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NOVEMBER 2000
13 - 24 November, 2000 - UNFCCC Cop-6
Location -
The Hague, The Netherlands
Contact - Isabelle Colineau, UNFCCC, Bonn, Germany
Tel: +49-228-815-1425; fax: +49-228-815-1999;
Internet: http://www.unfccc.int

DECMEBER 2000
12-14 December 2000 - NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT PROGRAMME WORKSHOPS FOR NON-ANNEX I PARTIES TO THE UNFCCC
Location -
Asunción, Paraguay
Organizer - UNDP and UNEP in co-operation with the Secretariat of the UNFCCC.
Summary - This Programme provides technical support for the preparation of initial national communications under the UNFCCC. This is the last workshop under the 2000 work programme: the South American Regional Exchange Workshop on National Communications.
Contact - Rebecca Carman, National Communications Support Programme, UNDP-GEF, New York
Tel: +1-212-906-6928; fax: +1-212-906-6568;
Internet: http://www.undp.org/cc/

14 December 2000 - JOINT IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS
Location -
Bucharest, Romania
Summary – This workshop is part of the Dutch Governmentús Emission Reduction Unit Procurement Tender scheme
Contact - Ji-unit at the Ministry of Waters, Forest and Environmental Protection
Radu Paunescu
Tel/fax: +40-1-410-6394;
e-mail: paunescu@mappm.ro or
Mark van Wees, ECN
Tel: +31 224 564460; fax: +31-224-563-338;
e-mail: m.vanwees@ecn.nl.

19 December 2000 - JOINT IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS
Location -
Sofia, Bulgaria
Summary – This workshop is part of the Dutch Governmentús Emission Reduction Unit Procurement Tender scheme
Contact - Ji-unit at the State Energy Efficiency Agency SEEA
Yeni Katsarska
Tel: +359-2-981-3105; fax: +359-2-981-5802;
e-mail: Ji-unit.Katsarska@seea.government.bg or
Hanneke van de Ven, Novem
Tel: +31-30-239-3534; fax: +31-30-231-6491;
e-mail: h.van.de.ven@novem.nl

JANUARY 2001
17-18 January 2001 - US-UKRAINE BI-NATIONAL COMMISSION: SUB-GROUP ON CLIMATE CHANGE MEETING
Location – Kyiv, Ukraine
Contact – Dan Thompson; United States Agency for International Development; Kyiv, Ukraine;
Tel: +380-44-4625678; fax: +380-44-4625834;
e-mail: dthompson@usaid.gov

17-20 January 2001 - EIGHTH SESSION OF WORKING GROUP I OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Location -
Shanghai, China
Contact - N. Sundararaman; Secretary to the IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland;
Tel: +41-22-730-8208; fax: +41-22-730-8025;
Internet: http://www.ipcc.ch

29-30 January 2001 - EECO 2000: ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY CONFERENCE - BUSINESS STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH
Location -
Toronto, Canada
Contact - Globe Foundation of Canada, Vancouver, BC:
Tel: 1-800-274-6097 (in Canada or the US); fax: +1-604-666-8123;
Internet: http://www.eeco2000.com

FEBRUARY 2001
13-16 February 2001 - SESSION OF WORKING GROUP II OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Location - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contact - IPCC Secretariat, Geneva
Tel: 41-22-730-8208, fax: 41-22-730-8025
e-mail: ipcc_sec@gateway.wmo.ch

15-16 February 2001 - London
27-28 February 2001 – New York
Conferences on “Implementing JI and CDM: Project Finance in à Carbon Economy”
Organizer -
Environmental Finance magazine
Summary – discussion of the issues:
• What was resolved at Cop6? What was not?
• Identifying emissions risks and opportunities in project finance
• Incorporating Joint Implementation (JI) & the Clean Development Mechanism CDM) into corporate strategy
• Defining baselines and assessing project value
• Getting JI & CDM projects up and running
• Learning first hand the needs of developing countries
• Avoiding legal pitfalls
• Latest developments in carbon funds
• Developing à market in project-based carbon credits
Contact – tel. +44(0)20 72 519 151
info@environmental-finance.com
For more information see the conference announcement at http://www.ecosecurities.com/200about_us/
224more_news/environmental_finance_ji-cdm_conference.pdf

23-25 February 2001 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “FINGERPRINTS” FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Location - Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verita in Ascona, Switzerland
Summary - Participants will identify and examine possible indicators for global climate warming, in the changing patterns of species' distribution and behavior. Ecologists are invited to submit case studies on adapted behavior or shifting species ranges related to recent global climate warming and on bioindicators for à changing climate
Contact - Prof. Dr. C. Burga, Physical Geography Division, University of Zurich-irchel, Winterthurerstr. 190, Ch-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Fax: +41.1.6355906)
e-mail: cburga@geo.unizh.ch

MARCH 2001
March 26-27, 2001 - APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative Private Sector Forum

Location - Portland, Oregon USA.
Organizer - APEC Sustainable Development Network
Summary - The purpose of the Forum is to engage the private sector in à first ever dialogue with APEC representatives to develop an action agenda and target specific development opportunities for renewable energy in the twenty-one APEC economies.
Contact - Daniel Budihardjo, APEC Sustainable Development Network One World Trade Center
121 SW Salmon St., Suite 210
Portland, Oregon 97204 USA
Tel. 1-503-279-9565, fax.1-503-279-9381
email: dbudihardjo@apecnetwork.org
http://www.apecnetwork.org/

March 26-30, 2001 - Workshop 'Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass and Bioenergy Systems'
Location - Canberra, Australia
Organizer - Institute of Energy Research
Summary - Carbon accounting and emissions trading related to bioenergy, wood products and carbon sequestration. Contact - Kimberly Robertson, Institute of Energy Research, Joanneum Research Elisabethstrasse 5, 8010 Graz, Austria
Phone: +43/(0)316/876-1330, Fax: +43/(0)316/876-1320, E-fax +43/(0)316/876-91330
e-mail:kimberly.robertson@joanneum.ac.at
http://www.joanneum.ac.at/ieabioenergy-task25

March 27-30 - International Conference "Energy Efficiency and Alternative Energy Sources as à Way of Replacing Chernobyl Power Plant Capacities"
Location - Ukrainian House (2 Khreschatyk Str.), Kyiv, Ukraine
Organizers: VR Committee on Fuel Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety; Ministry of Fuel and Energy; Ministry of Ecology, NASU; Ukrenergozberezhennia company; Ukrainian Nuclear Society; State Committee for Energy Conservation; Energoatom company; Scientific and Technical League of Energy Engineers of Ukraine
Contact - Ukrenergozberezhennia
tel. (38044) 458-3662, 458-1873
email: uez@elan-ua.net

