Conference Agrees Steps To Safeguard Farm Animal Diversity	A recent international conference has agreed an action plan to protect the diversity of farm animals. Civil society groups -- meeting in their own alternative forum -- also adopted a declaration on protecting livestock diversity, focusing on the perils of global industrial farmingl. more
Climate Talks on Track for Bali?	A key conference in Bali in December this year -- set to launch a process for agreeing on future action to mitigate and adapt to climate change -- is drawing closer, sparking political activity that is regularly making headlines around the world. more
Desertification Conference Adopts Action Plan, Fails to Agree on Funding	Participants at a recent international meeting on desertification agreed on a ten-year action plan, without, however, managing to strike a deal on how to fund its implementation. The issue of trade was discussed in the margins of the meeting, with a focus on the potential of trade as a tool for aiding implementation of the action plan. more

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OECD Questions Biofuels Fix, Calls for WTO Certification

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Events	24 September, New York, USA: UN HIGH LEVEL MINISTERIAL MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE. A high-level ministerial meeting is being planned to take place during the UN General Assembly sessions in September. The event is tentatively scheduled for 24 September 2007, at UN headquarters in New York. internet: http://www.un.org/ga/61/
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Resources	KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON. By Walt Peterson (Royal Institute of International Affairs, July 2007). This book analyses human energy consumption and the dangers it poses to the planet. It proposes a new approach to thinking about energy, in order to progress and improve in energy security and consumption, maintaining low costs and distributing it to all corners of the globe. For more information, visit http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/790/
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