 22 December 2011 canceled the February consultations, rendering this meeting the second informal informal consultation. The Bureau subsequently decided to schedule this event for two weeks, from 23 April-4 May.  

dates: 23 April - 4 May 2012   location: New York, United States of America  

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Committee will meet to approve new projects and review implementation of the CIF.  

dates: 30 April - 4 May 2012   location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America  

The Conference on Sustainable Biomass for Electricity (SB4E), organized by UN-Energy in cooperation with the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) and other partners, will consider the role of biomass technologies in decarbonizing the global energy system. Acknowledging the readily available and cost effective potential for emission reductions that could be achieved through the large-scale deployment of sustainable biomass for electricity production, the SB4E Conference will provide an opportunity for governments, international organizations and the private sector to share knowledge, lessons, best practices and experiences and to join efforts towards decarbonizing electricity generation. The GBEP grew out of the 2005 Gleneagles G8 Plan of Action and was launched during the Ministerial Segment of the 14th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 14) in New York, on 11 May 2006. As of January 2012, GBEP Partners include the following 23 countries and 12 international organizations and institutions: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Japan, Mauritania, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, UK, US, European Commission, FAO, IDB, IEA, UNCTAD, UN/DESA, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, UN Foundation, World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) and European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA).  

dates: 2-4 May 2012   location: Austria   additional: Güssing  

This meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will focus on inclusive growth through better governance and partnerships. Sessions will address, inter alia: climate change and green Asia; urban disaster risk management; responding to the global economic crisis and how suggested policy reforms and economic rebalancing may affect poverty, inequality, employment and the environment; and food security in the face of a growing population and increasing demands for food, feed and fuel.  

dates: 2-5 May 2012   venue: 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550 Metro Manila   location: Manila, Philippines  

This event is part of a series of briefings that will seek to publicize the findings of the IPCC Special Report SREX to policy makers, practitioners and private sector audiences. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) prepared a Special Report titled "Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters for Advancing Climate Change Adaptation" (SREX), and launched the report's Summary for Policy Makers on 18 November 2011, with the full report released in hard copy in March 2012. To follow up on this report, the IPCC, the Overseas Development Institute, Norway's Climate and Pollution Agency, Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network are working with local counterparts to support a programme of regional outreach events. This event in Bangkok, Thailand is invitation only. Speakers will include IPCC authors and invited guests from the South East Asian region.  

date: 4 May 2012   location: Bangkok, Thailand