Archives for August 2008

Encouraging Debates Conclude in Accra

Closing press conference 27 August 2008: The third session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term

Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) and the first part of the

sixth session of the Ad Hoc Working

Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol to

the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place from 21-27

August 2008, in Accra, Ghana.

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WHO Report: Closing the Gap in a Generation

Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health 28 August 2008: In this report, subtitled “Health equity

through action on the social determinants of health,” the World Health

Organization’s (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health calls for

closing the health gap in a generation and outlines the requirements for developing

solutions to the inequities between and within countries.

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UNPFII Resource Kit on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues Available

Resource Kit on Indigenous People 27 August 2008: This toolkit is aimed at UN Country Teams

and other development agents, to provide guidance on how to engage indigenous

peoples and include their perspectives in development processes.

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UNGA President Kerim Discusses Climate Change in the Republic of Korea

General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim 26 August 2008: Climate change was among the topics

discussed in official talks between Han Seung-soo, Prime Minister of the

Republic of Korea, and Srgjan Kerim, President of the UN General Assembly

(UNGA), on 25 August 2008.

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UNEP Executive Director Calls for “Climate Proofing” Economies

Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP 25 August 2008: Achim Steiner UN Under-Secretary General and

the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Executive Director, spoke on risk and

climate change at the International Disaster Risk Conference (IDRC), which

convened in Davos, Switzerland, from 25-29 August 2008.

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Africa Carbon Forum Seeks to Improve Africa’s Participation in the CDM

Africa Carbon Forum

28 August 2008: The Africa Carbon Forum will take place from

3-5 September 2008, in Dakar, Senegal. At the thirteenth Conference of the

Parties to the UNFCCC in Bali, Indonesia in December 2007, the Secretariat of

the UNFCCC announced its intent to convene the first Africa Carbon Forum, in

collaboration with the International Emissions Trading Association and the

partner agencies of the Nairobi Framework, including the UN Development

Programme, UN Environment Programme, World Bank and African Development Bank.

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Latest ITU Technology Watch Briefing Report Focuses on Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector

27 August 2008: The seventh issue of the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Technology Watch Briefing Report, entitled “Next-Generation Networks and Energy Efficiency,” has been released.

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ICAO Statement to AWG-LCA3 Addresses Options to Reduce GHG Emissions from International Civil Aviation

25 August 2008: In a statement to the third Session of the

Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention

(AWG-LCA 3), which met in Accra, Ghana, from 21-27 August 2008, the

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) addressed the various

approaches and options under which greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from

international civil aviation can be effectively addressed.

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ICAO Addresses its Collaboration with the UNFCCC at AWG-KP6

25 August 2008: In a statement to the First Part of the

Sixth Session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I

Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP6), which took place in Accra, Ghana,

from 21-27 August 2008, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

referred to recent developments in the field of environmental protection,

including: progress made by ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental

Protection in prioritizing and intensifying all activities related to

greenhouse gas emissions (GHG); and the holding of the second meeting of the

Group on International Aviation and Climate Change, where the possible

establishment of short, medium and long term goals for fuel burn was discussed.

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Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee to Hold Twelfth Meeting

August 2008: The twelfth meeting of the Joint Implementation

(JI) Supervisory Committee will take place from 11–12 September 2008, on the UN

Campus in Bonn, Germany.

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