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Dear ENB Reader, The philosopher asked: “If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Those of us who care about sustainability could ask an analogous question, and one with far more practical implications: If a small number of individuals are discussing the future of our planet, and the rest of us don’t know what they are saying, are the things they discuss relevant? Are the decisions they reach valid?
No tree falls silently in the forest while the ENB is on the watch. The ENB has tracked and reported on the evolution of sustainable development as it has unfolded and provided the definitive open and transparent record to decision-makers and observers from around the world. Since 1992 we have published 3343 daily and summary editions of the ENB and have over 158,000 subscribers to our publication. Those ears are in jeopardy of being cut off. The ENB needs your help to continue providing full coverage of the Multilateral Environmental Agreement process. We’re kicking off our fundraising in 2014 with a special appeal to our readers. Will you help us meet our goal? You can do this two ways:
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We are doing all that we can to raise the funds necessary to continue publishing our unique and critical records of sustainable development. In doing so, writing to you, our readers, we have an exciting development to announce: In 2013 IISD and the United Nations Development Programme (UNEP) signed a new Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) relating to reporting services for UNEP and UNEP-Administered Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). Under the PCA, IISD and UNEP agree to provide Earth Negotiations Bulletin coverage of the UN Environment Assembly of UNEP, CBD, the chemicals conventions (PIC, POPS, Basel), Montréal Protocol, CMS, IPBES and other UNEP meetings through the end of 2014. The PCA provides a mechanism for governments to make direct contributions to UNEP or earmark funding to UNEP to be made available to IISD for activities under this agreement.
If you wish to use the new UNEP-IISD PCA to provide new funding or to earmark funds for Earth Negotiations Bulletin coverage, please copy me ([email protected]) and contact:
We strongly encourage you, our readers, to donate yourself, and/or raise the matter of funding for the Earth Negotiations Bulletin with those governments in a position to support our work.
Thank you for your support over these last two decades. With your help we hope to continue to be your ears in the MEA process and continue providing the Earth Negotiations Bulletin for many years to come.
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