The Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) gathers finance ministers from Latin America to discuss development priorities and provide guidance to the Bank. A series of seminars on topics of interest to participants will be sponsored prior to the opening of the meeting.
The GEF Council is the main governing body of the GEF. It functions as an independent board of directors, with primary responsibility for developing, adopting, and evaluating GEF programs. Council members representing 32 constituencies (16 from developing countries, 14 from developed countries, and two from countries with transitional economies) meet twice each year for three days.
10 October 2011: The Panama City Climate Change Talks, which were held from 1-7 October 2011, in Panama City, Panama, comprised the third part of the 16th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 16) and the third part of the 14th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 14).
10 October 2011: The 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 10) is taking place from 10-21 October 2011, in Changwon, Republic of Korea.
7 October 2011: The Fifth EU-Chile Association Council meeting was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 7 October 2011. The resulting Joint Communiqué addresses the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), climate change and biodiversity, among other issues.
6 October 2011: The International UN-Water Conference "Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20" showcased successful water projects that can be replicated around the world, with the aim of fostering the adoption of green economies.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is holding its 2011 IEA Meeting of the Governing Board at Ministerial Level. The meeting will be convened under the theme "Our Energy Future: Secure, Sustainable and Together" and will focus on IEA's work on energy security, sustainability (economic and environmental) and engagement with non-member countries. In that vein, the event will host ministers from 28 IEA member countries and 9 partner countries, plus the EU (the partner countries are Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, and the Republic of South Africa, together with Chile and Estonia as candidates for accession). These countries represent more than two-thirds of global energy production and more than three-fourths of global demand. The Ministerial serves as an opportunity for ministers and industry leaders from all over the world to discuss major energy issues and the future of the global energy system, with 35 Executives from the IEA's Energy Business Council taking part in the opening session, themed "Government and Industry: Co-operating to secure a better energy future."
The TSPN Conference 2011 will be organized under the theme "Standards in South-South Trade and Opportunities for Advancing the Sustainability Agenda." TSPN is an international network. TSPN members include multilateral agencies, bilateral organizations, research institutes, providers of technical assistance, standards-setting bodies, NGO's and other practitioner organizations. Each member brings its own experience, skills and developing country partners.
5 October 2011: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Science Symposium 2011 focused on the experience gained during GBIF's first decade in building a global infrastructure for, and networks of, biodiversity informatics.
4 October 2011: The Fifth EU-Brazil Summit was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 4 October 2011. The resulting joint statement addresses climate change, energy and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), among other issues.
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