For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar, http://www.trade-environment.org/page/calendar.htm.
Coming up in the next two weeks
5-16 May, New York, U.S.:16th SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. This review session at United Nations headquarters will focus on agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification and Africa. Internet: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd
12-16 May, Bonn, Germany: FOURTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES SERVING AS THE MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY (COP-MOP 4). Organised by the Convention on Biological Diversity. Internet: http://www.cbd.int/mop4/
12-16 May Bonn, Germany: PLANT DIVERSITY - WORLD CONGRESS ON THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. In May, the world of diversity is meeting during the official negotiations of the United Nations Rio-Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety. "Planet Diversity" will bring together representatives from local and regional grassroots movements and institutions working on food and agricultural innovation and reconciliation based upon cultural and biological diversity. The organisers believe that diversity in its full sense is the common denominator of a world wide movement in the making. Internet: http://www.planet-diversity.org/registration.html
12-17 May, Mexico City, Mexico: CODEX COMMITTEE ON FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (14TH SESSION). Organised by the Food and Agricultural Organisation. Internet: http://www.fao.org/events/index.asp
Other upcoming meetings
19-30 May, Bonn, Germany: NINTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION (COP-9). The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9) will be held at the Maritim Hotel in Bonn, Germany, from 19 to 30 May 2008. COP 9 will include a high-level ministerial segment organised by the host country in consultation with the Secretariat and the Bureau. The high level segment will take place from 28 to 30 May 2008 at the World Conference Center Bonn. COP 9 will also coincide with the International Biodiversity Day, on 22 May 2008. The Conference of the Parties will be invited to hold a special plenary session to celebrate this event. Internet: http://www.cbd.int/cop9/
3-5 June, Rome, Italy: HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY AND THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIOENERGY. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is organising this conference, which will address food security and poverty reduction in the face of climate change and energy security. The conference will seek to contribute to the UN system efforts in the field of climate change. A series of expert meetings and stakeholder consultations will take place during the January-April 2008 period as part of the preparatory process. Internet: http://www.fao.org/foodclimate/home.html?no_cache=1&L=7