Environment and Energy

Biodiversity Events in Focus

1 November 2005: Launch of the Report "Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions", a three year project in collaboration with the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School and supported by Swiss Re and UNDP, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

24 June 2005, 1:15-2:45 pm: “Voices From the Community Commons: Exploring Poverty- Environment Linkages and Local Strategies for the MDGs”, Conference Room 7, UN Secretariat

22 May 2005: The International Day for Biological Diversity – UN Secretary General’s Message.

19 May 2005: The second Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report, Biodiversity and Human Well–being: A Synthesis Report for the Convention on Biological Diversity launched.

19-23 March 2005: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Technical Committee and Board Meeting, New York.

26-30 January 2005: World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting 2005 "Taking Responsibility for Tough Choices" Davos, Switzerland.

24-28 January 2005: International Biodiversity Conference, “Biodiversity: Science and Governance”.

17-21 January 2005: Meeting of the Group of Like-Minded Megadiverse Countries. New Delhi, India.

17-25 November 2004: The Equator Initiative at the World Conservation Forum (3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress) Bangkok, Thailand. Presenting the Community Mubaan - a dialogue space to recognize communities as a vital driving force of sustainable development.

3-4 June 2004 – “Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological, and Economic Dimensions”, Rüschlikon Executive Roundtable; Zurich, Switzerland.

19 May 2004 – Celebrating International Biodiversity Day: "Learning from Community Action: Biodiversity and the Millennium Development Goals" featuring panel discussions with UNDP Administrator Mark Malloch Brown, and Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General; New York.

19 February 2004 – Equator Prize 2004 Awards Ceremony - held at the 7th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

16 February 2004 – UNDP Side Event on “Access & Benefit Sharing and Traditional Knowledge: Analysis and Findings of Capacity Assessments undertaken by Selected Countries through the UNDP/GEF Biodiversity Enabling Activities”; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

9-20 February 2004 – 7th Conference of the Parties (COPVII) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

5-20 February 2004 – Community Kampung at the COP7 to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia