7 July 2010: The UN University (UNU) hosted a lecture by Patricia Espinosa, Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs and the Chair of the upcoming 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP16), on 5 July 2010. She discussed Mexico’s preparations for COP 16, which will convene in Cancun, Mexico, at the end of 2010.
Espinosa stated that, as COP 16′s host country, Mexico is determined to push for substantive agreements from all parties. She stressed the need...
2 September 2010: The Japan-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Public Symposium on Climate Change and Biodiversity, organized by the UN University (UNU), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), took place on 2 September 2010, in Tokyo, Japan.
The Symposium was held on the occasion of the Second Japan-CARICOM Ministerial-Level Conference and brought together Caribbean...
October 2010: The UN University (UNU) has published a report on local management approaches for enhancing marine biodiversity in the Pacific.
The report is the product of a process coordinated by the Traditional Knowledge Initiative of the UNU–Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) to foster dialogue on traditional marine management areas of the Pacific in the context of national and international law and policy. The report incorporates information from two dialogue sessions and four workshops...