Waste Management
13 Feb 2013
This meeting is co-organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, and the UN Centre for Regional Development, under the theme of "3Rs in the Context of Rio+20 Outcome - The Future We Want". The meeting is expected to address, among other matters: 3Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) and resource efficiency measures towards achieving the outcome of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20); new and emerging...
13 Feb 2013
The Basel Convention Regional Coordinating Centre - Caribbean (BCRC), together with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), is hosting this workshop to enhance implementation of the Stockholm Convention in the Caribbean Region. The workshop will identify priority areas for support in chemical and waste management as they apply to the production, phasing out and elimination of intentional/unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs/UPOPs) in the region. [ for more information: http://sids-l...
09 Feb 2013
The 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 72) will convene at UN Headquarters on Tuesday, 12 September 2017. The General Debate will open on Tuesday, 19 September 2017. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/72nd-session-of-the-un-general-assembly-unga-72/ ]
09 Feb 2013
The 71st Regular Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 71) will convene at UN Headquarters on Tuesday, 13 September 2016. The General Debate will open on Tuesday, 20 September 2016. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/71st-session-of-the-un-general-assembly-unga-71/ ]
09 Feb 2013
Organized by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), this meeting is for representatives of the Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The meeting will bring together GEF focal points, focal points from the main Conventions (Biodiversity, Desertification, Climate Change and POPs), representatives from civil society and representatives from the GEF...
