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World Wetlands Day: Wetlands and Climate Change, 2 February 2010

The 2010 World Wetlands Day theme, Caring for wetlands — an answer to climate change — reflects the need for global and national action to protectland species and ecosystems under continuing threat from unsustainable human practices, about the likely impact of climate change on wetland ecosystems, and importantly, about the role of wetlands in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Ramsar 2009 – World Wetlands Day.

Conference: Bio-Sequestration and Climate Law and Policy, 23 October 2009, New York, New York

A one-day conference, “Bio-Sequestration and Climate Law and Policy,” will be held in New York City on October 23, 2009. These topics will be addressed:

• The Science of Sequestration and its Role in Climate Policy
• Lessons Learned from On-the-Ground Projects
• Reducing Emssions from Deforestation in Developing Countries
• Federal Legislation and Incentives for Sequestration
• Forest and Agricultural Products and Co-benefits
• Sustainability Criteria
• Measuring, Monitoring, Verification, and Certification

The program is being sponsored by Columbia Law School’s Center for Climate Change Law and the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources.

Click for further information and registration information (PDF).

Conference: Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Resources – 10-11 November 2009, Ismailia, Egypt

There is now ample evidence of the ecological impacts of recent climate change from polar terrestrial to tropical marine environments. The Egyptian Society for Environmental Sciences (ESES) will host the fourth international conference on “Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Resources” that will take place in Ismailia, Egypt on 10-11 November , 2009.

More: The 4th International Conference of SCU & ESES: “Impacts of Climate change on Natural Resources”

Forest Day 3, 13 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2009 is possibly the most important year for forests in living memory. We are in the final stretch of the road to Copenhagen, and COP 15, where negotiators expect to finalise a post-Kyoto global climate agreement in December. To coincide with the conference, CIFOR, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) and the Government of Denmark will host Forest Day 3. Forest Day 3 will build on the success of Forest Day 1 and 2 in helping to ensure forests are high on the agenda for future climate outcomes, and will pave the way forward in making these outcomes work beyond Copenhagen.

More: Forest Day 3

Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change, 22-23 October 2009, Washington DC