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Reference: (1999-006)
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Expert Consultation on Coral Bleaching, Manila, Philippines, 11 to 13 October, 1999

Reference: (2000-032)
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Liaison Group on Coral Bleaching and Marine and Coastal Resources in Bali, Indonesia<br />(October 24-29, 2000)

Reference: STTM/dc (2001-043)
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Notification from the Executive Secretary to National Focal Points inviting Parties to submit the name of an expert who may be called upon to participate in an ad hoc technical expert group which will be in charge of a pilot assessment to prepare scientific advice to integrate biodiversity consi ...

Reference: UNEP/CBD/STTM/JM/va (2001-097)
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The Executive Secretary conveys to the National Focal Points of the CBD the list of participants and the provisional list of documents for the Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biological Diversity and Climate Change to be held in Helsinki, Finland from 21 to 25 January 2002

Reference: UNEP/CBD/STTM/JM/dh/30495 (2002-063)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Executive Secretary conveys the list of experts and organizations invited to the second meeting of the ad hoc technical expert group on biodiversity and climate change to be held in Montreal, Canada, from 9 to 13 September 2002

Reference: SCBD/STTM/MGtA/va/34066 (2003-021)
To: CBD, SBSTTA and UNFCCC National Focal Points

Expert/Government Peer review of the Draft Report produced by the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biological Diversity and Climate Change on the Interlinkages between Biological Diversity and Climate Change and Advice on the Integration of Biodiversi ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/DA/sp/39995 (2003-125)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points, Interested International Organizations

Publication of Technical Series #10 Interlinkages between Biological Diversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM//MGta/va/44235 (2004-058)
To: National Focal Points of CBD, UNFCCC and UNCCD

The Secretariat is requesting the submission of case studies that illustrate the role of biodiversity in mitigating and adapting to global climate change, including lessons learned from these experiences

Reference: SCBD/STTM/MgtA/VA/47416 (2005-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA focal points

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Adaptation to Climate Change Helsinki – Finland – Tentatively scheduled for September 2005: Invitation to submit the name of an expert who may be called upon to participate in the AHTEG, together with a description of his/her expertise that is strictly re ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/MgtA/mr/49221 (2005-065)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points

Further to our Notification No. 2005-017 dated 16 February 2005, this is to inform you of the exact dates of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biodiversity and Climate Change, which will take place from 13 to 16 September 2005 in Helsinki, Finland.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/MGtA/mr/49759 (2005-085)
To: CBD National Focal Points SBSTTA Focal Points UNFCCC National Focal Points

The AHTEG will hold its meeting from 13 to 16 September 2005 in Helsinki, with the financial support from the Government of Finland. One of its objectives is to produce the draft report on Integration of Biodiversity Considerations in the Implementation of Adaptation Activities to Climate Change ...

Reference: SCBD/STTM/MG/mr/50038 (2005-091)
To: CBD National Focal Points

At its tenth meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 7 to 11 February 2005, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Advice decided, in its recommendation X/13, to establish an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biodiversity and Climate Change. After due consideration ...

Expert/Government peer review of the draft report produced by the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Adaptation to Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/MG/jg/53744 (2006-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, UNFCCC National Focal Points and UNCCD National Focal Points

The draft report, Further Assessment and Advice on the Integration of Biodiversity Considerations in the Implementation of Adaptation Activities to Climate Change, is open for comments, in the English language only. The purpose of the review is to assess the quality of the information and to ob ...

G8 2007 - Environment Ministers Meeting, Potsdam, Germany, 15-17 March 2007 - Chair’s Conclusions.

Reference: SCBD/OMG/NP/ga/58067 (2007-044)
To: CBD Focal Points SBSTTA Focal Points ABS Focal Points CHM Focal Points

The Secretariat is pleased to inform you that the Chair’s conclusions of the meeting of the Environment Ministers of the G8 countries and of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, that was held in Potsdam, Germany from 15 to 17 March 2007, is accessible on the CBD website at the followin ...

Web-based guidance on the Integration of Biodiversity Considerations within Climate Change Adaptation Planning - http://adaptation.biodiv.org.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/AK/58055 (2007-046)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points Cc: Intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and indigenous organizations

The purpose of this web-based guidance (available at <a href='http://adaptation.biodiv.org'>http://adaptation.biodiv.org</a>) is to make relevant material, gathered for the development of the SBSTTA document, available to Parties. <br>(View also the notification <a href='/doc/notifications/2007/ ...

