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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 ...

UNFCCC: Sixteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 16); Fourteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 14)

3 - 8 April 2011, Bangkok, Thailand

European Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change - Science, Practice & Policy

12 - 13 April 2011, Bonn, Germany

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 ...

33rd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

10 - 13 May 2011, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

16th World Meteorological Congress

16 May - 3 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

Statement on Behalf of the Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of Third Meeting of the Intersessional Working Group on Ocean Fertilization, 31 May - 3 June 2011

Statement on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of UNFCCC SBSTA 34, on 6 June 2011, Bonn, Germany.

Statement on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of UNFCCC SBSTA 34, on 6 June 2011, Bonn, Germany.

Message from the CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of the Second Forum on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in the Near East Region, 27 to 29 June, 2011

Message from the CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of the Second Forum on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in the Near East Region, 27 to 29 June, 2011

Liaison Group Meeting on Climate-Related Geo-Engineering as it relates to the Convention on Biological Diversity

29 June - 1 July 2011, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

46th Meeting of the Implementation Committee under the Non-Compliance Procedure for the Montreal Protocol

28 - 29 July 2011, Bangkok, Thailand

31st Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

1 - 5 August 2011, Bangkok, Thailand

16e Colloque International en Évaluation Environnementale: Forêts, énergie, changement climatique et évaluation environnementale - pour une gestion durable, du global au local

12 - 15 September 2011, Yaounde, Cameroon

World Conference on Marine Biodiversity

26 - 30 September 2011, Aberdeen, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

33rd Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties (London Convention 1972), 6th Meeting of Cotnractign Parties (London Protocol 1996) (IMO)

17 - 21 October 2011, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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.

47th Meeting of the Implementation Committee under the Non-Compliance Procedure for the Montreal Protocol

11 - 12 November 2011, Bali, Indonesia

Joint 9th Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and 23rd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

14 - 18 November 2011, Bali, Indonesia

Western South Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs)

22 - 25 November 2011, Nadi, Fiji

Informal Expert Meeting on the Impacts of Climate-related Geo-engineering on Biological Diversity

5 - 7 January 2012, Newport Pagnell, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

Recommendation XVI/8

Proposals on integrating biodiversity considerations into climate-change-related activities, including addressing gaps in knowledge and information

Climate Change Adaptation Priorities for Tropical Biodiversity, and the Ugandan National Environment Management Authority

How can we design better conservation projects to protect tropical biodiversity in the face of climate change? This event will present the results of a multi-institutional study of climate change vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning projects in South America, the Caribbean, Africa, ...

Blue Carbon

Blue carbon refers to the carbon sequestered and stored in coastal vegetated ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass or tidal salt marshes. This carbon can build up over millenia, but is then be susceptible to oxidation and significant release into the atmosphere if habitats are degraded. Maintai ...

Climate change and the do's and don'ts of supporting Indigenous and community initiatives to conserve and restore forests

The event will feature the presentation of a new report on the do's and don'ts of supporting Indigenous and community initiatives to conserve and restore forests. It will discuss how appropriate support to Indigenous territories and community conserved areas (ICCAs) can contribute to sustainable ...

Climate Resilience The Farmers Way: Handling climate extremes without engineered seeds, strategies and external packages.

The event will offer very concrete examples of how farmer-led experimentation and resilience strategies are helping farmers to build seed security, feed their families, and stay on their lands, despite unpredictable and challenging climate events. If we are to build food security in vulnerable ...

17e Colloque International en Évaluation Environnementale

12 - 15 June 2012, Montreal, Canada

UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/26

Additional Information on Options for Definitions of Climate-Related Geoengineering

Impacts of dams on biodiversity: Socio ecological dimensions in the context of climate change

Dams, Hydroelectric projects, diversions and unregulated water abstraction have majorly affected aquatic, riparian, estuarine and coastal biodiversity in South Asia, specifically in India. Dams have a multi-pronged impact on biodiversity by submerging forests, changing the natural hydro graph of ...

Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Global Environmental Assessments

Global environemental assessments, whether for biodiversity or climate change, should be based on the best avaialble knowledge. Today there is broad recognition that indegenous and local knowledge must be part of that core data set. We provide an update on recent efforts to bring indigenous an ...

BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, MANU NATIONAL PARK. PERU

The purpose of this meeting is to show the processes and mechanisms developed to involve the population in mitigating environmental and socio impacts against climate change. From local experience, develop national and subregional partnerships to address these changes. Manu National Park was dec ...

Biocultural approaches to community based adaptation and mitigation to climate change

This workshop will discuss the experiences of the Indigenous Peoples' Biocultural Climate Change Assessment initiative in developing community-based biodiversity and climate change assessments to create local mitigation and adaptation responses in the context of food security and livelihoods, wi ...

Biodiversity and ecosystem services benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects

Climate change mitigation and adaptation projects can potentially deliver benefits for biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, in some instances, for example, where afforestation leads to the establishment of monocultures or the introduction of exogenous trees, climate projects may have ne ...

Climate change, agriculture biodiversity and food security

This event will discuss the linkage between climate change, agriculture biodiversity and food security. The major focus of the discussion will be how climate change has been affecting agriculture biodiversity and hence food security. It will seek answers to some pressing questions such as: Are t ...

Conserving biodiversity heritage sites for climate change adaptation: Role of Youth in linking cultural practices and future strategies

The sacred sites and the associated traditional knowledge may become indispensable when the communities try to find sustainable solutions for adapting to climate change. One of the most important stakeholder group in this process is the youth, who will witness the results of the present efforts. ...

Climate change and the resultant calamities, their impact on Biodiversity: Ensuring inclusion of Biodiversity-dependent communities in all preparedness, adaptation and mitigation measures

The event will look at the impact of depletion of biodiversity as one result of climate change, which is ultimately causing hazards/disaster situations, grossly affecting the Dalits who live in vicarious settlements, and subjected to caste based discrimination in disasters. It also would cover a ...

Climate Change and Biodiversity; Conservation and Adaptation

Climate change is one of the most important global environmental Issues impacting natural ecosystems and socioeconomic systems. For instance, climate change affects forest ecosystems primarily in three ways: firstly, forest ecosystems through land use change contribute about 20% of the global C0 ...

COP 18 / CMP 8 - 18th session of the Conference of the Parties of the Climate Change Convention and Eighth Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (UNFCCC)

26 November - 7 December 2012, To be determined, Qatar

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.

Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) regional training workshop on adaptation for Francophone Least Developed Countries (LDCs) (organized by UNFCCC)

18 - 22 March 2013, Lomé, Togo

World Meteorological Day

23 March 2013, Mulitple Venues

Sub-regional Workshop for Anglophone Africa on the Integration of Climate Change and Ecosystem-based Adaptation in National Biodiversity Planning Processes

24 - 27 March 2013, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

Statement from Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-Regional Workshop for Anglophone Africa on the Integration of Climate Change and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in National Biodiversity Planning Processes, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 24-27 March 2013

Statement from Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-Regional Workshop for Anglophone Africa on the Integration of Climate Change and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in National Biodiversity Planning Processes, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 24-27 March 2013

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