APRIL 2001
1-5 April 2001 - ACS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL AND UTILISATION

Location -
San Diego, CA, USA
Contact - Chunshan Song, Energy & Geo-env. Eng. Dept., Pennsylvania State University, 206 Hosler Building, University Park, PA 16802-5000, USA.
Tel: +1 814 863 4466 Fax: +1 814 865 3248
e-mail: csong@psu.edu

2-4 April 2001 - PLENARY SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Location -
Nairobi, Kenya
Contact - IPCC Secretariat, Geneva
Tel: 41-22-730-8208, fax: 41-22-730-8025
e-mail: ipcc_sec@gateway.wmo.ch,
Internet: www.ipcc.ch

8-11 April 2001 - 12th GLOBAL WARMING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXPO - KYOTO COMPLIANCE REVIEW
Location -
Cambridge, UK
Contact - Sinyan Shen, The Global Warming International Center Headquarters, Naperville, Illinois, USA;
Tel: +1-630-910-1551; fax: +1-630-910-1561;
Internet: http://www2.msstate.edu/~krreddy/glowar/gw12c.php

April 17-18 2001 - International Conference on Equity and Global Climate Change
Location - Washington, DC
Organizer - The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Summary - The conference will explore reasonable actions for all countries to take in addressing climate change, and will investigate how the underlying issues of competitiveness, economic growth, and ethics play into this debate.
Contact - Christie Jorge Santelises
e-mail: jorgec@pewclimate.org,
tel. +1-703-516-4146
http://pewclimate.org/events/spring_conf.cfm?o

23-25 April 2001- International conference "Clean Energy in Crimea"
Location
– Southern coast of Crimea
Organizer - Association “Ekologiya è Mir”
Summary -
23 April, 14.00 -19.00 - three technical workshops on à) wind energy, b) solar energy and c) energy conservation and efficiency.
24 April, 9.00-18.00 - Conference on "Clean Energy in Crimea"
Presentations cover the following main issues:
- development of clean energy in Washington, USA - effectiveness, funding, laws, rules, public involvement etc.
- development of clean energy in Crimea and Ukraine - effectiveness, funding, laws, etc.
- problems in development in both regions, solutions, sharing experience
- possible ways to improve situation in Crimea/ukraine, involving Ngos in monitoring clean energy financing process
- ways of cooperation
25 April, 9.00-13.00 - small group meetings to plan next steps in 1) technical issues and 2) management issues
14.00-17.00 - plenary session to report from small groups and adopt an Action Plan for Clean Energy Cooperation Between Crimea and Washington State
Contact - Andrey Artov, Executive Director, tel. (380652) 22-5497, fax: (380652) 29-0719
e-mail: artov_a@ekomir.simfi.net

MAY 2001

1 May 2001 - beginning of the Second Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Simulation
Organizer - The Queensland Emissions Trading Forum
Ñontact - Craig Windram, E3 International Pty Ltd, Environment, Economics & Ethics
tel: +61 (0)7 3878 2600, fax: +61 (0) 7 3878 9955 craigwindram@ethree.com.au
www.ethree.com.au

May 4 - 8, 2001- Seminar on Energy and Environment
Location - Budapest, Hungary
Summary - The seminar will provide training to Ngos from Central and Eastern Europe on global trends in the energy sector and their consequences on the regional and national levels. Topics will include energy sector privatization and liberalization, EU energy policy, nuclear policy and trends, connections between climate policy and energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources.
Contact - Robert Hodosi at rhodosi@energiaklub.hu, www.energiaklub.hu

8-10 May 2001 - World Sustainable Energy Conference & Exhibition
Location
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Organizer - NOVEM
Summary -the conference provides you with the opportunity to participate in the worldús largest clean energy forum. The exhibition will provide visitors and delegates to see à wide array of projects, equipment and services from individual components to turnkey projects for generating, selling and buying clean and reliable energy in à competitive market.
Contact - Marc V. Sterel
tel. 31-20-549-1212, fax 31-20-549-1843
Email: sustain2001@rai.nl,
website: http://www.sustain2001.com

9-10 May 2001 - Second International Combined Heat and Power Symposium
Location –
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Organizers - US DOE, International Cogeneration Alliance (ICA)
Summary – the Symposium will cover the international business strategies and emerging environmental policies which are driving the global market growth of CHP and distributed generation.
Contact – Quirine Boellaard q.heerkens@rail.nl,
tel. +31 (0) 549-1212
www.2ndchpsymposium.com

May 14-18 2001 - 11th AMS conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere
Location
- San Diego, CA
Organizer - University of Toronto
Summary - The Conference participants will consider questions of Atmosphere and Climate, as well as the related aspects of Hydrology/oceanography
Contact: Prof. Moore, tel. 416-978-4686, fax 416-978-8905
Email: moore@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca,
website: http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca

14th -18th May 2001 - THE 2001 INTERNATIONAL COALBED METHANE SYMPOSIUM
Location -
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Contact - Ms. Gwendolyn Hood ghood@ccs.ua.edu. or, Karl Schultz, U.s. Environmental Protection Agency, Coalbed Methane Outreach Program, 6202j Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460, USA.
Tel: +1 202 564 9468; fax: +1 202 565 2077

15th - 17th May 2001 - FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CARBON SEQUESTRATION - PROGRESS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
Location -
Renaissance Hotel, Washington DC, USA
Contact - National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Conference Services, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, P O Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940, USA.
Tel: +1 412 386 4763/6044 Fax: +1 412 386 6486 kimberly.yavorsky@netl.doe.gov

May 21 – June 1, 2001- UNFCCC Sb-14/resumed Cop-6: The 14th sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Location
- Bonn, Germany.
Summary - This meeting might also serve as the resumed Cop-6 (as outlined under Cop-6 decision Fccc/cp/2000/l.3).
Contact - UNFCCC Secretariat:
phone: +49-228-815-1000; fax: +49-228-815-1999;
e-mail: secretariat@unfccc.int;
Internet: http://www.unfccc.int

