BBC Newsnight Interesting reality check on climate change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9485183.stm

Climate Change and Adaptation Congress

Resilient Cities 2011: Second World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change

The second World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change will focus on urban adaptation planning and practice, urban risk assessment, costs and financing of urban climate change adaptation, socio-economic and institutional dimensions of climate change adaptation, and strategy, policy integration and mainstreaming of climate change. The event is convened by ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability), the City of Bonn and the World Mayors Council on Climate Change.   

dates: 3-5 June 2011   location: Bonn (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Germany

For more info visit:

http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/resilient-cities-2011-second-world-congress-on-cities-and-adaptation-to-climate-change/

World Bank Writing Meeting in Marseille on Climate Change in the Arab Countries

World Bank Writing Meeting for Report on Adaptation to a Changing Climate in Arab Countries

The World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) is developing a regional Climate Change Flagship Report, "Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries." A writing meeting will be held to prepare the First Draft of the Report ready for formal public review. Preferences will be given to early career professionals and to engaging new contributors from the full geographic range of the Arab region.  

dates: 1-5 June 2011   location: Marseille (Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur), France   

For more info visit: 

http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/world-bank-writing-meeting-for-report-on-adaptation-to-a-changing-climate-in-arab-countries/

 

Interesting Summit at the ILO on E-environment

E-environment Day at World Summit on Information Society Forum 2011

This Day is co-organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Basel Convention Secretariat, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The Day will focus on the role of information and communications technologies (ICT) for the environment, one of the action lines defined in the WSIS Geneva Plan of Action. The event will include workshops, interactive discussions, publication releases and networking sessions on issues such as energy efficiency, climate monitoring and adaptation, e-waste and the green economy transition. The event will be open to all stakeholders, including governments, private sector, civil society, academia, as well as international and regional institutions. Participation in this event is possible either on-site or remotely, presenting recent publications or displaying the most recent activities from relevant organization at the e-environment exhibition stand.   

date: 18 May 2011   venue: ILO Conference Center   location: Geneva (Geneve), Switzerland   

For more info visit:
http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/e-environment-day-at-world-summit-on-information-society-forum-2011/ 

UNEP Map and graphics of Environment and Security of migration in the Mediterranean

http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/migration

BBC news feed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13326870

Global capitalism and 21st century fascism

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/04/201142612714539672.html