12 November 2008: In
an address to the Global Indigenous Peoples Consultation on Reducing Emissions
from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), taking place from 12-14
November 2008, in Baguio City, the Philippines, Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention
on Biological Diversity (CBD), highlighted the opportunity for indigenous and
local communities to contribute to the formation and implementation of possible
solutions to climate change, such as REDD schemes, to ensure that their
traditional knowledge, rights and biological diversity are protected and
enhanced in the process.
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November 2008: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and
other US governors are co-hosting the Governors’ Global Climate Summit, which
will convene in Los Angeles, California, US, from 18-19 November 2008. In
addition to government and sub-national “climate leaders” from, inter alia,
China, India, the US, Brazil, Mexico and Canada, participants will include
representatives from non-governmental organizations, academia and the private
sector.
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30 October 2008: Over 600 participants representing
governments, regions and other local authorities gathered in Saint Malo,
France, from 29-30 October 2008, for the “First World Summit of Regions,
Climate Change: Regions in Action.”
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29 October 2008: On the sidelines of the 10th Conference of
Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, taking place in
Changwon, Republic of Korea, from 28 October-4 November 2008, the Ramsar
Secretariat, the Danone Group and IUCN have entered into a partnership
targeting climate change.
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22 October 2008: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has
launched a Green Economy Initiative, which seeks to respond to the global
economic downturn by focusing economic growth and job creation in environmental
industries.
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17 October 2008: The Secretariat of the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD), in collaboration with the UN University’s
Traditional Knowledge Initiative and Tebtebba, has announced the beneficiaries
of financial assistance for participation in the Global Indigenous Peoples’
Consultation on Potential Impacts of “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
Forest Degradation (REDD)” on Indigenous and Local Communities (12-14 November
2008, Baguio City, Philippines).
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16 October 2008: The European Environment Agency (EEA) released a report entitled “Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe 2008,” which details each of the 15 nations’ historic emissions
(1990-2006) and provides an estimate of Europe’s emissions situation during the
Kyoto Protocol commitment period (2008–2012).
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17 October 2008: The Asia Pacific Regional Forum on
Promoting Wood-Based Bioenergy Using Wood Residues and Waste, which was held
from 14-17 October 2008, in Jakarta, Indonesia, was organized by the
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO).
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16 October 2008: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is launching a bi-monthly e-newsletter to inform CBD National Focal Points and other interested recipients about biodiversity aspects in relation to “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” (REDD).
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15 October 2008: In his message on the occasion of World
Food Day, celebrated on 16 October 2008, Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of
the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), stressed that “biodiversity, the
foundation of all crops and domesticated livestock and the variety within them,
is the basis for providing stability to agriculture.”
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