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Since the climate negotiations in Copenhagen (2009), many countries have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. These pledges were 'anchored' in the 2010 Cancún Agreements. Since the Cancún climate negotiations, developing countries have published new information about their business-as-usual emission projections . These – upward – projections have led to higher expected...
Wageningen University will host the 3rd international workshop on “Comparative Water Studies” on 31 May and 1 June 2012, to further explore the interest in comparative water studies, to strengthen the emerging research network and to develop funding proposals. This workshop builds on the first scoping workshop held in London on 24-25 October 2011 and the second network-building workshop held...
We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming workshop "Tracking successful adaptation. Smart monitoring for good results" to be held in Bonn, Germany on 7 and 8 May 2012. Organised by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German FederalMinistry for Economic Cooperation...
In cooperation with UNDP, the Government of Brazil is inviting you to join and contribute to Rio+20 Dialogues on Sustainable Development.
Brazil is convening a Dialogue series with the aim of bringing together civil society, the scientific community and academia to contribute ideas and suggestions on sustainable development. Conclusions and recommendations from the...
With the collaboration of strategic international partners, the Government of Peru is leading the organization of the Mountain Pavilion at Rio+20. The initiative aims to showcase achievements and progress towards sustainable development in mountain regions to representatives of 191 countries and civil society present at the conference.
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The sustainable provision of ecosystem services (ES) in and from mountain regions is of crucial importance to an array of stakeholders and society in general. Mountain ecosystems can only continue to provide all these services in a rapidly changing world if a wide array of ES is considered in forest management at local,...
Water security is a defining challenge for society in the 21st century. The ancient struggle to cope with water access and shocks is now magnified by global change to societies, economies and climate at multiple scales.
The International Conference on Water Security, Risk and Society will be held April 16-18th 2012 at the University of Oxford. The event will convene many of the world’s...
The Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) is organizing an International Conference on Managing Protected Areas under Climate Change - IMPACT - within the framework of the HABIT-CHANGE project (http://www.habit-change.eu) from 24-26 September 2012 in Dresden, Germany.
IMPACT sets out to meet the growing need for sharing knowledge and experiences in...
In 2003 the EU adopted its Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT). In order to promote the import to Europe of legal timber, the EU proceeded in 2005 to introduce Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) with countries that export tropical timber. As of March 2013, timber placed on the European market must be documented legal, and traders will be required to...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its full report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The report examines how climate extremes, in combination with social vulnerability, determine the impacts and likelihood of disasters, and the influence of climate change on climate extremes and other events that...
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