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Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, 27 May 2010, Oslo, Norway
Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, 27 May 2010, Oslo, Norway
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“Global Alliance for Life on Earth” - Statement by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at a Meeting organized at the United States Library of Congress by the Institute for Policy Innovation, Washington DC, 26 June 2007.
During this weekend, the temperature reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Romania; as a result at least four people died. This was a stark reminder of the exceptional heat wave that engulfed Europe in August 2003, which led in a matter of days to the death of more than 22,000 people. According to ...
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Statement delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Royal Society and the Biodiversity Sub-Committee of the UK Government Global Environmental Change Committee Workshop Biodiversity – Climate Interactions: adaptation, mitigation and human livelihoods, The Royal Society, London, U.K., 12-13 June 2007
The world recorded this year the second warmest winter. Eleven out of the twelve past years have been the hottest years since meteorological data were first recorded in 1850. A study by NASA has shown that, during the last 30 years, world temperatures have been the highest in 12,000 years. The s ...
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#336222007-06-05
Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, for the World Environment Day, 5 June 2007, Berlin.
As climate change is one of the burning issues on the global agenda, it is only fitting that the theme of this year’s World Environment Day - Melting ice – a hot topic? coincides with International Polar Year, and is reflective of the impacts of climate change on our planet. In March the World M ...
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#329242007-05-22
Indigenous and Local Communities – the Human Face of Climate Change, Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, for the Media Conference at UN Headquarters, New York, 22 May 2007
Since the appearance of man on earth, impacts on the natural functions of our planet have never been as destructive as in the last 500 years, leading to an unprecedented extinction of biological diversity on earth. The pressures on the planet’s natural functions caused by human activity and mani ...
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#329252007-05-22
Message of Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of the Celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity at the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 22 May 2007
Climate change is a real threat to our own future and to other species that share this planet. Following the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released earlier this year, this is crystal clear. We are already losing biodiversity at rates unprecedented since the demise of t ...
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#330692007-05-22
Discours délivré par Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à la conférence Mission Antarctique : La Terre vue de la mer Conférence de Jean Lemire sur les changements climatiques et la biodiversité, Montréal, Canada, 22 mai 2007
La Terre vue de la mer donne certainement l’image d’une planète qui fait face au double défi des changements climatiques et de la perte de la biodiversité. En cette journée internationale de la diversité biologique partout sur la planète les gens s’informent et prennent conscience de l’enjeu cap ...
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#331692007-05-22
Message of UN Secretary-General on the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2007.
Biodiversity is the foundation of life on earth and one of the pillars of sustainable development. The richness and variety of life on earth makes possible the ecosystem services on which we depend: clean water, food, shelter, medicine and clothing. Environments rich in biodiversity are resili ...
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#318132007-04-19
Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, to International Conference in Defense of the Quality of the Night Sky and the Right to Observe the Stars.
We have not inherited this Earth but have simply borrowed it from our children. Yet our reckless and relentless exploitation is eroding our very resource base, jeopardizing the existence of life on Earth, including our own existence.
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#311512007-03-23
Message from Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, on the Occasion of World Meteorological Day - 23 March 2007.
The third report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms that man made emissions of greenhouse gases are responsible for fewer cold days, hotter nights, heat waves, floods, heavy rains, devastating droughts, and an increase in hurricane and tropical storm strength. The ...
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Address by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Opening of the Expert Meeting on the Further Strengthening of Links between Biodiversity and Climate Change, Montréal, Canada, 19 March 2007.
In the space of a few days, the south of “La Belle Province” has broken all temperature records. On 6 March, temperatures in Montréal reached minus 24.3 degrees Celsius, minus 39 degrees with the wind-chill factor. The previous record dated back to 1989, when the temperature was down to minus 2 ...
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#297972007-02-14
Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf , Executive Secretary Convention on Biological Diversity , to the Symposium on Climate Change and the European Water Dimension Berlin, 12-14 February, 2007
Water is the basis of all life and our most valuable natural resource. Mr. Mostafa Tolba, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, speaking over a decade ago, said, “We used to think that energy and water would be the critical issues for the next century. Now ...
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#271042006-11-15
Joint Statement of the Convention on Biological Diversity and RAMSAR Convention, Delivered By Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the High-level Segment of the Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Nairobi, 15 november, 2006.
Human activities that impact on the natural functioning of the planet are seriously—and possibly irreversibly—jeopardizing the ability of ecosystems to meet the needs of future generations. Climate change has been identified as one of the most important drivers of the unprecedented rate of the l ...
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#182202005-12-07