Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

APRIL 2008

• UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Meeting
Geneva, Switzerland Apr 1 2008 to Apr 3 2008
The meeting of Partners to develop an overarching framework for UNEP Global Mercury Partnership will be held from 1-3 April 2008, in Geneva.

• 8th International Conference of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE)
Cape Town, South Africa Apr 5 2008 to Apr 11 2008
This invitation-only conference will be organized around the theme “Successful Strategies for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement.”

• 28th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 28)
Budapest, Hungary Apr 9 2008 to Apr 10 2008
This meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held in Budapest, Hungary, from 9-10 April 2008.

MARCH 2008

• IISD Conference: A Way Forward: Canadian and International Perspectives on Post-2012 Climate Policy
Ottawa, Canada Mar 3 2008 to Mar 4 2008
The purpose of the conference is to examine the scope and implications of the Action Plan agreed at the 2007 UN Climate Change Conference. Participants will consider what can be expected to take place over the next two years. The meeting will aim to increase international understanding of key Canadian sensitivities and concerns, and Canadian understanding of international perspectives in regard to the emerging climate change regime.

• GLOBE 2008
Vancouver, B.C., Canada Mar 12 2008 to Mar 14 2008
The GLOBE 2008 Conference will welcome more than 2,000 delegates in the business of the environment from around the world. Marking the tenth event in the GLOBE series, GLOBE 2008 will serve as an exceptional opportunity to access critical strategic business intelligence on issues shaping the global economic and environmental agenda.

• Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development
Chiba, Japan Mar 14 2008 to Mar 16 2008
The Gleneagles Dialogue is a multi-year, multi-government, public-private policy dialogue on climate change and clean energy issues, the findings of which will be submitted to the G8 summit process at this meeting in Japan.

• Arctic Science Summit Week 2008
Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia Mar 26 2008 to Apr 2 2008
The summit of influential organizations engaged in Arctic and polar research and planning is to provide opportunities for international coordination, collaboration and cooperation in all areas of Arctic science and to combine science and management meetings.

FEBRUARY 2008

• 3rd World Congress on Biosphere Reserves
Madrid, Spain Feb 4 2008 to Feb 9 2008
This Congress will focus on the five points agenda, which will elaborate an action plan for the world network of biosphere reserves for the period 2008-2012.

• International Conference on Climate Change Diplomacy
Salina Bay, St. Paul’s Bay, Malta Feb 7 2008 to Feb 8 2008
This conference will focus both on traditional and innovative approaches used in climate change diplomacy. It will address capacity-building, training and other needs of small states that, due to limited financial or human resources, do not participate fully in climate change diplomacy.

• Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2008: Sustainable development and climate change
New Delhi, India Feb 7 2008 to Feb 9 2008
DSDS will offer a platform for leading figures from North and South to address the vital issues of climate change and sustainable development, and to set the stage for an intensified search for global solutions during the year.

• World Conference on Development Cities
Porto Alegre, Brazil Feb 13 2008 to Feb 16 2008
This conference, organized by the Municipality of Porto Alegre in Brazil, in partnership with UN-HABITAT, UNESCO, Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank, will address: Local Policies on Citizens Rights and Responsibilities; Innovative Experiences of Democratic Participation and Administration; Local Development in Cities; and Sustainability and the Network City. The Conference will also focus on issues related to urban poverty and urban inequalities; HIV/AIDS; gender; civil society participation; local private sector development; and environmental sustainability/climate change.

• Fourth World Urban Forum
Jan 1 2008 to Jan 1 2008; Nanjing, China
Designated by the UN General Assembly as an advisory body, the World Urban Forum is an open-ended think tank designed to encourage debate and discussion about the challenges of urbanization.

• The International Coral Reef Initiative General Meeting
Jan 22 2008 to Jan 25 2008; Washington, DC, United States of America
The Governments of Mexico and the US, as co-hosts of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Secretariat, in conjunction with the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, are hosting this first General Meeting of the current secretariat and the launch of the International Year of the Reef.

• Fourth Austrian JI/CDM Workshop
Jan 24 2008 to Jan 25 2008; Vienna, Austria
This Austrian Workshop on Joint Implementation (JI) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol will bring together project developers, investors, validators and governmental authorities with the aim of updating participants about recent developments and future perspectives after the UN climate change conference in Bali. The workshop is aimed at companies and institutions interested in exchanging information and lessons learned.