Governance

UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and WFP Joint Executive Board Meeting Focuses on Climate Change

15 January 2010: The Joint Session of the Executive Boards of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Food Programme (WFP) convened on 15 January 2010, in New York, US, and focused on the issue of climate change.

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UNFCCC Publishes Review of Canada’s Fourth National Communication

30 December 2009: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published the report of the centralized in-depth review of the fourth national communication of Canada (NC4) (CCC/IDR.4/CAN).

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EU Environmental Ministers Discuss Copenhagen Follow Up

eupresidency201016 January 2010: EU Environmental Ministers discussed initial steps to be taken following the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Conference at an informal meeting organized by the Spanish Presidency in Seville, Spain, on 16 January 2010.

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UNECE Executive Secretary Highlights Climate Change Among 2010 Priorities

18jan_10_03 15 January 2010: Ján Kubiš, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), held a Town Hall meeting on 15 January 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland, to outline priorities for 2010.

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UNEP FI and Others Call for Strong Climate Change Policies

summit_logo14 January 2010:  The Investor Summit on Climate Risk, under the theme "Developing a Low-Carbon Economy: Leveraging Private Investment," took place on 14 January 2010, at UN Headquarters in New York, US, and brought together 450 global investors.

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UNECE Highlights Links between Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention and Climate Change

18jan_10_07January 2010: The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has released a brochure titled "Clearing the Air: 30th Anniversary of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution," which reviews the Convention's three decades of achievements in protecting human health, agriculture, freshwater, and historic and cultural monuments.

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Event: ICAO Colloquium on Aviation and Climate Change

The third of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Environmental Colloquiums will take place at ICAO headquarters in Montreal, Canada, and will focus on the relationship between climate change and aviation. The Colloquium plans to introduce participants to developments in ICAO’s environmental work and prepare them for high-level decision making at the ICAO Assembly in September 2010.  

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UN Regional Commissions Publish Joint Report on Climate Change Challenges

14jan_10_08January 2010: The five UN Regional Commissions have released a report on the support they provide, by region and thematic area, to combating climate change, titled "The United Nations Regional Commissions and the Climate Change Challenges."

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UN Secretary-General’s 2010 Priorities Include Sustainable Development Focus and Climate Change Agreement

Ban Ki-moon11 January 2010: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon identified his priorities for 2010 during an address to the UN General Assembly.

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CDM Passes 2,000th Registered Project Milestone

UNFCCC6 January 2010: The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has registered its 2,000th project, a biogas extraction and utilization project in Thailand, expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 56,000 tons annually.

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