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COP-13
__NOTOC__ The 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place at the Bali International Conference Centre, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, between December 3 and December 15, 2007 (though originally planned to end on 14 December). Representatives from over 180 countries attended, together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations. The conference encompassed meetings of several bodies, including the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 13), the 3rd Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (MOP 3 or CMP 3), together with other subsidiary bodies and a meeting of ministers. Negotiations on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol dominated the conference. A meeting of environment ministers and experts held in June called on the conference to agree on a road-map, timetable and "concrete steps for the negotiations" with a view to reaching an agreement by 2009. It has been debated whether this glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bali Road Map
After the 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference held on the island of Bali in Indonesia in December 2007, the participating nations adopted the Bali Road Map as a two-year process working towards finalizing a binding agreement at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference encompassed meetings of several bodies, including the 13th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the third session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 3). The Bali Road Map includes the Bali Action Plan (BAP), which was adopted by Decision 1/CP.13 of COP-13. It also includes the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) negotiations and their 2009 deadline, the launch of the Adaptation Fund, the scope and content of the Article 9 review of the Kyoto Protocol, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bali Holocaust Conference
The Bali Holocaust Conference was held on June 12, 2007 in Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia. The conference aimed to promote religious tolerance and affirm the reality of the Holocaust and was attended by rabbis, Holocaust witnesses, and Muslim leaders, teachers and students. This event was convened by former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid, and was sponsored by the Wahid Institute, the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, and the Libforall Foundation. Wahid stated that although he is a good friend of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his views about the Holocaust are wrong and that it really happened. Among the attendants were Abraham Cooper, a rabbi and the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center; C. Holland Taylor, the chief executive officer of the Libforall Foundation; American Holocaust survivor Sol Teichman; Indonesian Catholic priest Franz Magnis-Suseno; Indian religious leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar; Tumini, a Balinese woman who was severely burned when al-Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In The Environment
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 2007. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues. Events *The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report is released *The Baiji, a freshwater dolphin that lived in the Yangtze River in China is declared extinct. The population declined drastically as China became industrialized and made heavy use of the river for fishing, transportation, and hydroelectricity. *The town of Wittenoom in Western Australia is disestablished due to asbestos contamination from past mining operations. *Friends of the Earth run the Big Ask Campaign calling for a new climate change law in the United Kingdom and 15 other EU member states. January *The Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security was signed. The signatories have agreed to promote energy security and find energy alternatives to conventional fuels. *A $400 million plan was announced to clean up the Sydney Tar Ponds, a hazardous waste site on Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Indonesia
Events from the year 2007 in Indonesia Incumbents Events January * January 1 – Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Makassar Strait, Indonesia. * January 1 – A speed boat capsized in the coastal area of Java Sea, Central Kalimantan. Fifteen people were killed in this accident. * January 1 – Whirlwind and landslides hit Lampung. * January 2 – Floods inundated 107 houses in Sambas, West Kalimantan. * January 2 – Strong whirlwind hit Bali and Nusa Tenggara, One person was killed, and one temple and three houses were damaged. * January 3 – Four-meter high ocean waves destroyed 65 houses in the southern coast of Huangobotu village, Gorontalo. * January 7 – New mudflow eruption was detected in Kedung Cangkring, Jabon, Sidoarjo, approx. 1.5 km from the first eruption. * January 9 – Bakri, a local fisherman, found a piece of the tail of the Adam Air's missing Boeing 737 in Makassar Strait, 8 km south of Pare Pare, and about 300 m from the shore. The debris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
