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Ozone Depletion

Pre-'92

Apr. ’89:  COP – 1 to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

UNEP

Helsinki, Finland

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/1cop_hki.htm

 

May ’89:  MOP – 1 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the  Ozone Layer

UNEP

Helsinki, Finland

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/1mop_hki.htm

 

June ’90:  MOP – 2 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the  Ozone Layer

UNEP

London, UK

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/2mlonfin.htm

 

June ’91:  MOP – 3 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

UNEP

Nairobi, Kenya

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/3mnbofin.htm

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1992

Nov. ’92:  MOP – 4 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

UNEP

Copenhagen, Denmark

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/4mop_cph.htm

 

1993

Nov. ’93:  MOP – 5 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

UNEP

Bangkok, Thailand

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/5mop_bkk.htm

 

Nov. ’93:  COP – 3 to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

UNEP

Bangkok, Thailand

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/3cbkkfin.htm

 

1994

Oct. ’94:  MOP – 6 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the  Ozone Layer

UNEP

Nairobi, Kenya

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/6mop_nbo.htm

 

1995

Dec. ’95:  MOP – 7 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer

UNEP

Vienna, Austria

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/7mpviefn.htm

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1996

Nov. ’96:  COP – 4 to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

UNEP

San José, Costa Rica

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/4cop_snj.htm

 

Nov. ’96:  MOP – 8 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

UNEP

San José, Costa Rica

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/8mop_snj.htm

 

1997

Sept. ’97:  MOP – 9 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

UNEP

Montreal, Canada

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/9mop-rpt.htm

 

1998

Nov. ’98:  MOP – 10 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

UNEP

Cairo, Egypt

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/10mop-rpt.htm

                                                                 

1999

27 Nov. - 3 Dec. '99:  MOP - 11 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer & COP - 5 to the Vienna Convention

UNEP

Beijing, China

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/11mop.shtml

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2000

3-8 July 2000:  Second Circular of the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium - 2000

International Association for Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences

Sapporo, Japan.

http://www.eorc.nasda.go.jp/AtmChem/O3symp/1st-announce.html

 

July 2000:  20th Open-ended Working Group Meeting of the Parties to the  Montreal Convention

UNEP

Geneva, Switzerland

http://www.unep.ch/ozone

 

30 Oct. – 1 Nov. 2000:  Earth Technologies Forum 

Earth Forum

Washington, DC, USA

http://www.earthforum.com/

 

3-6 Dec. 2000:  3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and  Environmental Technologies

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hong Kong

http://www.ust.hk/apc2000

 

11-14 Dec. '00:  MOP – 12 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

UNEP

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/12mop.shtml

 

2001

June '01:  21st Open-ending Working Group Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

UNEP

Montreal, Canada

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/index.shtml

 

15-19 Oct. '01:  MOP – 13 to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

UNEP

Colombo, Sri Lanka

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/index.shtml

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Climate Change
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

1992

'92 - '97:  Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)

WMO, UNESCO, UNEP, ICSU (International Council for Science)

www.wmo.ch/web/gcos/meeting.html

 

June ’92:  UN Conference on Environment & Development Chapter 9: Protection the Atmosphere: Section C. Preventing stratospheric ozone depletion

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/agenda21chapter9.htm

 

1995

Dec. ’95:  GCOS Monitoring for Climate Change Detection in the Americas

WMO, UNESCO, UNEP, ICSU

Vina De Mar, Chile

http://www.wmo.ch/web/gcos/pub/iai_wksp.html

 

1996

July ‘96:  COP – 2 to the UNFCCC

UNEP

Geneva, Switzerland

www.unfccc.de/sessions/cop2/cop2doc.htm

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1997

Feb. – Mar. ’97:  Session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

UNEP

Bonn, Germany

http://www.unfccc.de/sessions/97feb/main.htm

 

July – Aug. ’97:  Session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

UNEP

Bonn, Germany

www.unfccc.de/sessions/97julaug/file13.htm

 

Oct. ’97:  Session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

UNEP 

Bonn, Germany

www.unfccc.de/sessions/97oct/file16.htm

 

Dec. ’97:  COP - 3 to the UNFCCC

UNEP

Kyoto, Japan

www.cop3.org/

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1998

May ’98:  Climate Change Mitigation and Financing Mechanisms in Asia

UNEP Collaboration Centre on Energy and Environment (UCCEE)

Goa, India

http://www.uccee.org/EconomicsGHG/Conferences/asia.htm

 

May ’98:  Climate Change Mitigation in Africa

UCCEE

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

www.uccee.org/EconomicsGHG/Conferences/VicFallsPart1.pdf.

