2 September 2009: Addressing the Second Latin American and Caribbean Dialogue towards Copenhagen, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), offered a “neutral ground for dialogue to help the region advance towards common positions.”
2 September 2009: The Africa Partnership Forum’s (APF) one-day high-level session on climate change in Africa concluded with an expression of the region’s determination to make a significant contribution to efforts at reducing global emissions. 
27 August 2009: The proposed agenda and annotations, as well as the draft work programme, for the 17th meeting of the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC) are now available on the JI website. 
July 2009: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched a website – Seal the Deal (http://www.sealthedeal2009.org/) – to support the UN-led Seal the Deal Campaign. 
1 September 2009: The UN has launched a report on “The World Economic and Social Survey 2009: Promoting Development, Saving the Planet,” which calls for integrated policy responses to development and climate challenges. 
31 August 2009: The World Climate Conference-3 (WCC-3), organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), opened in Geneva, Switzerland, on 31 August 2009, under the theme “Climate prediction and information for decision-making.” 
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