A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental
Activities Addressing Global Climate Change Policy

25 July 2008: In a speech delivered at the 24th

Universal Postal Union (UPU) Congress, which is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 23 July to 12 August 2008, UN

Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Executive Director, Achim Steiner, highlighted

the postal sector’s role in the transition towards a green economy.

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24 July 2008: PostEurop, a

Restricted Union representing 48 European public postal operators, has agreed

to form a joint technical committee with the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU)

Sustainable Development Project Group, which will establish measures to reduce the

sector’s carbon dioxide emissions.

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14 July

2008: In his inaugural  speech to the second meeting of the

International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Group on International

Aviation and Climate Change (GIACC), Roberto Kobeh González, President of the

ICAO Council, noted the work carried out by the Organization and the UNFCCC

Secretariat in coordinating their work plans, and highlighted the importance

for the Group to agree on aspirational goals on fuel efficiency.

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16

July 2008: The documentation from the workshop on aviation and carbon markets,

organized by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on 18-19 June

2008, at ICAO Headquarters, Montreal, Canada, have been released.

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14 July 2008: The second meeting of the Group on

International Aviation and Climate Change will meet at the International Civil

Aviation Organization (ICAO) headquarters, in Montréal, Canada, from 14-16 July

2008.

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11

July 2008: The World Ports Climate

Conference took place from 9-11 July 2008 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and was

organized around the theme “World

Ports for a Better Climate.” The conference brought together participants representing over 50 ports from 35

countries and concluded with the adoption of the World Port Climate

Declaration, in which they committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

and improve air quality.

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4 July 2008: At the

fifth Magdeburg Environmental Forum held from 3-4 July 2008, in Magdeburg,

Germany, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and car manufacturer

Daimler called for the establishment of infrastructure for electric and

fuel-cell vehicles.

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8 July 2008: The Group

of Eight Industrialized Countries (G8) Hokkaido Toyako

Summit took place from 7-9 July 2008

in Japan. On 8 July, the G8 leaders agreed on a Document on Environment and

Climate Change. The leaders of the G8

agreed to share with parties to the UNFCCC the vision of a goal of achieving at

least 50% reduction of global emissions by 2050, recognizing that this global

challenge can only be met by the contributions from all major economies,

consistent with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and

respective capabilities.

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20 June 2008: During its one hundredth Session, which took

place in London, UK, from 16-20 June 2008, the International Maritime

Organization (IMO) agreed that the theme for the 2009 World

Maritime Day would be “Climate change: a challenge for IMO too!”

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19 June 2008: As part of its efforts to support the UN

Climate Neutral Initiative, the UN International Civil Aviation Organization

(ICAO) has released a web-based tool that identifies the carbon dioxide

emissions from a given flight.

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