Intergovernmental Process

World Agroforestry Centre and Partners Convene REDD Workshops

10 March 2010: Workshops for countries participating in the UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) and the Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF) were held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1-3 March 2010, and Hanoi, Viet Nam, from 8-10 March 2010. read more »

ILRI and ICRISAT Researchers Release Paper on Livestock Production and Adaptation Strategies

10 March 2010: Researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have released a paper titled “Climate change impacts on livestock production and adaptation strategies: A global scenario.” The paper was presented at the National Symposium on Climate Change and Rainfed Agriculture, which convened from 18-20 February 2010, in Hyderbad, India. read more »

Poverty Environment Partnership Meeting Addresses Climate and Environment Mainstreaming

8 March 2010: The 15th meeting of the Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP 15), which took place from 1-5 March 2010, in Lilongwe, Malawi, convened under the theme “Climate and Environment Mainstreaming and the Green Economy to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals.” read more »

New Caribbean-EU Strategy to Address Climate Change

5 March 2010: Caribbean and EU diplomats, as well as representatives from civil society, met to discuss an enhanced Caribbean–EU partnership at a seminar in Barbados held from 4-5 March 2010, with a view to launching a drafting process of a new EU-Caribbean strategy addressing, inter alia, challenges related to climate change.

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US and Brazil Conclude MoU for Climate Change Cooperation

3 March 2010: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation Regarding Climate Change on 3 March 2010. read more »

IFPRI Launches Project to Identify Approaches to Improve Agriculture in Developing Countries

1 March 2010: The International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) new project, Global Futures for Agriculture, will evaluate promising technologies, investments and policy reforms to improve agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability in developing countries.

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IRRI’s “Rice Today” Articles Highlight Climate Change Adaptation

March 2010: The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has released the January-March edition of “Rice Today.” This issue features three articles that address climate change issues. read more »

Japan Convenes Informal Meeting on Further Actions Against Climate Change

2 March 2010: The eighth informal meeting on ‘Further Actions against Climate Change’ convened in Tokyo, Japan, from 1-2 March 2010, under the chairmanship of Akihiko Furuya (Japan) and Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado (Brazil). read more »

FAO Organizes Technical Conference on Role of Agricultural Biotechnologies

4 March 2010: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) International Technical Conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries took place in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 1-4 March 2010, and was co-sponsored by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the Government of Mexico and a number of other international partners.

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African Union Celebrates Environment Day Focusing on Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation and Traditional Knowledge

3 March 2010: The African Union Commission (AUC) commemorated Africa Environment Day under the theme “African Resilience to Climate Change: Biodiversity Conservation and Enhancing Traditional Knowledge,” in celebrations hosted by the Government of Tanzania.  read more »