Transport

ICAO Commits to Develop a Carbon Dioxide Standard for Commercial Aircraft

19 February 2010:  The International Civil Aviation Authority’s (ICAO) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection’s (CAEP) met at ICAO headquarters from 1-12 February 2010, in Montreal, Canada, and announced the ICAO’s commitment to the development of a carbon dioxide standard for commercial aircraft by 2013. This effort would result in the first global fuel-efficiency standard for any industry sector.

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UNCTAD’s 2010 Trade and Environment Review Focuses on Promoting Poles of Clean Growth

March 2010: The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has published its Trade and Environment Review 2009/2010, which contains some 20 essays on the topic “Promoting Poles of Clean Growth to Foster the Transition to a More Sustainable Economy.” read more »

EU Increases Funding to Neighboring Countries for Climate Projects

2 March 2010: The EU has announced increased funding of up to EUR 2 billion, for the period 2011-2013, to reinforce political cooperation and promote economic integration between the EU and its neighbors. Funding will be used for, among other things, projects in the areas of climate change, transport, energy and environment.

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WHO Publishes Fact Sheet on Climate Change and Health

January 2010: The World Health Organization (WHO) published its Fact Sheet N°266 on “Climate change and health,” which includes sections on: the impact of climate change on health; extreme heat; natural disasters and variable rainfall patterns; patterns of infection; measuring health effects; sectors of the population at risk; and the WHO response.

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UNECE Inland Transport Committee Highlights Measures to Address Climate Change

25 February 2010: The 72nd annual session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Inland Transport Committee, held from 23-25 February 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland, recognized that measures including better infrastructure planning, efficient border-crossing and transit procedures, technologically progressive vehicle construction norms and a greater role for environmentally-friendly modes, such as rail and inland navigation, are necessary steps to improve current and future transportation systems, with less pollution, in the pan-European region.

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WTO Environmental Goods and Services Negotiations Focus on Climate-Friendly Products

19 February 2010: The World Trade Organization (WTO) held a Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE-SS) to continue negotiations on the liberalization of environmental goods and services, and noted a renewed focus on liberalizing trade in climate-friendly products, such as solar energy-related parts and components, wind and hydro-electric energy and gas-turbines, natural gas and clean-diesel vehicles, and products used in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects.

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Summit on Latin American and Caribbean Unity Addresses Climate Change Negotiations

25 February 2010: The Heads of State and government of Latin American and Caribbean countries gathered at the Unity Summit, comprising the 21st Summit of the Rio Group and the second Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and Development. Leaders at the event, which took place in Riviera Maya, Mexico, on 23 February 2010, discussed,  among other things, prospects for the climate change negotiations. read more »

Event Announcement: CSD 19

This policy-year session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) will negotiate policy options related to the thematic cluster for the CSD 18-19 cycle: transport, chemicals, waste management, mining and the Ten-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns.
Location
New York, US
Start Date
02 May 2011
End Date
13 May 2011
Link

http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/index.shtml

Event Announcement: Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for CSD 19

This meeting will prepare for the policy-year session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), which will negotiate policy options related to the thematic cluster for the CSD 18-19 cycle: transport, chemicals, waste management, mining and the Ten-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns.
Location
New York, NY, US
Start Date
21 February 2011
End Date
25 February 2011
Link

http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/csd/csd_csd18.shtml

Event Announcement: CSD 18

This review-year session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) will evaluate progress and identify constraints to implementing the issues on the thematic cluster for the CSD 18-19 cycle: transport, chemicals, waste management, mining and the Ten-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns.
Location
New York, NY, US
Start Date
03 May 2010
End Date
14 May 2010
Link

http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/csd/csd_csd18.shtml