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.
ICTSD event
29 January, Geneva, Switzerland: TECHNICAL AND INFORMAL WORKSHOP ON WTO DISCIPLINES ON FISHERIES SUBSIDIES: ELEMENTS OF THE CHAIR’S DRAFT TEXT. This meeting is organised by UNEP, WWF, Oceana and ICTSD from 9h00-17h30 at the International Environment House II. The chair of the WTO Negotiating Group on Rules recently circulated a draft text, which includes potential disciplines on fisheries subsidies. As part of the effort to facilitate discussion on the merits and implications of the Chair’s draft text, this workshop aims to provide an opportunity for informal technical discussion and to allow for elaboration and exploration of issues in a non-negotiating context. The discussion will be conducted according to the "Chatham House Rule"-i.e. the outcomes from the meeting will not include the identity or affiliation of the speakers. To participate, please register with Cecile de Gardelle at cdegardelle@ictsd.ch or by calling +41-22-917 8755. Further information is available online at http://www.ictsd.org/dlogue/2008-01-29/2008-01-29-desc.htm
Coming up in the next two weeks
23-27 January, Davos, Switzerland: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ANNUAL MEETING 2008. The World Economic Forum will highlight ‘The Power of Collaborative Innovation’ as the principal theme for the Annual Meeting 2008 in Davos. Internet: http://www.weforum.org/en/events/AnnualMeeting2008/index.htm
30-31 January, Tokyo, Japan: A CHANGE IN CLIMATE FOR WHALES: IS THERE A COMMON WAY FORWARD? - SECOND PEW-SPONSORED WHALE SYMPOSIUM. This meeting follows the first Pew Whale Symposium held in New York in April 2007 and will precede a special meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on the future of the whale conservation regime at the end of February, as decided at the last annual meeting of the IWC. Internet: http://www.pewwhales.org/tokyosymposium/
30-31 January, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING ON ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE. This meeting is organised by the US Government and follows the first such meeting, which convened in September 2007 in Washington, DC. Internet: http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/environment/
5 February, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO GENERAL COUNCIL. 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.
Other upcoming meetings
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
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/