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TUESDAY, MAY 13
WASHINGTON- Natalia Tamirisa, deputy chief of the International
Monetary Fund's World Economic Studies Division, speaks at a
briefing hosted by the United States Energy Association on the
costs associated with climate change.

SEVILLE, Spain- World Biofuels Conference (to May 15).

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14
OSLO- The International Center for Tropical Agriculture will
discuss in a conference a report that suggests it was better to
give farmers vouchers or money to buy seeds in local markets
rather than send in seeds from elsewhere. The report is of seed
aid given to 15 nations mainly in Africa since 1974.

VENICE, Italy- Post-2012 global climate treaty options
conference.

THURSDAY, MAY 15
ISTANBUL- 31st International Road Transport Union (IRU) World
Congress (to May 16).

SAN DIEGO, California- Carbon World 2008 (to May 16). Link:
www.apx.com/news/events.asp

BERLIN- 2nd Annual Clean Coal Technologies and Strategies Forum
(to May 16).

MONDAY, MAY 19
BONN, Germany- The governing body of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will hold its
ninth meeting ("COP 9") in Bonn (to May 30).

PRAGUE- The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) - 16th Economic and Environmental Forum (to May 21).
Link:
here
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TUESDAY, MAY 20
LONDON- Corporate Climate Response (to May 22). Link:
www.greenpowerconferences.com

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
LONDON- Solar Innovations & Investment (to May 23). Link:
www.greenpowerconferences.com/

MIAMI, Fl.,- 3rd Annual Biofuels Markets Americas (to May 22).
Link: www.greenpowerconferences.com/

THURSDAY, MAY 22
UNITED NATIONS- International Day for Biological Diversity.

CHICAGO- Corporate Climate Response - Chicago (to Sept. 23).
Link: www.greenpowerconferences.com

SATURDAY, MAY 24
KOBE, Japan- G8 environment ministers meeting (to May 26).

COPENHAGEN- Copenhagen Climate Council - World Business Summit
on Climate Change (to May 26). Link:
copenhagenclimatecouncil.com/

SUNDAY, MAY 25
KOBE, Japan- G8 environment ministers meeting continues (to May
26).

MONDAY, MAY 26
KOBE, Japan- Final day of G8 environment ministers meeting.

TUESDAY, MAY 27
ILULISSAT, Greenland- Denmark has invited high-ranking officials
from Norway, Russia, the United States and Canada to meet in
Greenland to discuss competing claims to the Arctic (to May 29).

BRUSSELS- Friends of Europe - Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS):
Making it Happen. Link: www.friendsofeurope.org/

BRUSSELS- The European Refining and Fuels Conference on
Low-Carbon Fuels Implementation (to May 28). Link:
www.hartenergyconferences.com/

NEW YORK- Carbon Finance and Investment Summit (to May 30).
Link: www.apx.com/news/events.asp

BRUSSELS- Seminar on EU Biobanking Infrastructure at the EU
Parliament.

LISBON- 5th International Conference on the European Electricity
Market (to May 30). Link:
here

THURSDAY, MAY 29
BRUSSELS- The Lisbon Council holds 2008 Robert Schuman Lecture
on "Climate change challenges and the 450 stabilisation case:
Capping CO2 emissions"

FRIDAY, MAY 30
COPENHAGEN- Copenhagen Consensus 2008, where more than 55
international economists, including 4 Nobel Laureates, will
assess more than 50 solutions and assemble a list of priorities
for everyone involved in solving the world's biggest challenges.
The global challenges being adressed are: Air pollution,
subsidies and trade barriers, malnutrition and hunger,
conflicts, terrorism, global warming, diseases, water and
sanitation, education and women and development.

NEW DELHI- India will unveil in June a national plan to deal
with the threat of global warming.

TOKYO- Japan, the world's fifth biggest polluter, will announce
a target in June for cutting domestic greenhouse gas emissions
by 60-80 percent from current levels by 2050.

TUESDAY, JUNE 3
PARIS- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) Forum 2008. 'Reform to Perform - Towards a more
prosperous, stable and sustainable future' and Climate Change,
Prosperity and Stability (to June 4). Speakers include European
Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, WTO Director-General
Pascal Lamy, and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria.