23-24 May 2001 - Workshop on Project Based Activities in the Clean Energy Sector
Location
- Asuncion, Paraguay
Organizer - USAID
Summary - This regional South American workshop will focus on project based activities in the clean energy sector - specifically the design and preparation of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. There will be à general overview of the climate change discussion, à more technical review of how to design and implement clean energy projects, and à section on carbon financing
Contact - Helena Olivas, CSDA
tel. 202-588-0155, fax 202-588-0756
email: guga@csdanet.org,
website: www.csdanet.org

31 May 2001 - national conference 'Smart Development: climate change and the built environment'
Location - Salford, UK
Organizer - Sustainability Northwest
Summary - Exploring the implications of climate change for the industrial and professional sectors dealing with development, regeneration and the built environment. The conference will establish climate change as à serious area of concern for professionals from the areas of surveying, construction, insurance, regeneration, architecture, planning, housing, public health and finance.
Contact - phone 0161 834 8834
email snw@snw.org.uk, http://www.snw.org.uk

31 May - 1 June, 2001 - I International Conference "Alternative and Renewable Sources of Energy vs Primary Energy Sources"
Location - Lviv, Ukraine
Summary - the conference will tackle the issues of energy saving, wind energy, solar energy, biogas, hydro, geothermal energy, alternative sources, environmental aspects of energy conservation.
Contact - Orest Mukha
tel. 380 322 52-27 41, 52-30 23, 52-26 81
e-mail: ñonfer@cstei.lviv.ua

JUNE 2001
6-8 June 2001 - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY IN NORTHERN EUROPE
Location -
Turku, Finland
Contact - Mia R., University of Turku, Finland;
Tel: +358-2-333-6009; fax: +358-2-333-5730;
e-mail: miaron@utu.fi;
Internet: http://figare.utu.fi/notice.php

17th - 22nd June 2001 - SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL MINE VENTILATION CONGRESS
Location -
Krakow, Poland
Contact - Waclaw Trutwin, Strata Mechanics Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-059 Krakow, ul. Reymonta 27, Poland.
E-mail: trutwin@img-pan.krakow.pl;
Internet: www.emag.katowice.pl/IMVC

19 - 22 June 2001 - International Fuel Ethanol Workshop
Location
- St. Paul, MN
Organizer - Bryan & Bryan Inc.
Contact - Marci Tucker
tel. 719-942-4353, fax 719-942-4358
Email: marci@bbiethanol.com
Website: www.bbiethanol.com

25-30 June 2001 - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETIES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Location - Jerusalem, Israel.
Contact - J. Lomas. Israel Meteorological Society, P.o. Box 25, Bet-dagan, 50250, Israel.
Email: agromet@ims.gov.il

JULY 2001

10 - 13 July 2001 - Challenges of à Changing Earth - Open Science Conference
Location
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Organizer - WCRP, IGBP, IHDP, IOC, CONGREX, KNAW
Summary - This conference will present the latest scientific understanding of natural and human driven changes on our planet. It will be organized around an integrated mix of plenary sessions, parallel sessions and poster viewing, allowing the presentation of both research highlights on major themes and the broad spectrum of individual research project contributing to international global change science.
Contact - Annemiek van Iersel
tel. 310-20-549-1212
Email: annemiek@congrex.nl
Website: http://www.sciconf.igbp.kva.se/fr.php

16th - 20th July 2001 - DETECTING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE - SCIENCE & SOCIETY
Location -
London, UK
Contact – Dr. Catherine Stickley, Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of Geography, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London, Wc1h 0ap, UK.
E-mail: c.stickley@ucl.ac.uk;
Internet: www.nmw.ac.uk/change2001/

16 - 27 July 2001 - resumed sixth session of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties
Location - Bonn, Germany
Summary - Key issues that must still be resolved at the resumed talks include:
à package of financial support and technology transfer to help developing countries contribute to global action on climate change, including measures for adapting to climate change impacts;
the establishment of an international emissions trading system and à "clean development mechanism";
the extent to which targets should be achieved through domestic action (vs. emissions trading and CDM); the rules for counting emissions reductions from carbon "sinks" such as forests and farmland; à compliance regime.
Contact - Michel Smitall +49-228-8151005,
msmitall@unfccc.int or
Michael Williams +41-22-917-8242,
michael.williams@unep.ch; Internet www.unfccc.int

July 31, September 11, and October 23, 2001 from 12:00
to 14:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- on-line conference on The Financial Aspect of Cleaner Production: The What, Why and How of Finance in Cleaner Production as Applied to Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States

The intent of the discussions is to assist people in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States in thinking about how to factor finance into their cleaner production project planning.
1. Getting Started: Management and Environmental Accounting, July 31
2. Money Saved is Money Made: Creating à Financial Analysis of à Cleaner Production Project, September 11
3. Obtaining External Financing, October 23
Location - www.envirodialogue2001.net
Ñontact - Alison Evans by email:
aevans@devtechsys.com,
telephone- 202 223 4405, or fax- 202 223 4401

August

August 19-24, 2001- 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL WARMING AND THE NEXT ICE AGE
Location
- Halifax, Canada
Organizer - Atmospheric Science Program
(Dalhousie University), the Canadian Meteorological and
Oceanographic Society, the American Meteorological Society.
Contact - Peter Chylek, Atmospheric
Science Program, Departments of Physics and Oceanography
Dalhousie University: phone: (902) 494-2337;
e-mail: Petr.Chylek@noaa.gov;
Internet: http://www.mathstat.dal.ca/HalifaxClimateConference/

August 20-24, 2001 - CLIMATE CONFERENCE 2001
Location
- Utrecht, The Netherlands
Summary - Aimed toward scientists and graduate students, this conference will take à critical look at the state-of-the-art in climate research.
Contact - Congress Bureau, Utrecht University, c/o M. van Haersma Buma, P.o. Box 80125, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands; fax: +31 30 2535851;
e-mail: m.buma@fbu.uu.nl
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~wwwimau/cc2001.php

August 21-24, 2001 - the International Energy Program Evaluation Conference
Location
- Salt Lake City, Utah
Summary - On August 21, there will be à series of workshops, including The Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, Verification, and Certification of GHG Emissions From Energy-efficiency Projects
Contact - Edward L. Vine, Ph D. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
tel: 1-510-486-6047, fax: 1-510-486-6996
email: elvine@lbl.gov,
Website: www.iepec.org

August 27-september 2, 2001 - Us-china Clean Energy Technology Forum
Location - Beijing, China
Contact - John Milhone, Allan Hoffman
Email: johnmilhone@ee.doe.gov, allanhoffman@ee.doe.gov,
website: www.ecee.org/events/China.php

