The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Poznań, Poland – COP 14

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznań will be a milestone on the road to success for the processes which were launched under the Bali Road Map. The meeting comes midway between COP 13 in Bali, which saw the launch of negotiations on strengthened international action on climate change, and COP 15 Copenhagen, at which the negotiations are set to conclude.

Background of the Project

Mangrove ecology is one of the most productive and biodiversity wetlands on earth. Yet, these unique coastal tropical forests are among the most threatened habitats in the world. They may be vanishing more quickly

UNEP Tunza Youth International Conference, Germany

Leverkusen, 31. August 2007 – The TUNZA International Youth Conference hosted by Bayer in Leverkusen ended with a tree planting event. All 180 participants planted a tree on the Bayer site as their personal contribution to the “Plant for the Planet: The Billion Tree Campaign,”

UNEP Asia Pacific Civil Society Meeting, Seoul, Korea

Representatives from Asia-Pacific region covering the five sub-regions of Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and the South Pacific are gathering in Seoul from 25-26 October 2007 to discuss the region’s input to the 9th Global Civil Society Forum (GCSF) to be held on 20-22 February 2008 As associated meeting of UNEP Governing Council / Global Ministerial Forum, the 9th GCSF will take place in Monaco on 19 February 2008.

This year, Asia-Pacific Regional Civil Society Meeting is to discuss four major issues including:

UNEP Global Youth Retreat, Nairobi, Kenya

UNEP’s Global Youth Retreat is one of the main platforms for cooperation and interaction between UNEP and its youth partners.

It is the vision of the organization to “foster a generation of environmentally conscious citizens who will better influence decision-making processes and act responsilbly to create a sustainable world”.

The fourth TUNZA Global Youth Retreat marked twenty years of cooperation between UNEP and its youth partners from around the world. It took place in Nairobi, where young people will rub shoulders with decision makers and environmentalists from around the world.

Biodiversity on the Edge Conference, Bonn, Germany

In face of the 9th Conference of Parties (COP9) for the Convention of Biological Diversity, the German Youth Association for the Protection of Nature (NAJU) and Youth and Environment Europe (YEE) are planning an international youth conference. Young environmentalists from Europe, Africa, South America and Central Asia, who are interested in dealing intensely with the protection of biodiversity, are cordially invited to participate. The aim of this conference is to deal with this complex topic in a critical manner and to compose a resolution at the end of the meeting. The conference is also intended to emphasize the intercultural exchange among the participants.

Asia Pacific WED Celebration 2008, Asis Pacific Region

• Background: Kick The Habit, Towards a Low Carbon Economy
World Environment Day (WED), commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. WED was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.

Asian Hong Kong Climate Change Coalition Conference on July

About Asian Hong Kong Climate Change Coalition (HKCCC)

The HKCCC Asian Youth Summit on Climate Change will be held from July 15 to 19, 2008 at the University of Hong Kong, China. Its main objective is to provide a platform for Asian university students to discuss climate change and investigate possible solutions. The goal is to have student delegates benefit from their participation as much as possible. The conference should not only be expanding the participants’ knowledge on climate change: it should empower them to take action on climate change upon returning home. The organisers aim to achieve this through a mix of workshops and expert panel discussions . Equally important are our social events that will foster a sense of belonging to one Asian community. This is important as climate change is a global problem that requires people from different places to work together.