This online course is organized by the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to facilitate international negotiations, public sector work, and diplomatic engagement in relation to climate change by enabling enhanced understanding of the science of climate change, its international policy framework, and the key negotiation issues pertinent to a post-2012 climate change agreement.
dates: 4 October - 26 November 2010
location: virtual
additional: Internet-based
e-mail: diplomacy@unitar.org
www: http://www.unitar.org/event/climate-change-diplomacy
The tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is expected to assess achievement of the 2010 target to reduce significantly the rate of biodiversity loss, adopt an international regime on access and benefit-sharing and celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity 2010.
dates: 18-29 October 2010
location: Nagoya (Aichi), Japan
contact: CBD Secretariat
phone: 1-514-288-2220
fax: 1-514-288-6588
e-mail: secretariat@cbd.int
www: http://www.cbd.int/cop10
This meeting will be the fourth and final session of the International Renewable Energy Agency's (IRENA) Preparatory Commission. IRENA became a fully-fledged international organization on 8 July 2010, with the 25th ratification of its statute, so the agenda will be dominated by preparations for the legal transition from Preparatory Commission to IRENA, as well as decisions on the Agency's 2011 Work Programme.
dates: 24-25 October 2010
location: Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi), United Arab Emirates
www: http://www.irena.org/
