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The third open-ended informal intersessional meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development will be held on Monday, 26 March, and Tuesday, 27 March 2012, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (NLB). As this meeting is an informal one, no formal list of speakers will be maintained or opened for...
2012 official ceremony in Rome
As the coordinating agency for this year's World Water Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is hosting the official ceremony of World Water Day 2012 at its Headquarters in Rome on 22 March 2012.
FAO's Director-General José Graziano da Silva and a variety of speakers will...
The convergence of international business and the world's renewable energy technology experts is happening at the World Renewable Energy Forum (WREF), May 13–17, 2012, in Denver, Colorado.
More than 200 sessions will discuss everything scientific, renewable, efficient, environmental or financial.
Registration is open. The early registration discount ends April 13 and hotel rooms...
17 March 2012: The 6th World Water Forum, which was organized around the theme “Time for Solutions,” concluded with adoption of the Marseille Ministerial Declaration. Key issues addressed during the Forum included: access to drinking water and sanitation; contributions to a green economy; resilience and adaptation to climate change; and governance and financing.
The Forum, which...
Rio+20 Side Event on Water, Food, and Energy Nexus: Why Mountains Matter will be jointly organised by Government of Nepal, ICIMOD and Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) on 26 March 2012, Monday, 13:15 –14:45 at UN NLB Building in New York in the sideline of 3rd Intercessional Meeting of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable...
Recognizing the importance of civil society, the Rio+20 Bureau’s co-chair Ambassador Kim invited Major Groups to submit their amendments to the Rio+20 "Zero draft" outcome at the Bureau meeting with Major groups on 27 January 2012.
Your support to mountains in the "Zero Draft"...
The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has released Ramsar Technical Report No. 6, titled "Healthy wetlands, healthy people: a review of wetlands and human health interactions." The report was published jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO).
The report focuses on providing advice to wetland managers and decision...
MRD is pleased to announce the publication of a Supplement Issue containing keynote papers, a synthesis paper, and policy papers that emerged from the 2010 “Global Change and the World’s Mountains” conference, which took place in Perth, Scotland, from 26–30 September. The peer-reviewed keynote papers address issues ranging from mountains as a global common good to mountain communities’...
Issue 48 - Month 1 - Year 2012
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40 years of UNESCO World Heritage Convention
This year marks the 40th anniversary of UNESCO World Heritage Convention.
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A three day gathering at Stanford University of global policy-makers, practitioners, and innovators on the use of connection technologies (SMS, mobile, web, etc.) to advance sustainable development solutions in the fields of health, the environment, agriculture, and sustainable economic growth. We will explore existing and proposed technologies and the opportunities as well as attributes of...
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