August 29 - 31, 2001 - Unctad/earth Council Policy Forum on Trade and Climate Change: The State of the Greenhouse Gas Market
Location
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Summary - The Rio Policy forum will bring together stakeholders from the public and private sectors of both developing and developed countries to look at the trade and investment aspects of the emerging GHG market, as well as concrete GHG emission mitigation projects.
Organizer - UNCTAD; International Emissions Trading Association
Contact - Dianna Dinevski, fax: 41-22-907-0247
email: dianna.dinevski@unctad.org

SEPTEMBER 2001
9th – 14th September 2001 - ICCDU VI - 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CARBON DIOXIDE UTILISATION
Location -
Breckenridge, Colorado, USA
Contact - The Secretariat - ICCDU VI, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393, USA.
Tel: +1 303 384 6199 Fax: +1 303 384 6150
e-mail: iccduvi@nrel.gov www.nrel.gov/iccduvi
Tel: +49 3831 456 811 /703 Fax: +49 3831 456 687
e-mail: hypothesis@fh-stralsund.de;
Internet: www.hypothesis.de

September 17 - 20, 2001 - The 8th European Symposium on the Physico-chemical Behavior of Atmospheric Pollutants: A Changing Atmosphere
Location
- Torino, Italy
Summary - This symposium will provide à forum to discuss the impact of natural and man-made emissions on the chemistry of the atmosphere, and on the regional and global environment including climate. The focus will be on reactive greenhouse gases, photo-oxidants, aerosols, and clouds, and how their atmospheric burdens and lifetimes are controlled by emissions, transformations, and removal processes.
Organizer - European Commission Research DG, Environment Institute, Joint Research Centre (EC)
Contact - European Commission, phone: +39-0332-789958,
fax: +39-0332-785704,
email: torino2001@jrc.it,
website: http://www.ei.jrc.it/ap/events/torino2001

September 19 - 20, 2001 - Carbon Finance 2001: Exploiting new opportunities and markets in Co2 trading
Location
- Embassy Suites, New York, NY
Summary - An in-depth review of national, sectoral, and regional GHG emissions markets and the prospects for Cop-7.
Organizer - Environmental Finance
Contact - phone: 44-0-20-7251-9151
email: info@environmental-finance.com,
website: www.environmental-finance.com

September 24-26, 2001 - Conference on "International Climate
Policy after Cop6"
Location
- Hamburg, Germany
Summary - The conference will cover the following topics:

  • international flexibility in current climate policy
  • foundations of an efficient global climate regime
  • long-term integration of developing countries
  • the role of pro-active stakeholders
  • the way ahead for climate policy after COP 6

Organizers - the Hamburg Institute, the Hamburg University, the Hamburgische Electricitats-werke AG (HEW).
Contact - Sonja Butzengeiger, tel. +49-40-42834370,
fax: +49(0)40-42834-451
e-mail: climate@hwwa.de
website: www.hwwa.de/climate.php

September 24-29, 2001 - IPCC Plenary
Location
- London
Summary - IPCC Plenary to adopt/approve the Third Assessment Report (TAR) synthesis
Organizer - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Contact - IPCC Working Group 1, email: ipccwg1@meto.gov.uk website: http://www.ipcc.ch/

September 30 - October 2, 2001 - EMA 5th Annual Fall Meeting & International Conference
Location
- Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA
Organizer - The Emissions Marketing Association (EMA)
Summary - The conference will focus on the following emissions trading topics
1. Voluntary CO2 Commitments / GHG Trading Pilots
2. International Perspectives On Cop-7
3. State And Provincial Actions On Climate Change (focus on registries)
4. State-based Multipollutant Legislation
5. Managing Emissions Portfolio Risk Management In A Dynamic Market
6. System Design (auction vs. allocation, new source and renewables set-asides, etc.)
7. Regional Markets Update (RECLAIM, Texas, specialty markets)
8. Nox Emissions Trading Trends
Contact - David Feldner, EMA Executive Director
Fax: 414/276-3349
Phone: 414/276-3819 dfeldner@emissions.org,
Web: www.emissions.org

OCTOBER 2001

October 3-5, 2001 - "Climate Change 2: Canadian Technology Development" Conference
Location
-toronto, Canada
Organizer - Canadian Nuclear Society
Summary - The Conference constitutes à forum to explore and showcase Canadian technologies that could be developed and deployed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and/or remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
Contact - Duane Pendergast
tel: (403) 328-1804, fax: (416) 352-6150
Email: duane.pendergast@computare.org,
Internet: http://www.cns-snc.ca/events/CCEO/table_cceo1.php

October 6 - 8, 2001 - THE 2001 OPEN MEETING OF THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE RESEARCH COMMUNITY
Location
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Summary - Plenary themes of the meeting will address the challenges of integration in human dimensions research. One plenary talk will discuss the climate change issue in the post-kyoto era and the implications for human dimensions research.
For more information, visit the web site at:
http://sedac.ciesin.org/openmeeting/

October 8 - 9, 2001 - Carbon Finance 2001 workshop
Location
- London
Summary - An in-depth review of national, sectoral, and regional GHG emissions markets and the prospects for Cop-7.
Organizer - Environmental Finance, phone: 44(0) 20-7251-9151
email: info@environmental-finance.com
website: www.environmental-finance.com

October 9 - 12, 2001 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS & EMERGING ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGIES
Location -
Beijing, China
Contact - Dr Wangzhao Zhu, API, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 44, 2628 CA Delft, The Netherlands.
Tel: +31 15 2788 748 Fax: +31 15 2786 975;
e-mail: zhu@mail.api.tudelft.nl

October 21 – 25, 2001 - 18th WORLD ENERGY CONGRESS
Location - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contact -world Energy Council, Del Carmen 776-4º Piso, 1019 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tel: +54 11 4 813 2219
Fax: +54 11 4 814 3664

October 22 - 24, 2001 - 2001 INTERNATIONAL ASH UTILISATION SYMPOSIUM
Location -
Hyatt Regency Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Contact - Marybeth Mcalister, Publications Manager
E-mail: mbmc@noah.caer.uky.edu;
Internet: www.flyash.org

