Sustainable development policy: Royal Society report
The Royal Society has issued a report People and the Planet - a view of population, consumption, poverty and prospects for development
The Royal Society has issued a report People and the Planet - a view of population, consumption, poverty and prospects for development
The CBD's scientific advisory mechanism SBSTTA 16 is meeting 30 April - 5 May 2012. Strong emphasis on marine, but covers also REDD+, Global Taxonomy Initiative, Global Biodiversity Outlook, Geoengineering and emerging issues.
The Second Plenary meeting of IPBES has finished - detailed coverage available so far from IISD. Two areas of emphasis were first the workplan, based on the submitted paper, from which priorities were identified as an "assessment of assessments" and development of a conceptual framework - together with capacity building and other measures. Second was the location and operation of the secretariat- Bonn was agreed.