Bridges Trade BioRes • Volume 7 • Number 20 • 16th November 2007

Events

For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar, http://www.trade-environment.org/page/calendar.htm.

Coming up in the next two weeks

9 November, Geneva, Switzerland: STOCKHOLM CONVENTION POPRC-3. The third meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention. Internet: http://www.pops.int

19-20 November, Brussels, Belgium: BEYOND GDP. This high-level conference hopes to measure progress, true wealth and the well-being of nations. The European Commission, European Parliament, Club of Rome, OECD and WWF will host a high-level conference with the objectives of clarifying which indices are most appropriate to measure progress, and how these can best be integrated into the decision-making process and taken up by public debate. The conference will bring together high-level experts and policy makers to address these critical issues. Over 300 people from economic, social and environmental spheres from across the globe will attend. Preceding the main political conference, an expert workshop will be held, where leading practitioners will consider progress in the development and policy application of indicators of progress, true wealth, and well-being. Internet: http://www.beyond-gdp.eu/index.html

19-21 November 2007. Bonn, Germany: SECOND WORLD RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSEMBLY (WREA) 2007: This Assembly is the follow-up event of the First World Renewable Energy Assembly, of the 2nd World Renewable Energy Forum and of the International Parliamentary Forum on Renewable Energies, held in Bonn in 2004 and 2005. It is organized by EUROSOLAR and supported by InWEnt, by the City of Bonn, EUFORES, by the International Solar Energy Society (ISES), IUCN Environmental Law Center, Legambiente Italy, Global Green Cross, and World Future Council, among others. Internet: http://www.wrea2007.org

20-22 November, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: FIFTH ROUNDTABLE MEETING ON SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL: PROMOTING THE GROWTH, TRADE IN AND USE OF SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL. Participants at this meeting will discuss the latest developments in bringing sustainable palm oil to the marketplace and developing, verifying, and implementing global standards on sustainable palm oil production. Of special interest will be the unveiling of the Roundtable’s Certification System, which is expected to be a step in opening the door to creating a sustainable palm oil market. Internet: http://www.rspo.org/5th_Roundtable_Meeting_(RT5)_on_Sustainable_Palm_Oil.aspx