DIARY - Global Environment

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=========================================== FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 BREMEN, Germany- Beluga Skysail cargo ship departs for Venezuela utilising wind power by using a kite in a trial attempt to cut fuel consumption by 10-15 percent and reduce carbon emissions. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8 LONDON- (TENTATIVE) The British government is expected to give the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations. This is likely to be accompanied by publication of an Energy Bill. BARCELONA, Spain- Concentrated Solar Power for Power Generation. Link: here THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 WINNIPEG, Canada- David Barber, Director of the Center for Earth Observation, University of Manitoba, delivers speech to the Canadian Club of Winnipeg on "The Arctic, Climate Change and Canadian Sovereignty" - 1930 GMT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 PARIS- Mission Climat of the Caisse des Dépôts Conference on "IPCC 4th Assessment Report and Climate Change Adaptation". Link: here FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 BERLIN- International Green Week Berlin 2008 (to Jan 28). Exhibition for the Food Industry, Agriculture and Horticulture. LINK: here .gruenewoche.de/index_e.html SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 NEW ORLEANS- 88th meeting of the American Meteorological Society (to Jan. 24). Link: www.ametsoc.org/ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 BRUSSELS- Proposals on boosting European Union renewable energy usage along with a revision of the bloc's emissions trading scheme are due to be presented. MONDAY, JANUARY 28 BRUSSELS- EU - Sustainable Energy Week (to Feb 1). Link: www.eusew.eu/ TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 HONOLULU, Hawaii- The United States has invited major economies for a new round of talks about setting goals to curb greenhouse gas emissions (to Jan. 30). BRUSSELS- 4th Annual Brussels Climate Change Conference (to Jan. 30). Link: www.climate-policy.eu/ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 SOUTH AFRICA- South Africa's ban on commercial abalone fishing designed to protect stocks of the shellfish is expected to come into effect. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 NEW YORK- Voluntary Carbonmarkets (to Feb 6). Link: www.greenpowerconferences.com/ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7 NEW DELHI- International Institute for Sustainable Development -Sustainable Development Summit 2008 (to Feb 9). Link: here THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 BRUSSELS- Greening The Economy - New Energy for Business - 6th European Business summit (to Feb. 22). Link: www.ebsummit.org/ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 LONDON- 7th Carbon Investment Forum (to Feb. 26). Carbon Market Drivers and their Implications for Investment. Link: www.euromoneyenergy.com/ MONDAY, MARCH 3 SAO PAULO- Timberland Investing Latin America Summit (to Mar. 5). Optimizing the value of local forest investments. Lnk: here WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 SANTA BARBARA, Ca.,- ECO:nomics - Creating Environmental Capital (to Mar. 14). Link: www.economics.wsj.com/ BRUSSELS- World Biofuels Markets -(WBM) (to March 14). Link: www.worldbiofuelsmarkets.com/ FRIDAY, MARCH 14 CHIBA, Japan- G20 Environment Ministers meeting on climate change and environment (to Mar. 16). SATURDAY, MARCH 22 GLOBAL- U.N. World Water Day. SUNDAY, MARCH 23 GLOBAL- U.N. World Meteorological Day. SATURDAY, MARCH 29 GLOBAL- Earth Hour - global action on the environment by turning off lights for 1 hour. Link: www.earthhour.org/ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 ROVIGO, Italy- European Climate Conference (to Apr. 4). Link: here TUESDAY, APRIL 8 - Corporate Climate Response - Sustainable Manufacturing Summit (to April 9). Link: www.greenpowerconferences.com FRIDAY, APRIL 11 BRDO, Slovenia- Informal meeting of EU Environment Ministers (to Apr. 12). TUESDAY, APRIL 22 GLOBAL- Earth Day. Link:www.earthday.org/ WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 COLOGNE, Germany- Carbon Expo (to May 9). Link: www.carbonexpo.com/ THURSDAY, MAY 22 UNITED NATIONS- International Day for Biological Diversity. SATURDAY, MAY 24 KOBE, Japan- G8 Environmental Ministers Meeting (to May 26). LEIPZIG, Germany- International Transport Forum 2008. Transport and Energy: The Challenge of Climate Change, organised by the OECD International Transport Forum (to May 30). News conference on final day. THURSDAY, JUNE 5 GLOBAL- United Nations World Environment Day. MONDAY, JULY 7 HOKKAIDO, Japan- G8 Summit (to July 9). Link: www.mofa.go.jp/ TUESDAY, JULY 8 HOKKAIDO, Japan- G8 Summit continues (to July 9). Link: www.mofa.go.jp/ WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 HOKKAIDO, Japan- G8 Summit (final day). Link: www.mofa.go.jp/ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 LONDON- World Nuclear Association (WNA) 33rd annual symposium (to Sept. 5). Link: www.wna-symposium.org/. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20 DARWIN/ADELAIDE, Australia- (CHK DATE) 21st World Solar Challenge starts. Link: www.wsc.org.au/ MONDAY, OCTOBER 27 GENEVA- UNEP Sasakawa Prize ceremony, honouring 'outstanding achievement in environmental thought and action.' Link: www.unep.org SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 ATLANTIC- 2008 Atlantic storm season expected to end. MONDAY, MARCH 12 YEOSU, South Korea- International Expo 2012 "The Living Ocean and Coast: Diversity of Resources and Sustainable Activities" (to Aug. 12).