Sunday, December 5th, 2010
The UN climate talks in Cancún were in danger of collapse last night after many Latin American countries said that they would leave if a crucial negotiating document, due to be released tomorrow, did not continue to commit rich countries to emissions cuts under th Kyoto Protocol. The Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (Alba) group
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
The development of EFI Regional Offices continues. The North European Regional Office – EFINORD was the latest office to be inaugurated on 17 November 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark. EFINORD is headed by Mr. Mika Mustonen and the two thematic issues facing EFINORD will be biomass production and ecosystem services, with cross-cutting themes of climate change,
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Although finding a successor to the Kyoto Protocol is a major item on the agenda at the 2010 UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, delegates are also working hard to establish an international climate monitoring system. Read More
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
The Report of the 2010 Caribbean Marine Atlas (CMA) Review and Planning Workshop as well as Saint Lucia Coastal Atlas Stakeholders Event is now available as IOC Workshop Report No. 235. During the 2010 CMA Review and Planning Workshop participants assessed progress of the CMA project at the national as well as regional level. In particular they
Monday, November 29th, 2010
Seed maker DuPont Co., wind-turbine manufacturer General Electric Co. and insurer Zurich Financial Services AG are devising products to help the world adapt to climate change, a potential $135 billion-a-year market by 2030. The companies are driven in part by the failure of international efforts to cut the greenhouse gases that scientists say contribute to global warming. Read More
Saturday, November 27th, 2010
The primary objective of this document is to provide an overview of forest and climate change issues, actions and areas for cooperation in the Eastern European and Central Asian countries. The country reports included within were prepared and presented at the FAO workshop on “Climate change impacts on forest management in Eastern Europe and Central
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
The Little Biodiversity Finance Book is a guide to proactive investment in natural capital (PINC) and financing options for biodiversity and ecosystems services. Published by The Global Canopy Programme and launched at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Nagoya, Japan this autumn, it contains a comprehensive yet easily comprehensible overview of financial mechanisms of relevance to
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
This 2010 assessment is a collaborative project of the Canadian federal, provincial and territorial governments. It was designed and prepared under the guidance of a federal-provincial-territorial steering committee and is published by the Canadian Councils of Resource Ministers. It forms part of Canada’s commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Authors and reviewers include hundreds
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
The Ninth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 24 January to 4 February 2011. The meeting will focus on anoverall theme of “Forests for people, livelihoods and poverty eradications”; and the launch ofthe International Year of Forests (IYF 2011). Pursuant to the Economic
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
Oceanographers worldwide, united in the Partnership for the Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) – where VLIZ represents the Belgian marine scientists – and the organisation ‘Oceans United’ will plead on the GEO Plenary and Ministerial Summit for a more systematic monitoring of the state of our global oceans. By means of recent and innovative
