9 March 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has posted on its website letters from the Governments of India and China, dated 8 and 9 March respectively, informing of their wish to be listed in the chapeau of the Copenhagen Accord. read more »
9 March 2010: The European Commission (EC) has released a strategy to help maintain the momentum on global action to tackle climate change after the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. The strategy is contained in a Commission Communication titled “International climate change policy post-Copenhagen: Acting now to reinvigorate global action on climate change.” read more »
9 March 2010: European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Carlos da Silva Costa and Chile’s Ambassador to the EU, Carlos Appelgren, have signed a framework agreement that aims to foster sustainable growth through the financing of investment projects of mutual interest that, inter alia, support climate change mitigation policies.
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9 March 2010: The European Environment Agency has published the third biodiversity message in its series of ‘10 messages for 2010,’ which focuses on freshwater ecosystems, and highlights links with climate change.
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8 March 2010: The proposed agenda and annotations, together with the draft work programme, for the 53rd meeting of the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which is scheduled to take place from 22-26 March 2010, in Bonn, Germany, is now available on the CDM website. read more »
8 March 2010: The African Development Bank (AfDB) has issued a Clean Energy bond, denominated in New Zealand dollars, which will be offered to Japanese retail investors during the month of March.
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8 March 2010: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), took part in a panel discussion at the Kenya International Conference Center in Nairobi, and addressed the twin challenges facing Africa: to revive strong growth and reinforce resilience to shocks, including those related to climate change. read more »