Hi Emily and Ron,
Here's the confusion about where the CBD meeting takes place - there are
_two_ meetings planned: one in Bonn next Friday (10th June) and one in
London 3 weeks later (29 June - 1 July). Quoting from [1]:
As a follow up to these decisions, a mini-workshop on biodiversity and
geo-engineering will take place on 10 June 2011 in the margins of the
UNFCCC climate change meetings in Bonn. Furthermore, a Liaison Group
Meeting on Climate-Related Geo-Engineering as it relates to the CBD will
take place in London (29 June - 1 July 2011). The outcomes of these
meetings will be discussed at the sixteenth meeting of the Subsidiary
Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice to be held in
March, 2012.
I might consider attending the London event - but organising the methane
workshop is taking a lot of my time. And I find the attitude of the
H-O-M-E / ETC people pathetic yet aggravating [2]. For example, there
is no mention of possible _benefits_ of geoengineering on biodiversity,
e.g. (a) saving the Arctic sea ice along with an entire ecosystem and
(b) avoiding a mass extinction following massive methane excursion and
abrupt climate change.
Cheers,
John
[1] http://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2011/sp-2011-05-31-imo-en.pdf
[2]
http://www.handsoffmotherearth.org/2011/05/cbd-workshop-on-geoengineering/
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On 31/05/2011 20:38, Emily wrote:
dear geo group,
two bits of info here:
1) civil society opposes geo eg. Geopiracy: the Case Against
Geoengineering <http://www.etcgroup.org/en/node/5217>.
2) there is a CBD workshop on geo in Bonn in June, following on from
the moratorium.
best wishes,
Emily.
If you are attending the UNFCCC June meetings I would like to invite
you to join us for a mini-workshop on biodiversity and geo-engineering
to be held the 10^th June at the Gustav Stresemann Institute (a short
walk from the Maritim Hotel). Additional details on the mini-workshop
are in the attached document. If you are able to join us please rsvp
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>as space is limited.
Kind regards, Jaime
PS I would appreciate it if you could also disseminate this invitation
through your network.
Ms. Jaime Alexandra Webbe
Programme Officer - Dry and Sub-humid Lands and Biodiversity and
Climate Change
Convention on Biological Diversity
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
1-514-287-8718
**
*Mini-Workshop on Geo-engineering and Biodiversity*
*Friday, 10 June, 2011: 10am - 3pm*
*Gustav Stresemann Institute[1] <#_ftn1> - Bonn, Germany*
**
/Lunch and Cocktails will be served/
*/Background/*
Decision X/33 on biodiversity and climate change calls on Parties to
ensure that no large scale climate-related geo-engineering activities
that may affect biodiversity take place, untilthere is an adequate
scientific basis on which to justify such activities and appropriate
consideration of the associated risks for the environment and
biodiversity and associated social, economic and cultural impacts.
The same decision calls for additional work on the possible impacts of
geo-engineering techniques on biodiversity and associated social,
economic and cultural considerations, as well as options on
definitions of climate-related geo-engineering and gaps in
science-based global, transparent and effective control and regulatory
mechanisms for climate-related geo-engineering.
//
*/Themes/*
The mini-workshop will discuss the following items:
·Definitions for geo-engineering, including consideration of carbon
capture and storage;//
·Potential impacts of geo-engineering activities on biodiversity; and//
·Possible gaps and limitations in the global regulatory framework for
geo-engineering.//
//
*/Programme/*
10 am - 10:15 am
Welcome and introductions
10:15 am - 11 am
Presentation and discussion on definitions
11 am - 12:30 pm
Presentation and discussion on potential impacts of geo-engineering
activities on biodiversity
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Presentation and discussion on the global regulatory framework for
geo-engineering
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cocktails
//
The workshop will be convened by the CBD Secretariat thanks to the
kind support of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland and the Government of Norway.
**
*Please RSVP by Monday 6 June, 2011 to: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>*
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