The 8th Session of the United General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals was held from 3 to 7 of February 2014 and dealt with a group of thematic areas divided in three clusters.
MEPIELAN Centre | Feb 17, 2014 | 4 min read
The United Nations Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) consisting of 26 internationally leading scientists held its inaugural meeting from 30 to 31 January 2014 in Berlin at the invitation of the German Federal Government. The session was organized by UNESCO, in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office and the German Commission for UNESCO.
MEPIELAN Centre | Feb 11, 2014 | 3 min read
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Government of the Seychelles, hosted the Blue Economy Summit, which took place from 19 to 20 January 2014, in Abu Dhabi.
MEPIELAN Centre | Feb 3, 2014 | 4 min read
On 31st December 2013, Republic of Ireland submitted its first National Implementation Report under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (known as the Aarhus Convention) to the secretariat of the Aarhus Convention.
MEPIELAN Centre | Jan 24, 2014 | 3 min read
The 18th Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP 18) to the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols was held from 3 to 6 December 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey.
MEPIELAN Centre | Jan 10, 2014 | 3 min read
The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw, Poland was held from 11 to 23 November 2013. It involved a number of events, including the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP 19) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 9th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 9).
MEPIELAN Centre | Jan 2, 2014 | 5 min read