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9-11 June, Jakarta, Indonesia. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ADVANCED MATERIAL FOR NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY. Organised by the Research Center for Physics, Indonesian Institute of Sciences.
12-14 June, Basel, Switzerland. FOREST MOVEMENT EUROPE MEETING 2009. Organised by the Bruno Manser Fund and FERN.
16-18 June, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. SECOND AFRICA BIOENERGY CONFERENCE AND EXPO.
17-19 June, Venice, Italy. 2009 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY WORKSHOP. Sponsored by the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC) and the International Centre for Climate Governance.
18 June, New York, US. UNGA INFORMAL THEMATIC DIALOGUE ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY CONSERVATION AND NEW AND RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY. Organised by the UN General Assembly.
22-24 June, Vienna, Austria. INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONFERENCE 2009: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED ENERGY AGENDA BEYOND 2020: SECURING SUSTAINABLE POLICIES AND INVESTMENTS. Co-organised by UNIDO, IIASA, the Austrian Development Cooperation and the Austrian Energy Agency.
24-27 June, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 17th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMISTS. Organised by the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE).
30 June, Geneva, Switzerland. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD, FORTY-SEVENTH EXECUTIVE SESSION. Organised by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
13-14 July, Geneva, Switzerland. CONFERENCE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES. Organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
20-24 July, Vancouver, Canada. SUMMER INSTITUTE IN SUSTAINABILITY. Organised by the University of British Columbia and the University of Washington.
23 August, Nairobi, Kenya. SECOND WORLD CONGRESS ON AGROFORESTRY. Organised by ICRAF-The World Agroforestry Centre, in collaboration with UNEP and the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) of the University of Florida.
21-22 September, Venice, Italy. 11TH ANNUAL BIOECON CONFERENCE: ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS TO ENHANCE THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY. Hosted by the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
9 October, Location: Léon, Mexico. GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM 2009: SCALING UP RENEWABLE ENERGY. Co-organised by the Ministry of Energy of Mexico and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
12-14 November, Washington, US. STATE OF THE WORLD FORUM 2009 - MOBILIZING TO SAVE CIVILIZATION: A TEN YEAR PLAN TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.
Resources
ICTSD Resources
ADDRESSING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN PATENTS AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISCUSSIONS. ICTSD Intellectual Property Programme Policy Brief No. 3 (March 2009). http://ictsd.net/downloads/2009/03/policy-brief-3.pdf.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND TRADE ON THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN. ICTSD Programme on Trade and Environment Policy Discussion Paper (February 2009). http:/ictsd.net/downloads/2009/02/brochure-copenhagen_web1.pdf.
BIOFUEL TRADE, PRODUCTION, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. ICTSD Agriculture Programme Policy Discussion Paper (December 2008).http:/ictsd.net/downloads/2009/05/biofuelswebready.pdf.
Other Resources
THE 3RD UNITED NATIONS WORLD WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT: WATER IN A CHANGING WORLD (WWDR-3). By the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2009). http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/wwdr3/tableofcontents.shtml.
MANAGING CHEMICALS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. United Nations Development Programme (April 2009). http://www.energyandenvironment.undp.org/undp/indexAction.cfm?module=Library&action=GetFile&DocumentAttachmentID=2527.
RISING TEMPERATURES, RISING TENSIONS: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RISK OF VIOLENT CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. By Oli Brown and Alec Crawford, International Institute for Sustainable Development (2009). http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2009/rising_temps_middle_east.pdf.
PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS AND EUROPEAN UNION IMPORTS OF APPLES, PEARS, AND GRAPES: AN APPLICATION OF THE GRAVITY MODEL USING MONTHLY DATA. By Paola Cardamone, AgFoodTrade (2009). http://www.agfoodtrade.eu/public-working-papers/ploneexfile.2009-02-09.6234373673/attachment_download/file.
SECURING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE IN THE ARCTIC: ENGAGING AND TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF NORTHERN LEADERS. By Carolee Buckler, Linda Wright, and Laura Normand, International Institute for Sustainable Development (2009). http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2009/securing_sustainable_future_arctic_sum.pdf.
GLOBAL TRENDS IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT 2009. United Nations Environment Programme (2009). http://www.unep.org/pdf/Global_trends_report_2009.pdf.
WASTE WITHOUT BORDERS IN THE EU? TRANSBOUNDARY SHIPMENTS OF WASTE. By the European Environment Agency (EEA) (4 March 2009). http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/waste-without-borders-in-the-eu-transboundary-shipments-of-waste/at_download/file
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC. By the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (April 2009). http://unescap.org/65/documents/Theme-Study/st-escap-2535.pdf
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT. By Richard J.T. Klein (2009). http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=29957.
BUILDING THE GREEN ECONOMY: A GUIDE TO THE PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. By Nikhil Chandavarkar (December 2008).
SEA CHANGE: US CLIMATE POLICY PROSPECTS UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. By the Swedish Prime Minister’s Office Commission on Sustainable Development (March 2009). http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/574/a/123914.
THE CIRCULAR OF THE NETWORK FOR COOPERATION IN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: ISSUE NO. 29. By the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (March, 2009). http://www.eclac.org/drni/noticias/circulares/2/34862/Carta29in.pdf
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