2008 2008-10-06
 en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/65087 (2008-133)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Selected Experts for the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change
I am pleased to inform you that after careful consideration of all nominations, the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties have approved the list of experts for the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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2008-09-26
en | SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/65050 (2008-126)
Notification to: National Focal Points
Online Dialogue on Biodiversity and Climate Change
The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) convened an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change through its decision IX/16.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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2008-09-18
en | SCBD/ITS/STTM/DC/JW/ac/mc/64688 (2008-105)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points of the Caribbean region, c.c. SBSTTA Focal Points
Capacity-building Workshop for the Caribbean region for National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, mainstreaming of biodiversity and the integration of climate change
I am pleased to inform you that a regional workshop for countries of the Caribbean region on capacity-building for national biodiversity strategies and action plans, mainstreaming of biodiversity and the integration of climate change will be held in Trinidad and Tobago, from 3 to 7 November 2008.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP)
Action required by 2008-10-03 |
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2008-09-11
en | SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/64477 (2008-114)
Nomination of Experts for the Ad hoc Technical Expert group on Biodiversity and Climate Change
The first meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change will be held from 17 to 21 November 2008 in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I am pleased to invite organizations actively participating in issues related to biodiversity and climate change, to provide the Secretariat with the name, coordinates and curriculum vitae of a nominated expert via an official letter. The nomination should be sent to the Secretariat by fax to +1 (514) 288-6588 or scanned and attached to an email addressed to: secretariat@cbd.int and should reach the Secretariat by 22 September 2008.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity
Action required by 2008-09-22 |
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2008-09-02
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/64477 (2008-109)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Reminder: Nomination of Experts for the Ad hoc Technical Expert group on Biodiversity and Climate Change
Reference is made to my earlier Notification dated 22 July 2008 with respect to the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change, to be held from 17 to 21 November 2008 in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland available at http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2008/ntf-2008-091-cc-en.pdf. I would like to remind those Parties that have not yet done so, to provide the Secretariat with the name, coordinates and curriculum vitae of the nominated representative of their government via an official letter. The nominations should be sent to the Secretariat by fax to +1 (514) 288-6588 or scanned and attached to an email addressed to: secretariat@cbd.int and should reach the Secretariat no later than 15 September 2008.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity
Action required by 2009-09-15 |
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2008-08-21
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/64561 (2008-106)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Submission of views on ways to integrate biodiversity considerations in climate-change related activities
The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9), through paragraph B.13 of decision IX/16, requests Parties to submit views on ways to integrate biodiversity considerations in climate change related activities. These views will also serve to provide relevant input into the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on biodiversity and climate change, as convened in paragraph B.12 of the same decision. Accordingly, I am pleased to request that you submit your views to the Secretariat by 1st October 2008, either electronically to secretariat@cbd.int or via fax to +1 (514) 288-6588.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity
Action required by 2008-10-01 |
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2008-08-06
en | SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/64589 (2008-100)
Notification to: Parties and other Governments, indigenous and local communities, and relevant stakeholders and organizations
Request for submissions of information on experiences on the development and application of tools relevant to the sustainable production and use of biofuels
I invite you to submit information on experiences on the development and application of tools relevant to the sustainable production and use of biofuels as well as relevant information from research on, and monitoring of, the positive and negative impacts of the production and use of biofuels on biodiversity and related socio-economic aspects, including those related to indigenous and local communities to the Secretariat (secretariat@cbd.int or fax +1-514-288-6588) at your earliest convenience, but no later than 31 March 2009.
Subject(s): Agricultural Biodiversity, Forest Biodiversity, Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, Climate Change and Biodiversity
Action required by 2009-03-31 |
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2008-07-23
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JW/jg/64477 (2008-091)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Nomination of Experts for the
Ad hoc Technical Expert group on Biodiversity and Climate Change
I am pleased to inform you that the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change will be held from 17 to 21 November 2008 in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity
Action required by 2008-09-15 |
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2008-03-31
en | SCBD/STTM/JW/lj/62957 (2008-035)
Call for comments on a proposal for terms of reference of a possible Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change
At the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Parties noted, through decision VII/15 there are opportunities to implement climate change mitigation and adaptation activities in ways that are mutually beneficial and synergistic, and that contribute simultaneously to the CBD, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol, and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity
Action required by 2008-04-10 |
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2008-03-03
en | SCBD/SEL/OJ/ac/62607 (2008-028)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities
List of Selected Participants for the
International Expert Meeting on Responses to Climate Change for Indigenous and Local Communities and the Impact on their Traditional Knowledge related to Biological Diversity - The Arctic Region, Helsinki, Finland, 25-28 March 2008
Thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Finland, an international expert meeting for the Arctic region on “responses to climate change for indigenous and local communities, and the impact on their traditional knowledge related to biological diversity”, will be held in Helsinki, Finland, from 25 to 28 March 2008. I am pleased to convey, herewith, the list of experts and representatives of international organizations who were selected on the basis of a fair representation of the Arctic region, expertise and gender consideration, as described in Notification (2007-153) dated 20 December 2007.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2007 2007-04-16
en es fr | SCBD/STTM/JW/AK/58055 (2007-046)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points
Cc: Intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and indigenous organizations
Web-based guidance on the Integration of Biodiversity Considerations within Climate Change Adaptation Planning - http://adaptation.biodiv.org.
The purpose of this web-based guidance (available at http://adaptation.biodiv.org) is to make relevant material, gathered for the development of the SBSTTA document, available to Parties.
