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
7-9 February, New Delhi, India: DELHI SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT (DSDS) 2008: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE. The 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. Internet: http://www.teriin.org/dsds/2008.
11-13 February, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO TRADE POLICY REVIEW - MEXICO. For further information, contact the WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel: +41 22 739 5007; fax: +41 22 739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org.
13-14 February, Rome, Italy: EXPERT MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. This is part of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, to be held from 3-5 June 2008. This workshop will identify key issues on climate change and biodiversity and contribute to developing a Policy on Climate Adaptation with regard to Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. Internet: http://www.fao.org/foodclimate/expert/exp-meeting-8.html.
18-22 February, Rome, Italy: SBSTTA-13. The 13th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice is organised by the CBD Secretariat. Internet: http://www.cbd.int/meetings/default.shtml.
20-22 February, Monaco: TENTH SPECIAL SESSION OF THE UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL AND GLOBAL MINISTERIAL ENVIRONMENT FORUM (GCSS-10/GMEF). The Governing Council constitutes the annual ministerial-level global environmental forum in which participants gather to review important and emerging policy issues in the field of the environment. The ministerial consultations during the tenth special session of the Council/Forum will focus on the emerging policy issues of "Globalization and the environment - mobilizing finance to meet the climate challenge"; as well as "International environmental governance and the United Nations reform." Internet: http://www.unep.org/gc/gcss-x/.
21-22 February, Beijing, China: CTI INDUSTRY JOINT SEMINAR: DIFFUSION OF CLIMATE-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGIES IN ASIAN COUNTRIES. The Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) will hold a "CTI Industry Joint Seminar: Diffusion of energy-efficient and renewable energy technologies in Asian countries" in cooperation with Bureau of International Cooperation, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT). Internet: http://www.climatetech.net/events/index_new_detail.cfm?Page=1&ID=5561.
Other upcoming meetings
3-7 March, Arusha, Tanzania: UNDERUTILIZED PLANTS FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, INCOME AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. The symposium will be organised around four main areas of importance for underutilised plants: food security; nutrition and health; income generation; and environmental sustainability. Participants will be invited to share and discuss reasons for the successes and failures of diverse types of approaches to promote underutilised plants. The meeting seeks to provide a global forum for exchange and debate on issues related to the promotion of underutilised plants. The symposium is an activity of the newly formed ISHS working group on underutilised plant genetic resources (PG3). Internet: http://www.icuc-iwmi.org/Symposium2008/.
20-25 April, Accra, Ghana: TWELFTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD XII). The theme of UNCTAD XII is addressing the opportunities and challenges of globalisation for development. The conference will look at enhancing coherence at all levels for sustainable economic development and poverty reduction in global policy making; key trade and development issues in the world economy; enhancing the enabling environment at all levels to strengthen productive capacity, trade and investment; and strengthening UNCTAD. Internet: http://www.unctadxii.org/en/.
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.
1-7 June, 2008 Valparaiso, Chile: VII LATIN AMERICAN COURSE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY. The course is hosted by the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB). Internet: http://www.icgeb.org/MEETINGS/CRS08/Meetings2008.htm.
30 June to 2 July Paris, France: ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ENERGY WORKSHOP. The International Energy Workshop (IEW) is a network of global energy experts who meet annually to discuss a wide range of topics, with particular emphasis on global as well as regional energy issues. The annual IEW meetings focus on energy assessments and try to understand the reasons for diverging views of development in the energy sector. Internet:http://www.internationalenergyworkshop.org/Pre_announcement_2008.html.
September, Cape Town, South Africa: RISKS, BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE RELEASE OF GMOS IN AFRICAN REGIONS. The event is hosted by the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB). Internet: http://www.icgeb.org/MEETINGS/CRS08/Meetings2008.htm.