October 24 - 26, 2001 - Ènternational Ñonference "Carbon Sinks and Biodiversity"
Location
- Liege, Belgium
Summary - The conference aims to contribute to increase synergies among the various stakeholders (scientists, foresters, agronomy and nature conservation experts, NGO and decision makers). It is expected to address useful recommendations for conciliating land use, carbon sequestration and biodiversity to the European Union and international fora such as the CBD and the UNFCCC.
Organizer - The Ministry of the Walloon Region
Contact - N. Baute, tel. +32 81/33 58 43
email: n.baute@mrw.wallonie.be,
website: http://environnement.wallonie.be/presidence/en/event7/detail.php

October 25 - 27, 2001 - International Symposium on Artic Feedbacks to Global Change
Location
- Rovaniemi, Finland
Summary - This conference will feature à summary of Global Climate Model results for the Arctic, including in relation to the marine sector, terrestrial ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems and icecaps/glaciers.
Organizer - Nordic Arctic Research Programme and the Academy of Finland
Contact: - Peter Kuhry, phone: +358-16-341-2758,
email: peter.kuhry@urova.fi,
website: http://www.iisd.ca/updates/ca.php

October 29 - November 9, 2001 - UNFCCC Cop-7
Location -
Marrakech, Morocco.
Contact - Isabelle Colineau, UNFCCC, Bonn, Germany;
Tel: +49-228-815-1425; fax: +49-228-815-1999;
Internet: http://www.unfccc.int

NOVEMBER 2001

November 7-8, 2001 - The 2001 International Cmm/cbm
Investment Exposition/symposium

Location - Shanghai, Chinar
Organizer - China Coalbed Methane Clearinghouse
China Coal Information Institute
1) Investment opportunities in Cmm/cbm projects;
2) Cmm/cbm exploration and development technology
3) Cmm/cbm pipeline transport and use technologie
4) Financing, policy and regulatory issues

Contact - Mr. Huang Shengchu, Deputy Director
Mr. Zhu Chao, Project Manager
China Coalbed Methane Clearinghouse
35 Shaoyaoju, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100029, P. R. China
Tel: +86 (10) 8461-0779, or
013601200860
Fax: +86 (10) 8461-0779
Email: cbmc@public.bta.net.cn
Ms. Sally Hill
Administrative Assistant
Raven Ridge Resources, Incorporated
584 25 Road
Grand Junction, CO 81505 USA
Tel: +1 (970) 245-4088
Fax: +1 (970) 245-2514
Email: shill@ravenridge.com

November 12-13, 2001 - Workshop "Successful strategies for biomass-based GHG emissions reduction and mitigation: translating research into policy and implementation"
Location
- Edinburgh, UK
Organizer - IEA Bioenergy Task 38 (Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass and
Bioenergy Systems)
Workshop details -
http://www.joanneum.ac.at/iea-bioenergy-task38/announcement.doc,
or http://www.joanneum.ac.at/iea-bioenergy-task38

November 19 - 20, 2001 - Twelfth session of the Steering Committee of the Energy Efficiency 21 Project
Location
- Palais des Nations, Geneva
Organizer - UN Economic Commission for Europe
Contact - Catherine Pierre, UNECE, Sustainable Energy Division
telefax: +41 22 917 0038;
email: catherine.pierre@unece.org

November 20, 2001 - Fourth meeting of the Unf/unfip Experts Team on Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation
Location
- Palais des Nations, Geneva
Organizer - UN Economic Commission for Europe
Contact - Frederic Romig, UNECE, Energy Efficiency 21 Sustainable Energy Division
tel.: +41-22 917-4140, 917-2407
telefax: +41-22 917-0227, 917-0038 or 917-0123;
email: frederic.romig@unece.org

November 26, 2001 - Roundtable of the Climate Change Industrial Council
Location
- Ukraine, Kyiv, 34 Kreschatyk str.
Organizer - Climate Change Initiative together with Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Summary - the meeting will discuss opportunities for attracting investments to the GHG emission reduction projects implementation as well as the outcome of the project competition held by CCI.

DECEMBER 2001

December 6-7, 2001 - Workshop "From rhetoric to reductions - prompt start experience for fast Kyoto Mechanism project action"
Location
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Organizer - the Kyoto Mechanisms Experts Network
Summary - the workshop aims to identify the necessary actions for the rapid implementation of Kyoto Mechanism projects in all sectors and countries, and to encourage the international/inter-sector dialogue needed to further diffuse knowledge and experience of the Kms.
Detailed information -
http://www.kyoto-experts.com/workshop.asp

December 12 -13, 2001 - Canada - Ukraine Workshop on Greening Government Operations
Location
- Kiev, Ukraine
Organizer - National Technical University of Ukraine
“Kiev Polytechnic Institute”
Contacts - Inshekov Evgeniy, Director of Training Center for Energy Management
tel. (38044) 241-77-14 fax. 241 70 38
e-mail: tcem@tcem.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua,
eni@tcem.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua

December 12 -13, 2001 - Meeting "Climate change - What we know and what we need to know"
Location
- London, UK
Organizer - the Royal Society
Summary - This meeting will provide à forum for key representatives from academia, government, business and Ngos to examine the conclusions of the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report in the context of the information their sectors require in order to respond to the challenges presented by climate change.
Detailed information -
e-mail: climate@royalsoc.ac.uk

December 2001 – January 2002 - Workshop for the district heating companies of Ukraine
Location - Kyiv
Organizer -institute of Renewable Energy Source & Engineering of Ukrainian Construction Àñàdemy.
Summary - workshop for Ukraine’s district heating companies based on the results of the energy audit of district heating system of Brovary aimed at reducing energy consumption and GHG emission reduction under Ecolinks partnership grant program (in case of winning à grant).
Contacts – Mikhail Rabinovych, director
tel/f:+38 044 234-0364, tel: +38 044 234-1164
e-mail: org@pinei.kiev.ua

JANUARY 2002

January 6-11, 2002 - ENERGY POLICIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Location
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Summary - The objectives are to analyze current developments in climate and energy research, demonstrate latest technology and discuss appropriate measures for implementation.
Contact - http://www.rio02.de/

January 14, 2002 - Information meeting JI
Location
- Hague, Netherlands
Summary - Carboncredits.nl information meeting for the ERUPT program.
Contact - Ms. Jacqueline Hummel, Senter Intentional
tel.: +31 70 361 0495, fax: +31 70 361 0918
e-mail: carboncredits@senter.nl,
Internet: www.carboncredits.nl