 

May ’98:  Latin American and Caribbean Seminar on Greenhouse Gases

UCCEE

Quito, Ecuador

http://www.uccee.org/EconomicsGHG/Conferences/lac.htm

 

May ’98:  Climate Change Mitigation in Countries with Economies in Transition

UCCEE

Eger, Hungary

http://www.uccee.org/EconomicsGHG/Conferences/cet.htm

 

June ‘98:  Session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

UNEP

Bonn, Germany

www.unfccc.de/sessions/98june/file18.htm

 

Nov. ’98:  COP - 4 to the UNFCCC

UNEP

Buenos Aires, Argentina

www.cop4.org/

 

Nov. ’98:  Minutes of the Second Tripartite Review of the CC: Train Programme

UNITAR, GEF, UNDP

Buenos, Aires

www.unitar.org/cctrain/minutes.doc

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1999

May - June '99:  Session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

UNEP

Bonn, Germany

http://www.unfccc.de/mj99/index.html

 

July ’99:  Workshop on Climate Change and the Clean Development Mechanism  of the Kyoto Protocol

Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)

Majuro, Marshall Islands

http://www.iisd.ca/sd/aosis/sdvol28no1e.html

 

Oct. – Nov. ’99:  COP - 5 to the UNFCCC

UNEP

Bonn, Germany

http://www.unfccc.de/resource/cop5.html

 

2000

During 2000:  National Policy Association Breakfast Seminars on Global Warming

National Policy Association

Washington DC, USA

http://www.npa1.org/aid/gwflyer6.html

 

Apr. 2000:  Pacific Islands Climate Change Conference

South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

http://www.sprep.org.ws/

 

Apr. 2000:  11th Global Warming International Conference and Expo.

Global Warming International Program Committee, Global Warming International Centre

Boston, USA

http://globalwarming.net/gw11c.html

 

Apr. 2000:  11th Global Warming International Conference and EXPO. Kyoto Compliance Review

Boston, USA

Contact:  syshen@megsinet.net

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June 2000:  Session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

UNEP

Bonn, Germany

www.unfccc.de/sessions/index.html

 

19-20 June 2000:  The Kyoto Protocol:  The End of the Beginning

Royal Institute of International Affairs

London, England 

http://www.riia.org/Conferences/Climate2000.pdf

 

22-24 June 2000:  International Conference on Climate Change Communication

University of Waterloo

Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 

http://geognt.uwaterloo.ca/c3confer/

 

13-16 Aug. 2000:  Fifth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control  Technologies

CSIRO

Cairns, Northern Queensland, Australia.

http://www.ieagreen.org.uk/ghgt5.htm

 

11-15 Sept. 2000:  13th Session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies

UNFCCC

Lyon, France

http://www.unfccc.int/sessions/00sept/index.html

 

13-24 Nov. 2000:  COP 6 to the UNFCCC 

UNFCCC

The Hague, the Netherlands

http://cop6.unfccc.int/

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2001

May - June 2001:  Session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

to be confirmed

UNEP

http://www.unfccc.de/sessions/index.html

 

Oct. – Nov. 2001:  COP - 7 and Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

to be confirmed

UNEP

http://www.unfccc.de/sessions/index.html

 

2002

June 2002:  Session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

to be confirmed

UNEP

http://www.unfccc.de/sessions/index.html

 

Oct. - Nov. 2002:  COP - 8 and Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

to be confirmed

UNEP

http://www.unfccc.de/sessions/index.html

 

2003

June 2003:  Session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

to be confirmed

UNEP

http://www.unfccc.de/sessions/index.html

 

Dec. 2003:  COP - 9 and Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC

to be confirmed

UNEP

http://www.unfccc.de/sessions/index.html

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Energy

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

1992

June '92:  UN Conference on Environment and Development Chapter 9 – Protection of the Atmosphere: Section B, Energy Development, Efficiency & Consumption

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/agenda21chapter9.htm

 

1994

Feb. '94:  First Session of the Committee on New & Renewable Sources of Energy & on Energy for Development

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/11/esc/c13/1994

 

1995

Feb. ‘95:  Special Session of the Committee on New & Renewable Sources of  Energy & on Energy for Development

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/11/esc/c13/1995

 

July '95:  Report on the Solar Energy Summit - Para. 53

Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development

Geneva, Switzerland

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/inter/iacsd/95-17.en

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1996

’96:  UNDP Initiative for Sustainable Energy

UNDP Energy & Atmosphere Programme

http://www.undp.org/seed/eap/publications/unise/index.html 

 