(View also the notification in French and in Spanish)
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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2007-04-13
en es fr | SCBD/OMG/NP/ga/58067 (2007-044)
Notification to: CBD Focal Points
SBSTTA Focal Points
ABS Focal Points
CHM Focal Points
G8 2007 - Environment Ministers Meeting, Potsdam, Germany, 15-17 March 2007 - Chair’s Conclusions.
The Secretariat is pleased to inform you that the Chair’s conclusions of the meeting of the Environment Ministers of the G8 countries and of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, that was held in Potsdam, Germany from 15 to 17 March 2007, is accessible on the CBD website at the following internet address:
http://www.biodiv.org/doc/external/external-meetings/g8-potsdam-2007-03-17-en.pdf
(View also the notification in French and in Spanish)
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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2006 2006-02-27
en | SCBD/STTM/MG/jg/53744 (2006-017)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, UNFCCC National Focal Points and UNCCD National Focal Points
Expert/Government peer review of the draft report produced by the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Adaptation to Climate Change
The draft report, Further Assessment and Advice on the Integration of Biodiversity Considerations in the Implementation of Adaptation Activities to Climate Change, is open for comments, in the English language only. The purpose of the review is to assess the quality of the information and to obtain comments aimed at improving its relevance and accuracy.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity
Action required by 2006-04-17 |
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2005 2005-08-08
en | SCBD/STTM/MG/mr/50038 (2005-091)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
At its tenth meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 7 to 11 February 2005, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Advice decided, in its recommendation X/13, to establish an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biodiversity and Climate Change. After due consideration, taking into account the nominees’ expertise and experience related to biological diversity and climate change as well as to geographic distribution and gender balance, I am pleased to inform you that the AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change has been established.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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2005-07-18
en | SCBD/STTM/MGtA/mr/49759 (2005-085)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
SBSTTA Focal Points
UNFCCC National Focal Points
The AHTEG will hold its meeting from 13 to 16 September 2005 in Helsinki, with the financial support from the Government of Finland. One of its objectives is to produce the draft report on Integration of Biodiversity Considerations in the Implementation of Adaptation Activities to Climate Change at the Local, Sub-national, National, Sub-regional, and International Levels. A draft background document that will provide inputs for the Group to carry out its work in Helsinki is open for comments (to be provided in English only). The purpose of the review is to seek comments and observations on the scope and quality of the draft information presented, to identify gaps, and to obtain possible additional elements which should be included.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity
Action required by 2005-08-26 |
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2005-05-30
en | SCBD/STTM/MgtA/mr/49221 (2005-065)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points
Further to our Notification No. 2005-017 dated 16 February 2005, this is to inform you of the exact dates of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biodiversity and Climate Change, which will take place from 13 to 16 September 2005 in Helsinki, Finland.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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2005-02-18
en | SCBD/STTM/MgtA/VA/47416 (2005-017)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA focal points
Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Adaptation to Climate Change Helsinki – Finland – Tentatively scheduled for September 2005: Invitation to submit the name of an expert who may be called upon to participate in the AHTEG, together with a description of his/her expertise that is strictly related to the mandate of the Group as specified in the terms of reference contained in the attached SBSTTA recommendation X/13. Nominations should be received no later than 15 April 2005.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity, Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Action required by 2005-04-15 |
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2004 2004-07-08
en | SCBD/STTM//MGta/va/44235 (2004-058)
Notification to: National Focal Points of CBD, UNFCCC and UNCCD
The Secretariat is requesting the submission of case studies that illustrate the role of biodiversity in mitigating and adapting to global climate change, including lessons learned from these experiences
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity
Action required by 2004-11-01 |
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2003 2003-12-02
en | SCBD/I&O/DA/sp/39995 (2003-125)
Notification to: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points, Interested International Organizations
Publication of Technical Series #10 Interlinkages between Biological Diversity and Climate Change
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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2003-02-21
en | SCBD/STTM/MGtA/va/34066 (2003-021)
Notification to: CBD, SBSTTA and UNFCCC National Focal Points
Expert/Government Peer review of the Draft Report produced by the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biological Diversity and Climate Change on the Interlinkages between Biological Diversity and Climate Change and Advice on the Integration of Biodiversity Considerations into the Implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity
Action required by 2003-04-14 |
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2002 2002-08-15
en | UNEP/CBD/STTM/JM/dh/30495 (2002-063)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
The Executive Secretary conveys the list of experts and organizations invited to the second meeting of the ad hoc technical expert group on biodiversity and climate change to be held in Montreal, Canada, from 9 to 13 September 2002
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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2001 2001-12-21
en | UNEP/CBD/STTM/JM/va (2001-097)
The Executive Secretary conveys to the National Focal Points of the CBD the list of participants and the provisional list of documents for the Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biological Diversity and Climate Change to be held in Helsinki, Finland from 21 to 25 January 2002
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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2001-06-11
en | STTM/dc (2001-043)
Notification from the Executive Secretary to National Focal Points inviting Parties to submit the name of an expert who may be called upon to participate in an ad hoc technical expert group which will be in charge of a pilot assessment to prepare scientific advice to integrate biodiversity considerations into the implementation of the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol. All nominees will be included in the Convention's roster of experts
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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2000 2000-10-09
 en | (2000-032)
Liaison Group on Coral Bleaching and Marine and Coastal Resources in Bali, Indonesia
(October 24-29, 2000)
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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1999 1999-09-04
en | (1999-006)
Expert Consultation on Coral Bleaching, Manila, Philippines, 11 to 13 October, 1999
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity |
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