List of Selected Participants for the International Expert Meeting on Responses to Climate Change for Indigenous and Local Communities and the Impact on their Traditional Knowledge related to Biological Diversity - The Arctic Region, Helsinki, Finland, 25-28 March 2008

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/ac/62607 (2008-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities

Thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Finland, an international expert meeting for the Arctic region on “responses to climate change for indigenous and local communities, and the impact on their traditional knowledge related to biological diversity”, will be held in Hel ...

Call for comments on a proposal for terms of reference of a possible Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/lj/62957 (2008-035)
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At the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Parties noted, through decision VII/15 there are opportunities to implement climate change mitigation and adaptation activities in ways that are mutually beneficial and synergistic, and ...

Nomination of Experts for the Ad hoc Technical Expert group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/jg/64477 (2008-091)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change will be held from 17 to 21 November 2008 in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Request for submissions of information on experiences on the development and application of tools relevant to the sustainable production and use of biofuels

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/64589 (2008-100)
To: Parties and other Governments, indigenous and local communities, and relevant stakeholders and organizations

I invite you to submit information on experiences on the development and application of tools relevant to the sustainable production and use of biofuels as well as relevant information from research on, and monitoring of, the positive and negative impacts of the production and use of biofuels on ...

Submission of views on ways to integrate biodiversity considerations in climate-change related activities

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/64561 (2008-106)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9), through paragraph B.13 of decision IX/16, requests Parties to submit views on ways to integrate biodiversity considerations in climate change related activities. These views will also serve to ...

Reminder: Nomination of Experts for the Ad hoc Technical Expert group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/64477 (2008-109)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Reference is made to my earlier Notification dated 22 July 2008 with respect to the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change, to be held from 17 to 21 November 2008 in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland available at h ...

Nomination of Experts for the Ad hoc Technical Expert group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/64477 (2008-114)
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The first meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change will be held from 17 to 21 November 2008 in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I am pleased to invite organizations actively parti ...

Capacity-building Workshop for the Caribbean region for National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, mainstreaming of biodiversity and the integration of climate change

Reference: SCBD/ITS/STTM/DC/JW/ac/mc/64688 (2008-105)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the Caribbean region, c.c. SBSTTA Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a regional workshop for countries of the Caribbean region on capacity-building for national biodiversity strategies and action plans, mainstreaming of biodiversity and the integration of climate change will be held in Trinidad and Tobago, from 3 to 7 November 2008.

Online Dialogue on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/65050 (2008-126)
To: National Focal Points

The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) convened an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change through its decision IX/16.

Selected Experts for the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/65087 (2008-133)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that after careful consideration of all nominations, the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties have approved the list of experts for the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expe ...

Nomination of Experts for the Second Meeting of the Second Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/66077 (2009-007)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the second meeting of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change will be held from 18 to 22 April 2009 in Helsinki, Finland.

Nomination of Experts for the Second Meeting of the Second Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/66077 (2009-008)
To: Relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the second meeting of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change will be held from 18 to 22 April 2009 in Helsinki, Finland.

Online Dialogue for the Preparation of the Second Meeting of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/66678 (2009-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) convened an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change through its decision IX/16. Furthermore, the Conference of the Parties, through paragraph 7(b) of annex III to ...

Selected Experts for the Second Meeting of the Second Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/66682 (2009-029)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that after careful consideration of all nominations, the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice has approved the list of experts for the second meeting of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and clim ...

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity Building Workshop on Forest Biodiversity and Climate Change Singapore City, Singapore, 2-5 September 2009

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/SGa/67088 (2009-058)
To: CBD National Focal Points in South-Eastern Asia; cc: UNFF National Focal Points in South-Eastern Asia; ASEAN Secretariat; ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

We are pleased to inform you that a sub-regional capacity building workshop for South-Eastern Asia on forest biodiversity and climate change will be held in Singapore City, Singapore from 2-5 September 2009. With the generous financial support of the government of Germany and the ASEAN Centre fo ...

Peer review of the draft report of the first and second meetings of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JW/ac/67599 (2009-059)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA Focal Point; and Relevant organisations

I am pleased to invite you to participate in the peer review of the draft report of the first and second meetings of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change.

