Events
Stakeholders across the UNECE region are invited to participate in a discussion on developing an Action Plan on Forests and the Green Economy. A brainstorming and structured discussion in working groups will be organized by the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, in cooperation with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on 10-11 May 2011 in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland....
The "Third workshop on water and adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins: Making adaptation work" will take place on 25 and 26 April 2012 in the Palais des Nations in Geneva, back-to-back with the fifth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate (27 April 2012).This workshop will bring together persons from all over the world, engaged in activities on water and adaptation to...
The International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (IEPEC) is an annual professional conference for energy program implementers, evaluators of those programs, local, state, national and international representatives, and academic researchers actively working in the field of evaluation. The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for the presentation, critique and...
We are pleased to inform you that the 2012 Asia-Pacific Leadership Program on Environment for Sustainable Development will be held from 4th June to 8th June in Shanghai, China. The theme of this year is Green Economy and Sustainable Development. If you have any friends who may have interests in this program, please help us to send the application documents to them. We’d like to gather more...
CLIMATE 2012 is being organized in cooperation with UNEP, SIDSnet, AOSIS, WMO, the Sahara and Sahel Observatory and further world bodies. Building on the success of the five previous online conferences (2008-2011) with millions of visitors and hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific papers, this year's interactive, free of charge online event will specifically focus on “Climate Change, Small Island...
As part of their efforts to contribute to sustainable forest management discussions under the auspices of United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), Major Groups participating in the UNFF process are organizing an international workshop in support of UNFF on the theme: Forests and Economic Development: Positioning Forests to Contribute to Green Economy.The workshop will take place from 13-17 June,...
The objective of the Conference is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and address new and emerging challengesThemes of the Conference: The Conference will focus on two themes: (a) a green economy in the context of...
As the world belatedly turns its attention to the pressing issues of environmental degradation, resource scarcity and climate change, the concept of sustainability takes its rightful place at centre stage in discussions about agricultural and rural development.The Thirty-fifth Session of IFAD’s Governing Council provides a forum for Member States, partners and the public to discuss and debate...
Apply HERE This five-day course explores the challenges of employment creation in the Middle East and North Africa. It examines both demand and supply-side factors and introduces participants to practical policy prescriptions gathered from other country experiences from around the world. The course will examine sector specific growth-employment linkages, along with an analysis of the low-skill,...
This meeting aims to bring together both senior and junior scholars with an interest in migration and/or climate change in mountain areas, covering the world*s major mountain ranges, including (but not necessarily limited to) the Himalaya, Andes and Alps. The aim will be to take stock of existing knowledge, focusing on findings from empirical studies, and develop a mountain-specific research...