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Calendar
Calendar of Events for 2008
These are events made known to the Gateway at this time. Please check the links for more information as details change.
January
- Kyoto Protocol First Commitment Period starts (2008-2012)
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World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
(Davos, Switzerland, 23-27 January)
February
- International Conference on Living with Climate Change
(London, UK, 7-8 February) -
Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2008: Sustainable Development and Climate Change
(New Delhi, India, 7-9 February) - UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on Climate Change (UNHQ, New York, 11-12 February)
- 10th Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum of the United Nations Environment Programme (Monaco, 20-22 February)
- Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Americas (Panama, 25-29 February)
March
- International Renewable Energy Conference
(Washington DC, 4-6 March) - International Polar Year Day on “Changing Earth: Past, Present and Future” (Various sites, 12-13 March)
- GLOBE 2008 International Conference on Business and the Environment (Vancouver, BC, Canada, 12-14 March)
- Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development (Chiba, Japan, 14-16 March)
- World Water Day (Global, 22 March)
- World Meteorological Day (Global, 23 March)
- State of the Planet 08: Real People, Real Places, Real Solutions (Columbia University, NYC, 27-28 March)
April
- G8 Development Cooperation Ministers Meeting
(Tokyo, Japan, 5-6 April) -
Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands
(Hanoi, Viet Nam, 7-11 April) - International Seminar on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector (Oxford, UK, 8-10 April)
- 28th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Budapest, Hungary, 9-10 April)
- European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2008, "Polar Ozone" session (Vienna, Austria, 13-18 April)
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Spring Meeting of ECOSOC with the Bretton Woods Institutions, WTO and UNCTAD
(UNHQ, NYC, 14 April) -
Renewable Energy Conference for Africa
(Dakar, Senegal, 16-18 April) -
Global Environment Facility Council
(Washington, 21-25 April) -
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
(UNHQ, NY, 21 April – 2 May) - Earth Day (Global, 22 April)
- Global Business Summit for the Environment (B4E) (Singapore, 22-23 April)
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Eco-City World Summit 2008
(San Francisco, USA, 22-26 April) -
Forum on Sustainable Urbanization in the Information Age
(UNHQ, New York, 23 April) - OECD-UNEP Conference on Resource Efficiency (Paris, France, 23-25 April)
May
- Commission on Sustainable Development
(New York, 5-16 May) -
4th International Symposium on Flood Defense
(Toronto, Canada, 6-8 May) -
G8 Environment Ministers Meeting
(Kobe, Japan, 25-27 May)
June
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Bodies (Bonn, Germany, 2-13 June)
- World Environment Day (Global, 5 June)
- G8 Energy Ministers Meeting (Hokkaido, Japan, 7-9 June)
- Expo Zaragoza 2008: Water and Sustainable Development (Zaragoza, Spain, 14 June – 14 September)
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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drough
(Global, 17 June) - UN Principles for Responsible Investing Annual Meeting (Seoul, ROK, 17-28 June)
- UNEP International Children’s Conference on the Environment (Stavanger, Norway, 17-21 June)
- International Conference on Groundwater and Climate in Africa (Kampala, Uganda, 25-28 June)
- G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting (Kyoto, Japan, 26-27 June)
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UN Economic and Social Council (annual session)
(UNHQ, NY, 30 June – 25 July)
July
- G8 Summit (Hokkaido, Japan, 7-9 July)
August
- World Water Week (Stockholm, Sweden, 17-23 August)
- International Conference on Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing Climate, with Emphasis on Forest Health (Umeå, Sweden, 25-28 August)
September
- World Water Congress (Montpellier, France, 1-4 September)
- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Global, 16 September)
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63rd session of the UN General Assembly
(UNHQ, New York, 16 September to mid-December) - European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting on the theme “Adaptation to Climate Change” (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 29 September-3 October)
October
- 4th World Conservation Congress (Barcelona, Spain, 5-14 October)
- World Urban Forum IV (Nanjing, China, 13-17 October)
November
- GEF Council (Washington, DC, 10-14 November)
- Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus (Doha, Qatar, 29 November – 2 December)
December
- COP14 (Poznan, Poland, 1-12 December)
International Years and Decades
- International Year of Planet Earth (2008)
- International Polar Year (2007-2008)
- International Decade for Action: Water for Life (2005-2015)
- United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)
- International Year of Freshwater (2003)
- International Year of Ecotourism (2002)