15 April 2009: The UN Secretary-General has announced that he will be travelling to Valletta, Malta, on 21 April 2009, where he will meet with the President and Prime Minister before addressing the country’s parliament.
14 April 2009: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released two documents on capacity-building that will be examined by its Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) at its 30th session, scheduled to take place in Bonn, Germany, from 1-10 June 2009. 
15 April 2009: The Executive Board of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is holding its 181th session from 14-30 April 2009, in Paris, France. During the meeting, participants will consider approving the report by the Director-General on a detailed plan of action for the UNESCO Strategy for Action on Climate Change for 2009 and 2010-2011 (181 EX/15). 
13 April 2009: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced that North American celebrations for World Environment Day, observed annually on 5 June, will be hosted in Omaha, Nebraska. Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, will serve as the international host city for this year’s World Environment Day, whose theme is “Your Planet Needs You – UNite to Combat Climate Change,” and which seeks to encourage nations to reach agreement in Copenhagen in December 2009. 
6 April 2009: The UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have entered into a collaborative effort to help build capacity for climate change adaptation. Under the partnership, UNEP’s Division of Early Warning and Assessment will develop a joint module, based on the training resources developed under the UNITAR’s Climate Change Capacity Development project. The new module will then be included in UNEP’s Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA) training manual. 
27 March 2009: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Government of Finland have established a €14 million partnership titled “Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing Climate.” 
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