16 January 2012: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has announced a call for applications for five one-week courses, from 2-6 April 2012, covering energy issues relevant to government officials and the private sector in developing countries.
16 January 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a call for proposals (CFP 2012-S1) for hosting the Climate Technology Centre (CTN). The call is issued in response to a decision of the Conference of the Parties at its 17th session (COP 17) to launch the selection process for the host of the CTN, in order to make the Technology Mechanism fully operational in 2012.
9 January 2012: The President of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, has released a summary of the retreat he convened regarding preparations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). Titled “Paving the Way for a Successful UNCSD,” the retreat aimed to allow key negotiators and actors in the Rio+20 preparatory process to discuss two topics: Partnerships for Sustainable Development; and Envisioning the Rio+20 Outcome.
13 January 2012: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$30 million loan for the Emerging Energy Latin America Fund II, which is designed to support the private sector as a driving force in clean technologies and renewable energy deployment in the region.
11 January 2012: In his remarks at the Group of 77 chairmanship handover ceremony in New York, US, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underscored the importance of the leadership of the G77 in ensuring that "concrete actionable measures" are adopted at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
6 January 2012: The World Bank has inaugurated an energy plant in Peru, fueled by a landfill in the Peruvian desert, which will supply energy to the national grid and generate carbon credits.
6 January 2012: The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced that it will grant a €50 million line of credit to the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to help finance borrowing member countries' (BMC) efforts to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.
6 January 2011: The UN has announced that, as part of 2012 being designated International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) will form national bodies to promote action in countries where it is active.
World Environment Day 2012 will be celebrated under the theme "Green Economy: Does it include you?" and will be hosted by Brazil. World Environment Day 2012 will mark the 40th anniversary of the Day.
The Special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with the Bretton Woods Institutions (International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will analyze issues of common concern, related to the global economy and sustainable development. Pursuant to ECOSOC resolutions 2011/38, 2010/26 and 2009/30, the overall theme of the meeting will be “Coherence, coordination and cooperation in the context of Financing for Development”.
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