January 19-21, 2002 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Location
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
Summary - This conference will consider the technical scope of power generation from offshore wind, waves, current and tidal schemes. The conference will also consider technologies for the medium- to long-term and will address technical challenges in developing renewable energy sources.
Contact - A.k.m. Sadrul Islam, Convener;
fax: +880-2-861-3046; e-mail: sadrul@me.buet.edu

January 21-23, 2002 - THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NON-GREENHOUSE GASES - SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING, CONTROL AND IMPLEMENTATION
Location
- Maastricht, Netherlands
Contact - the Symposium secretariat;
tel: +31-73-621-5985; fax: +31-73-621-6985;
e-mail: vvm@wxs.nl;
Internet: http://www.milieukundigen.nl

 

FEBRUARY 2002

February 6 - 7, 2002 - Implementing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions Strategies To Enhance Canadian Competitiveness
Location
- Toronto, Canada
Organizer - IQPC Canada
Contact - e-mail: info@iqpc-canada.com

February 8-10, 2002 - College Climate Response Conference
Location
- Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
Summary - The purpose of the conference is to gage interest in the College Climate Response concept. Workshop sessions will focus on greenhouse gas inventories, campus emission reduction opportunities, and participation on the part of à consortium in the developing offset market.
Organizer - The Green House Network (www.greenhousenet.org) and the Environmental Studies Department of Lewis and Clark College.
Contact - Eban Goodstein, Associate Professor
tel. +1 (503) 768-7626
fax +1 (503) 768-7611
e-mail: eban@lclark.edu

February 14-15, 2002 - Energy auditing 101: Identifying cost saving opportunities in plants and buildings
Location
- Sacramento, CA
Summary - Reducing your utility costs is still one of the most effective and achievable strategies for lowering the operating costs at your facility. This seminar is designed to provide you with the fundamental knowledge you need to evaluate how energy is being used in your facility and identify where energy consumption can be reduced. The instructor will place special emphasis on providing useful calculation methods and practical examples to help you evaluate the feasibility of à wide variety, of conservation measures. From the specifics of assessing the impact of deregulation on your future energy costs to learning from case studies of successful audits that met their savings goals - this program has it all.
Contact - tel. +1 (916) 922-20-20

February 19-21, 2002 - EYEFORENERGY EMISSIONS TRADING 2002
Location - Hotel Okura, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Summary - This conference is being co-located with EEO Europe: Energy Trading in the New Economy. The conferences will share one exhibition and networking social agenda, which increases the networking benefit of attending each.
Detailed information - Information about the conference is regularly updated at www.eyeforenergy.com/emissions where you can also view the full programme.

February 20 to 21, 2002 - Continental Energy Markets and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Implications
Location
- The Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Canada
Summary - This conference will explore à range of options related to the development of continental energy markets, giving particular attention to the implications of these various strategies on North Americaús ability to effectively address climate change concerns and meet related international commitments. Issues to be addressed through this conference include:
- Energy policy alternatives for the United States (expansion of supply and alternatives to this approach);
- The roles of parties with different commitments under the Kyoto Protocol and implications for NAFTA;
- Innovative approaches such as the Clean Development Mechanism, continental emissions trading, wind energy and geological storage; and
- Energy development in northern Canada.
Contact - Jo-ellen Parry
International Institute for Sustainable Development
161 Portage Avenue, 6th Floor
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3b 0Y4
Tel: +1 (204) 958-7796
Fax: +1 (204) 958-7710
E-mail: jparry@iisd.ca
URL: http://www.ceri.ca/confer_env.php#envi or http://www.iisd.org

 

MARCH 2002

March 7-8, 2002 - Energy auditing 101: Identifying cost saving opportunities in plants and buildings
Location
- Orlando, FL
Summary - Reducing your utility costs is still one of the most effective and achievable strategies for lowering the operating costs at your facility. This seminar is designed to provide you with the fundamental knowledge you need to evaluate how energy is being used in your facility and identify where energy consumption can be reduced. The instructor will place special emphasis on providing useful calculation methods and practical examples to help you evaluate the feasibility of à wide variety, of conservation measures. From the specifics of assessing the impact of deregulation on your future energy costs to learning from case studies of successful audits that met their savings goals - this program has it all.
Contact - tel: +1 (800) 423-32-97

March 18-19, 2002 - Coalmine Methane and Coalbed Methane
Location
- The Hatton, London
Summary - Coalbed and coalmine methane are set to revolutionise the way we produce energy from our natural resources. Find out how the global players have successfully and cost effectively developed coal bed and coalmine methane. Conference will also include evaluation of CBM and CMM projects, case studies, technological presentations, and policy and regulatory studies.
Organizer - Smi Energy Division
Contact - tel. +44 (0) 870-9090 72-11
fax: +44 (0) 870-9090 72-12
E-mail: imali@smi-online.co.uk
Internet: www.smi-online.co/cbm.asp

March 25-26, 2002 - CATEP Workshop on Design and Integration of National Tradable Permit Schemes
Location
- London, UK
Contact - Mr. Roger Salmons, Department of Economics, University College, London, UK
tel.: +44 20 7679 5206
e-mail: r.salmons@ucl.ac.uk,
Internet: www.emissionstradingnetwork.com

March 25-26, 2002 - Optimizing boiler performance
Location – Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Summary - This practical seminar presents à systematic approach which can be used to increase boiler efficiency in any type or size of facility. The instructor will show participants over 60 ways to improve plant performance. You will learn where to look for inefficiencies, how to monitor boiler performance, how to improve tune-up and maintenance procedures, and how to accurately measure and manage energy costs.
Contact – tel: +1 (215) 627-1200

March 25-27, 2002 - The Earth Technologies Forum
Location
- Washington, D.c.
Organizer - the International Climate Change Partnership (ICCP), and the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy
Summary - The conference will provide an opportunity for discussion of current global climate change and ozone protection technologies and efforts to bring them into the marketplace. One of the main features of the conference will be an exhibition of climate and ozone-friendly technologies and programs.
Contact - ETF, tel. +1 (703) 807-4052
website: www.earthforum.com,
e-mail: earthforum@alcalde-fay.com

 

APRIL 2002

April 8-9, 2002 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Location
- Manchester, UK
Summary - This conference will consider the challenge of climate change and its effects on buildings, their occupants and sustainability. Topics include: climate change scenarios and implications of interest to building designers, regulations and design criteria relating to weather data and climate change, Kyoto Protocol implications for the built environment, and how each country is dealing with climate change relating to the built environment.
Contact - H. Mccaffery; tel: +44-161-200-4252;
Internet: http://www.umist.ac.uk