Feb. ’96:  2nd Session of the Committee on New & Renewable Sources of Energy  & on Energy for Development

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/11/esc/c13/1996

 

Apr. ‘96:  Development of Energy Resources in SIDS

Commission on Sustainable Development – 4th Session

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1996/off/96-20a2.en

 

1997

Apr. ‘97:  Linkages between Energy & Sustainable Development

Commission on Sustainable Development – 5th Session

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1997/off/97-16.EN

Critical issues and policies for Sustainable Development (inc. Energy)

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1997/off/97-17A1.EN

Report of the Secretary General: Inventory of ongoing Energy-related programmes and activities of entities within the UN System

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1997/off/97--7.EN

Report from the Expert Workshop: "Fostering the linkage between Energy & Sustainable Development within the International Institutions

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1997/off/97-16.EN

 

June ‘97:  Further implementation of Agenda 21 – Para. 42: Energy

UN General Assembly Special Session

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/ga/recs/spec/RES-S19.2

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1998

Feb. ’98:  Report on Co-operation in the area of energy: preparation for the process in 2001- Para. 22-25

Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development - Eleventh meeting

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/inter/iacsd/98--1.en

 

Mar. ’98:  3rd Session of the Committee on New & Renewable Sources of Energy & on Energy for Development

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/11/esc/c13/1998

 

Sept. ‘98:  Report on Co-operation in the area of energy and preparations for the  discussion of energy in 2001

Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development - Twelfth meeting

Geneva, Switzerland

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/iacsd12.pdf

 

1999

Mar. ’99:  Co-operation in the energy area: Preparation for energy discussions in  2001

Report of the Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development at its thirteenth meeting

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/iacsd13.htm#cooperation

 

Apr. ‘99:  Report of the Secretary General on Preparatory Modalities for  discussion on Energy & Sustainable Development at the 9th Session of the CSD

Commission on Sustainable Development – 7th Session

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sg8-99.pdf

Addendum to the Secretary General Report on the Barbados Programme of Action – Energy Resources

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/6add12.pdf

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Apr. ’99:  1st Session of the Committee on Energy & Natural Resources for  Development

Commission on Sustainable Development

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/enrcom.htm

 

July ’99:  ISES 1999 Solar World Congress – Solar is Renewable

International Solar Energy Society

Jerusalem, Israel

http://tx.technion.ac.il/~meryzse/ises99.html

 

Sept. ’99:  Report of the Second Session of the Ad-Hoc Inter-Agency Task Force  on Energy

UN Ad Hoc Inter-Agency Task Force on Energy

Vienna, Austria

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/iaenr2.pdf

 

Nov. ’99:  Clean Energy Partnerships: Developing Global Solutions

US Agency for International Development

Seattle, USA

 

Nov. ’99:  International Workshop on Initiatives for Green House Gas Reduction

Tokyo, USA

Contact, e-mail: komari@mri.co.jp.

 

Dec. ’99:  USA – Africa Energy Ministers Conference

US Department of Energy

Arizona, USA

http://www.africaenergy.org/

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2000

Jan. 2000:  World Clean Energy Conference (WCEC 2000)

Geneva, Switzerland

Contact: WCEC Conference Secretariat, e-mail: icecag@zik.ch

 

Mar. 2000:  Ad-Hoc Open-Ended Group of Experts on Energy & Sustainable  Development

Commission on Sustainable Development – Inter-sessional to the 8th Session

New York, USA

Contact: Leticia Silverio, Coordinator, e-mail. silveriol@un.org

 

5-9 June 2000:  First World Conference and Exhibition on Biomass for Energy  and Industry 

Energia Trasporti Agricoltura, WIP Munich

Sevilla, Spain 

http://www.etaflorence.it/events/sevilla2000/sevilla.htm

 

July 2000:  World Renewable Energy Congress

UK World Renewable Energy Congress

Brighton, UK

Contact:  asayigh@netcomuk.co.uk

http://www.wrenuk.co.uk

 

Sept. 2000:  Woody Biomass as an Energy Source - Challenges in Europe

European Forestry Institute

Joensuu, Finland

http://www.efi.fi/events/2000/woody.html

 

2001

Feb. - Mar. '01:  2nd Meeting of Ad-Hoc Open-Ended Inter-Governmental Group of Experts on Energy

Commission on Sustainable Development 

New York, USA

Contact: Leticia Silverio, Coordinator, e-mail. silveriol@un.org

 

Mar. '01:  World Sustainable Energy Day

O.O. Energiesparverband

www.esv.or.at/aktuelles/WEST2001/index_e.htm

 

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