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Workshop on Energy Efficiency Opportunities While Phasing-Down Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and 40th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
During OEWG 40, delegates considered the outcomes of this workshop and the report by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) on energy efficiency in the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump sectors, and how to take up energy efficiency opportunities while phasing down HFCs under the Protocol in the future. Much of OEWG 40 focused on addressing appropriate action in response to an unexpected increase in trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) emissions
22nd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) and 2nd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 2) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
SBSTTA 22 highlights included the adoption of voluntary guidance on protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, and guidance for avoiding unintentional introduction of invasive alien species, and prolonged debates on ecologically or biologically significant marine areas, digital sequence information (DSI), and synthetic biology.
Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress 2018
Speakers drew attention to the contribution of bamboo and rattan to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change. Many participants highlighted the market potential of bamboo in a variety of applications, including hi-tech and niche products in healthcare, sporting goods, and building materials.
26th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-26) to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
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If you are looking for our coverage of the 26th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-26) to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), which took place in June 2018, you are in the right place!