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
This meeting is organized by the Government of the Netherlands in cooperation with the Governments of Ethiopia, Norway and New Zealand, the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). The meeting aims to provide concrete actions to link the implementation of agriculture-related investments, policies, and measures with long-term carbon emission reductions and adaptation benefits. It will address new and additional and innovative ways of financing the roadmap for action and aims to contribute to the UNFCCC climate talks in Cancun, Mexico. The conference will include a ministerial roundtable.
dates: 31 October - 5 November 2010
location: The Hague (Zuid-Holland), Netherlands
contact: Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands
e-mail: agriculture2010@minlnv.nl
www: http://www.afcconference.com/