April 8-10, 2002 - 'Financing Energy Efficiency' Workshop
Location - Pushcha Vodytsya, à resort centre near Kyiv, Ukraine
Organizer - The International Institute for Energy Conservation (Iiec-europe) and the Alliance to Save Energy
Summary - Representatives of governments, Ngos, private businesses, banks and donor organisations from Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Croatia, Macedonia will gather together to learn about positive experiences in financing energy efficiency, discuss specific emerging financing models and identify barriers to financing energy efficiency at the municipal level.
Contact - Iryna Pona, tel.: +44 020 7237 6523
fax: +44 020 7237 2462
e-mail: ipona@iiec.cerf.org

April 15-19, 2002 - PROGRAMME ON CLIMATE CHANGE – SCIENCE, IMPACTS AND POLICY RESPONSES
Location
- Imperial College, London, UK
Summary - This five day modular programme aims to bring à diversity of professionals together to help them understand the underlying science and the business impact of climate change and responses.
Contact - Ulrika Wernmark;
tel: +44-20-7594-6886; fax: +44-20-7594-6883;
e-mail: u.wernmark@ic.ac.uk;
Internet: http://www.ad.ic.ac.uk/cpd/climate.php

 

JUNE 2002

June 3-14, 2002 - 16th SESSION OF THE UNFCCC SUBSIDIARY BODIES
Location
- Bonn, Germany
Contact - UNFCCC Secretariat;
tel: +49-228-815-1000; fax: +49-228-815-1999;
e-mail: secretariat@unfccc.de;
Internet: http://www.unfccc.de

 

JULY 2002

July 10-11, 2002 - International conference “Investments and Climate Change: Opportunities for Ukraine”
Location - Kyiv, Ukraine
The objective of the conference is to promote investments in climate change mitigation activities.
The Conference focuses on:
Large private companies contribution to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction
Investment climate in Ukraine
UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol implementation in different countries
Funding mechanisms and sources for GHG mitigation activities
Investments in the GHG emission reduction - sector aspects
Public role in attracting investment to climate change mitigation
Contact - Alexander Khomenko
Climate Change Initiative, tel.: +(380 44) 253-07-08, 253-76-63, 253-51-77, fax: +(380 44) 253-50-68
office@climate.org.ua

AUGUST 2002

August 26 - September 4, 2002 - The World Summit on Sustainable Development
Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
Summary - Johannesburg Summit 2002 - will bring together tens of thousands of participants, including heads of State and Government, national delegates and leaders from non-governmental organizations (Ngos), businesses and other major groups to focus the worldús attention and direct action toward meeting difficult challenges, including improving peopleús lives and conserving our natural resources in à world that is growing in population, with ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security.
Organizer - UN Commission on Sustainable Development (Csd10)
Contacts - Johannesburg Summit Secretariat
Division for Sustainable Development
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Two United Nations Plaza, Dc2-2220
New York, NY 10017
e-mail: dsd@un.org
Internet - http://www.johannesburgsummit.org

 

SEPTEMBER 2002

September 23 - 27, 2002 -1st International Ukrainian Conference On Biomass For Energy
Location
– Kyiv, Ukraine
Summary - The Conference is aimed at encouragement of the use of biomass for energy production and promotion of sustainable development of bioenergy technologies in Ukraine.
Organizer - National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Scientific Engineering Centre «Biomass»
Contact – tel./fax +(38 044) 446 6091
e-mail - conference@biomass.kiev.ua
Internet - www.biomass.kiev.ua
Mail address - Dr. Georgiy Geletukha, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2a, Zhelyabov str. 03057, Kyiv, Ukraine

 

OCTOBER 2002

October 1-4, 2002 – The 6th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies
Location - Kyoto International Conference Hall, Japan.
Summary - The aim of this conference is to provide à forum for the discussion of the latest advances in the field of Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, including capture, storage and utilization of carbon dioxide (CO2 ). Other mitigation options, such as efficiency increase and use of renewable sources of energy are also included, as well as options for non-co2 greenhouse gases, policy and economic measures and social impacts, in à series of parallel sessions. Ghgt6 is the foremost conference bringing together the international community to discuss greenhouse gas control technology, putting the different measures in context with each other as mitigation options. The conference strives to promote international research and development collaborations and to encourage an exchange of ideas on future directions in this field.
Contact - registration office tel: +8l-6-6221-5931,
Internet: http://www.rite.or.jp/GHGT6/

October 3-6, 2002 – Control of the Greenhouse Effect
Location - Strasbourg, France.
Summary - This international conference will bring together 2,000 participants who are in charge of local authorities and enterprises and 60 professional exhibitors. The program comprises more than 20 talks on global warming, energy, transport and housing.
Contact - tel: 01-45-15-09-09
e-mail: ideal@reseau-ideal.asso.fr,
Internet: www.greenhouse-effect.org/

8-9 October 2002 - Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2002
Addressing the New Business Imperative

Location - Ruschlikon Swiss Reús Centre for Global Dialogue
Summary - The conference will bring together leading thinkers from Ngos, the regulatory, business and financial worlds, along with public opinion leaders. Together they will analyse, share experience, and develop new initiatives for cooperation and solutions to the greenhouse gas challenge.
Contact - Christopher.walker@swissre.com

October 9-11, 2002 - 25th World Energy Engineering Congress
Location
- Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA
Summary - Now in its 25th year, the World Energy Engineering Congress (WEEC) is the energy industryús largest and most comprehensive national event of the year. Presentations by more than 100 top industry experts will cover technology innovations, corporate and institutional energy management strategies, electric restructuring, ongoing marketplace developments, and the gamut of current issues facing decision makers in all areas of the energy field. Presenters will emphasize practical solutions and real world application success stories.
Contact – tel: +1 (770) 447-5083

October 9-11, 2002 – The Combined Heat & Power Conference Location - Atlanta, GA
Summary - Conference explores recent developments in the combined heat and power arena, which are contributing to the more widespread use of these technologies as à viable power supply option. End users will learn from experts about the latest developments in combined heat and power systems and their application within industrial, buildings, and governmental sectors. CHP, or cogeneration, is currently growing in importance as à means of adding generating capacity which avoids both the necessity of expansion of the transmission grid and the costly distribution losses. Contact -Ted Kurklis
tel: (770) 449-1595
Internet: www.aeecenter.org/

