Atelier sur la géoingénierie organisé par le Secrétariat de la Convention sur la diversité biologique

Posted on May 30th, 2011

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À tous ceux qui seront présents à Bonn le 10 juin, nous vous suggérons de participer à cet atelier sur Géoingénierie et Biodiversité, organisé par le Secrétariat de la Convention sur la diversité biologique. Cet atelier est en lien direct avec le moratoire adopté en octobre dernier à la 10^ème Conférence des Parties à Nagoya, au Japon. Vous devez cependant confirmer votre présence au plus tard le 6 juin.

Mini-Workshop on Geo-engineering and Biodiversity

Friday, 10 June, 2011: 10am – 3pm

Gustav Stresemann Institute[1] – 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, until there 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: annie.cung@cbd.int

[1] See directions below

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