The UN Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) launched its 2013-2017 programme, announcing that its new phase will consolidate current programme achievements, further integrate gender and equality concerns, and strengthen stakeholder partnerships for the long-term mainstreaming of poverty-environment issues.

The interregional meeting to prepare for the 2014 International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will take place in Barbados from 26-28 August 2013.

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification has recognized organizations from India, Mexico and Australia with the 2013 Land for Life Award.

The High-Level Conference of Middle Income Countries (MICs), which was hosted by the Government of Costa Rica and co-organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), convened under the theme “Challenges for Sustainable Development and International Cooperation in Middle Income Countries: The Role of Networks for Prosperity.”

Supported by the World Bank, the Caribbean island State of Saint Lucia has carried out successful efforts to reduce the consequences of disasters through the promotion of low-cost community-based interventions for vulnerable hillside communities.

At the invitation of Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) President Luis Alberto Moreno, leaders from government, business, finance, civil society and international organizations will convene at the first regional dialogue in Latin America of the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF LAC).

The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) announced the continuation of the project on ‘Monitoring deforestation, logging and land use change in the Pan Amazonian Forest – PANAMAZON II,' which supports monitoring of forest cover in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Symposium on Aviation and Climate Change, 'Destination Green,' aimed to foster a dialogue amongst participants on environment and aviation matters. The event brought together 233 participants from 62 member States and 23 international organizations.

In an effort to create an open dataset to track large scale land acquisition deals from negotiation to implementation, the Land Matrix partnership has launched the second phase of its Global Observatory.

The Caribbean Hub Sub-Component of the Project for Capacity-Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries and the Basel Convention Regional Centre (BCRC) - Caribbean are convening this workshop.