October 9-11, 2002 – The 2002 Environmental Technology Conference and Exhibition
Location - Atlanta, GA
Summary - The Conference is designed to update buyers on the latest issues impacting environmental compliance, as well as industrial equipment upgrades, commercial facility management and employee safety/productivity improvement. Technical fields covered include environmental management, renewable energy, energy saving, and sustainable business practices.
Contact -Ted Kurklis
tel: (770) 449-1595
Internet: www.aeecenter.org/

October 18-20, 2002 – The National Climate Education Project
Location -
Portland, OR
Summary - The Project is comprised of more than 120 volunteer speakers, who have given over 425 public presentations about the causes, impacts and solutions to global climate change.
Contact - The Green House Network
tel: (503) 236-7221
Internet: www.greenhousenet.org/

October 21-24, 2002 – The International Conference on Clean Coal Technologies for our Future
Location -
S Margherita di Pula (Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy
Summary - Topics to be covered include environmental policy, energy policy, conventional technologies improvement, clean coal demonstration projects, carbon-dioxide capture and sequestration technologies, public support for clean coal technologies (Ccts), and technology transfer of Ccts.
Contact - conference office
tel: +39 0781 509047
Internet: www.iea-coal.org.uk/cct2002/

October 23 - November 1, 2002 - EIGHTH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE UNFCCC
Location
- New Delhi, India
Contact - the UNFCCC Secretariat, Bonn, Germany;
tel: +49-228-815-1000;
e-mail: secretariat@unfccc.int;
Internet: http://www.unfccc.int/

October 24-25, 2002 – The Carbon Sequestration Conference
Location -
Houston, Texas
Summary - The aim of the conference is to examine the barriers for the future development of carbon sequestration technology and implementation. Specific focus will be on:

  • Regulation of CO2;
  • Public acceptance of carbon reducing technologies;
  • Commercialization of existing and future technologies; and
  • Developments and overview of technology and industries.

The event will provide delegates with information on where efforts in technological developments should be directed and how to implement carbon sequestration technology within regulatory and public opinion frameworks. This forum is designed for people with à vested interest in carbon separation, capture and storage technology.
Contact - Jessica Jones
tel: (0)20 7017 4027
Internet: www.ibcenergy.com/eq1112

October 28-30, 2002 - Climate Prediction Assessments Workshop Research and Applications on Use and Impacts
Location -
Alexandria, VA
Summary - Identify new climate applications and research on use and impacts of climate predictions; Promote interactions between climate-sensitive integrated research and service communities; Assess impacts of climate forecasts on environmental-societal interactions.
Contact - Fiona Horsfall
e-mail: Fiona.Horsfall@noaa.gov

NOVEMBER 2002

November 18-20, 2002 – Emissions Trading 2002
Location -
Sydney, Australia
Summary - The conference will focus on greenhouse gas emissions abatement and trading and will present the very latest on governmental policy, NGO initiatives and individual companies' strategies to mitigate their risk of an uncertain future. Through à series of case studies, energy and other heavy industry companies in Australia will explain how they are planning to reduce their emissions and their financial risk.
Contact - Sarah Robinson
tel: +44 20 7375 7555
Internet: www.eyeforenergy.com/etap2002/

November 18-21, 2002 – The 2002 Fuel Cell Seminar
Location -
Palm Springs, CA
Summary - The Seminar will bring together researchers, students, developers, marketers, and manufacturers from the international fuel cell community. This prestigious international conference will consist of three full days of presentations and discussions, and is expected to surpass previous Seminars in participation from domestic and international communities. The highlight of the Seminar will be the latest fuel cell R&D results. The Seminar will also include announcements of near-term efforts to launch pre-commercial demonstrations of fuel cells.
Contact - Fuel Cell Seminar Headquarters
tel: (202) 973-8671
Internet: www.gofuelcell.com/

November 19, 2002 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Workshop on "Carbon Sequestration - Pathway to à Sustainable Future for Fossil Fuels in à Carbon Constrained World"
Location - Geneva
Summary - The propose of this workshop is to provide à basic introduction to carbon sequestration together with à 'snapshot' overview of current status of international collaborative efforts to develop carbon sequestration technologies. Carbon sequestration offers significant potential to reduce Ghgs at costs and impacts that are economically and environmentally acceptable - as such, an assessment of the current costs and economic considerations will also be provided at the Workshop.
Internet: http://www.unece.org/energy/documents/CSeqWrkshop.pdf

November 20-22, 2002 - The 5th State and Local Climate Change Partners' Conference
Location - Annapolis, MD, USA
Summary - This three day conference will be à dynamic opportunity to discuss state and local successes and opportunities in addressing climate change.
Internet: http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/annapolis

November 21-22, 2002 – International Conference on SF6 and the Environment: Emission Reduction Strategies
Location - San Diego, CA
Summary - Representatives from electric utilities, the magnesium industry, related trade associations, other governments, and academia will convene here and learn the latest in handling and management of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), à potent greenhouse gas. The conference will explore new areas of government and industry collaboration in meeting shared goals. Participants will also have the opportunity to network and share experiences to-date on emission reduction strategies, specialized training, and measurement of performance against goals.
Contact - tel: (781) 674-7374
Internet: www.ergweb.com/projects2/sf6_conference/

November 27-29, 2002 - Gfse-3: The third meeting of the Global Forum on Sustainable Energy
Location
- Graz, Austria
Summary - The meeting will focus on public-private partnerships for rural development
Contact - Irene Freudenschuss-reichl, UNIDO;
tel: +1-212-963-6890; fax: +1-212-963-7904;
e-mail: freudenschuss-reichl@un.org

DECEMBER 2002

December 06-07, 2002 - Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
Location -
Berlin, Germany
Contact - Sabine Campe. c/o Global Governance Project, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), P.o. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Fax: ++49-(0)331-288 2640
Email: sabine.campe@pik-potsdam.de

December 8-14, 2002 – Pacem in Maribus (Peace on the Ocean)
Location
- Cape Town, South Africa.
Summary - Pim2002 is an annual conference dealing with issues pertaining to the ocean. The conference is called "The Ocean in the New Economy" and it will seek to explore problems created within the Ocean by the new economy and, more importantly, to identify opportunities for sustainable use that arise out of interactions between the new economy and the Global Ocean. The focus will be on Food, Transport, Living Space, Recreation, Security, Communication and Industry.
Contact - Pim2002,
Internet: www.ioinst.org/pim2002