CBD Technical Series No.41: Connecting Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Report of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JAW/ac/69144 (2009-133)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

I am pleased to announce that the report of the Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biodiversity and Climate Change has been published as CBD Technical Series No.41: Connecting Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – Report of the Second Ad Hoc Tech ...

Invitation for Proposals - The Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems snd Climate Change Pavilion: Promoting synergies between biodiversity, land management and climate change, to be held at the CBD COP 10 and the UNFCCC COP 16

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/AW/71840 (2010-101)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and International Organizations

The secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the secretariats of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will convene the Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems and Clima ...

CBD SBSTTA Recommendations XIV/11: Biodiversity of Dry and Sub-humid Lands and XIV/5 Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SBCD/STTM/JW/71918 (2010-119)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

The fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14) held from 10to 21 May, 2010, requested the Executive Secretary to consult Parties in order to explore possibilities of developing a proposal on joint activities between the three Rio Conve ...

CBD SBSTTA Recommendations: XIV/11 on Biodiversity of Dry and Sub-humid Lands, XIV/5 on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SBCD/STTM/JW/71918 (2010-123)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

In accordance with notification 2010-119 of 15 June, please be advised that the online survey on possible joint activities between the three Rio Conventions is now also available in French and Spanish.

Outcomes of the Cancun Climate Change Conference – Opportunities for Parties to Submit Views related to Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/74665 (2011-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), through decision X/33, amongst others, stresses the need to enhance synergies between the three Rio Conventions.

Upcoming Meetings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/74869 (2011-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

In light of the increasing focus on the links between biodiversity and climate change, as highlighted in the third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook and the recent adoption of decision X/33 on biodiversity and climate change, I am pleased to share with you additional information on the ...

Joint Notification from the Secretariats of the CBD and IPCC regarding Preparations for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/75182 (2011-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

The present notification is a follow up to notification ref.: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/74869 (2011-026) sent on 4 February 2011. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has begun preparations for its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). This report will consist of three Working Group Reports and a ...

Call for Experts on Climate-Related Geo-Engineering as it Relates to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/74873 (2011-085)
To: SBSTTA Focal Points, Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity, and Consortium of Universities

At the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Parties to the CBD adopted decision X/33 which includes a section on climate-related geo-engineering and its impacts on the achievement of the objectives of the CBD. This decision contains act ...

Submission of views and case studies on the integration of biodiversity into climate-change-related activities

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/lh/77967 (2011-201)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

The tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), through paragraph 9(j) of decision X/33, requested the Executive Secretary to compile current and additional views and case studies from Parties on the integration of biodiversity into climate-cha ...

Peer review of the draft study on the impacts of climate related geo-engineering on biological diversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/ac/78137 (2011-215)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and Observers

I am pleased to invite you to participate in the technical and stakeholder peer review of the draft study on the impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biological diversity.

Second peer review of the draft studies on climate-related geo-engineering and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/ac/78659 (2012-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Nominations for the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) regional training workshop on adaptation for Francophone least developed countries (LDCs), from 18 – 22 March 2013, in Lomé, Togo

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SK/ac/81285 (2013-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sao Tomé & Principe, Senegal, and Togo

Nominations for the Sub-regional Workshop for Anglophone Africa on the Integration of Climate Change and Ecosystem-based Adaptation in National Biodiversity Planning Processes, to be held from 25 – 27 March 2013, in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SK/ac/81286 (2013-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt, Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Peer review of draft background papers in preparation for the Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/ac/81673 (2013-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Follow-up to decision XI/20 on climate-related geoengineering: review procedures for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/SAM/SK/SS/AC/81842 (2013-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Nominations for the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) regional training workshop on adaptation for African Anglophone Least Developed Countries (LDCs), from 29 July to 2 August 2013, in Kigali, Rwanda

Reference: SCBD/SAM/SK/ac/82031 (2013-047)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, and Zambia

Nominations for the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) regional training workshop on adaptation for Asian Least Developed Countries (LDCs), from 20 to 24 August 2013, in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Reference: SCBD/SAM/SK/SS/ac/82075 (2013-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor Leste, and Yemen

Follow-up to decisions X/33 and XI/20 in relation to climate-related geoengineering

Reference: SCBD/SAM/SS/ac/82893 (2013-102)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Webinar on increasing awareness of soil biodiversity and carbon, titled "Learning from wetlands – the case for dry soils", on 12 February 2015

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/AC/84276 (2015-009)
To: CBD NFPs and SBSTTA FPs of Africa