29 June 2011: During a preparatory meeting for the 19th Inter-American Travel Congress (IATC), members of the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted a draft declaration on sustainable tourism development in the Americas and identified subject areas of cooperation to be financed by the Special Multilateral Fund of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (FEMCIDI).
Organized by the Center for Research and Innovation (CIEN) and the Bolivar Group, and supported by, among others, the Organization of American States (OAS), the Bioenergy Conference of the Americas seeks to provide a platform for information exchange, networking and technology exchange on bioenergy in the Americas. The conference will focus on the following themes: bioenergy and the agricultural industry; policies and the environment; state of the art and next generation technologies; and the bioenergy industry as a business. The event also offers an exclusive interactive Biodiesel Workshop and a commercial exhibit showcasing services and technologies of the bioenergy industry sector.
Held under the theme "Tourism: A Challenge for Addressing Poverty," the nineteenth Inter-American Travel Congress will focus on tourism as a mechanism for reducing poverty, the role of tourism in generating economic activity and ways to promote community inclusion and participation in the activities of sustainable tourism and its development. These issues will be discussed under the headings of: public-private partnerships for strengthening sustainable tourism development; cultural and heritage tourism as a key to community integration; business competitiveness and corporate social responsibility as axes for the development of sustainable tourism; and the challenges of sustainable tourism in the Americas. The Inter-American Travel Congress is the principal forum for hemispheric dialogue and the formulation of policies to promote sustainable development of tourism in the Americas. It is convened under the auspices of the Organization of American States (OAS).
The second International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly is scheduled to take place in January 2012.
5 July 2011: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published an information paper titled “Saving Electricity in a Hurry: Update 2011,” which elaborates how countries can avoid or minimize economic, social and environmental impacts of electricity shortages if emergency energy saving strategies are developed in advance of crises.
4 July 2011: During the 32nd Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), participants discussed priority issues for the Community, including human and social development issues such as climate change, sustainable development, health, external trade and security issues.
4 July 2011: The 11th issue of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre's (CCCCC) Climate Change News Update, which compiles international and regional climate change-related news, highlights the World Bank's US$47.12 million Regional Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Projects, which aims to help Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to climate-proof their buildings and increase their public institutions' capacity to assess natural risks.
29 June 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the EU have released the June issue of their newsletter on the African, Caribbean and Pacific Multilateral Environment Agreements (ACP MEAs) project. The newest newsletter is sub-titled "The Future of the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Small Island Developing States."
28 June 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published the 10th issue of its monthly Climate Change News Update, which compiles international and regional climate change-related news. The issue features an article on the lack of agreement on key areas at the Bonn climate change talks, held from 6-17 June 2011 in Bonn, Germany.
The 82nd meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and meetings of two subsidiary groups will take place in California, US.
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