ROME- High-Level Conference on World Food Security and the
Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy (to June 5). Link:
here

BRUSSELS- Green Week (to June 6) with Stavros Dimas,
Commissioner for Environment, European Commission. Link:
here

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
PARIS- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) annual ministerial meeting (to June 5). OECD ministers to
discuss climate change, trade and global economy.

THURSDAY, JUNE 5
GLOBAL- United Nations World Environment Day.

BRUSSELS- EU Environment Council meeting.

SUNDAY, JUNE 8
NEW DELHI- Biofuels Markets Asia. Link:
www.greenpowerconferences.com/

TUESDAY, JUNE 17
SYDNEY- Clean Energy Australia 2008 (to June 19). Link:
www.terrapinn.com/2008/clean%5Fau/

BARCELONA- Wind Energy 2008. Link:
here

MONDAY, JUNE 23
SINGAPORE- Carbon Markets Asia (to June 25). Link:
www.greenpowerconferences.com/

TUESDAY, JUNE 24
KINGSTON, Ontario, Canada- World Wind Energy Conference (to June
26). Link: www.wwindea.org/home/index.php

THURSDAY, JUNE 26
LUXEMBOURG- EU environment ministers meet.

FRIDAY, JUNE 27
TOKYO- Fifth Meeting of the Legislators Forum of the G8+5
Climate Change Dialogue will convene in the Japanese Diet
(Parliament) (to June 29). Link:
www.globeinternational.org/

MONDAY, JULY 7
HOKKAIDO, Japan- G8 Summit (to July 9). Japan will host a
meeting on African development on the sidelines of the G8
summit. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans to meet British
Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the sidelines of the summit.
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- Final day of G8 Summit. Leaders from 16
countries including the Group of Eight (G8), China, India,
Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, South Korea, South Africa and
Mexico will gather to discuss climate change on the sidelines of
the G8 summit.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
LONDON- World Nuclear Association (WNA) 33rd annual symposium
(to Sept. 5). Link: www.wna-symposium.org/

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
LONDON- World Energy Leaders Summit (to Sept. 17). Link:
www.worldenergy.org/

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
MUMBAI- Carbonmarkets India (to Sept 30). Link:
www.greenpowerconferences.com/

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1
LONDON- Owners of gas-guzzling cars will have to pay 25 pounds
($49) a day to drive them in central London from October.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7
SINGAPORE- Carbon Finance Asia 2008 (to Oct. 10). Link:
www.terrapinn.com/2008/carbon/

SINGAPORE- Ethanol and Biofuels Asia 2008 (to Oct. 10). Link:
here

SINGAPORE- Clean Energy Asia 2008 (to Oct 10). Link:
www.terrapinn.com/2008/clean/

SINGAPORE- Solar Energy Asia 2008 (to Oct. 10). Link:
www.terrapinn.com/2008/solar/

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
ABUJA- International Renewable Energy Conference (to Oct. 26).
Link: irec-nigeria.com/irecnet/

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27
GENEVA- UNEP Sasakawa Prize ceremony, honouring 'outstanding
achievement in environmental thought and action.' Link:
www.unep.org

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29
BEIJING- Global WindPower/China WindPower (to Oct. 31). Link:
here

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28
WASHINGTON- Nasa to launch research mission to the Southern
Ocean. Researchers will battle the elements to study how gases
important to climate change move between the atmosphere and the
ocean under high winds and seas. Link: www.nasa.gov/

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30
ATLANTIC- 2008 Atlantic storm season expected to end.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 1
POZNAN, Poland- United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP14)
(to Dec. 12). Link:
here

SUNDAY, MARCH 22
GLOBAL- U.N. World Water Day. Link:
www.worldwaterday.org/

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
GLOBAL- Earth Day. Link: www.earthday.org/

MONDAY, MAY 11
MANADO, Indonesia- World Ocean Conference 2009 (to May 15).

THURSDAY, JULY 2
BLED, Slovenia- International Conference On Environmental
Education (Climate Change & Global Warming) (to July 5).

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30
COPENHAGEN- U.N. Climate Change Talks (to Dec. 11) 15th
Conference of the Parties. Link: www.cop15.dk/en/

MONDAY, MARCH 12
YEOSU, South Korea- International Expo 2012 "The Living Ocean
and Coast: Diversity of Resources and Sustainable Activities"
(to Aug. 12).

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