Our 2013 calendar marks the most important dates for anyone involved in climate change policymaking, campaigning and business.
If we’re missing any major events do let us know by emailing info (at) climatechangenews.com.
January
14-16 GLOBE Climate Legislation Summit, London
13-14, IRENA General Assembly
15-17, World Future Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi
17-18, Transforming Transportation 2013, Washington DC
21-28, 20th African Union Summit, Addis Ababa
23-27, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
31-Feb 2, Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2013
February
7-8, G20 energy sustainability working group meets
27-28, Like Minded Group of nations to review Doha talks, Geneva
March
4-10, Climate Week UK
11-15, High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy, Geneva
12-15, Green Climate Fund Board meeting
12, Arctic Summit, Oslo
13-15, Asia Water Week, Manila
22, World Water Day
25-27, Latin American Carbon Forum 2013
30, BRICS summit, South Africa
April
17-18 Clean Energy Ministerial, New Delhi
22, Earth Day
22-24, World Ocean Council Sustainable Ocean Summit, Washington DC
29-May 3, UNFCCC Durban Platform talks, Bonn
May
13-17, IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee
14-16, ICAO Symposium on Aviation and climate change
22, International Day for Biological Diversity
22-24, Global Reporting Initiative: Conference on Sustainability and Reporting, Amsterdam
27-30, Asian and Pacific Energy Forum, Vladivostock
31, OPEC General Meeting, Vienna
31-June 2: Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation, ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability), Bonn, Germany
June
3-14, First Sessional meeting of UNFCCC, Bonn
5, World Environment Day & Plant for the Planet – The Billion Tree Campaign
8, World Oceans Day
11-Aug 6, IPCC, WG II – First Order Draft of AR5 – Expert Review
13-14, G8 Summit, UK
17, World Day to Combat Desertification
18-20, GEF Council Meeting, Washington DC
July
Petersberg Climate Dialogue, Germany (Date TBC)
20-Sep 14, IPCC, WG III – First Order Draft of AR5 – Expert Review
August
TBC, EIA release US greenhouse emissions report
September
5-6, G20 Leaders Summit, St Petersburg
16-20, 44th Pacific Islands Forum, Marshall Islands
24-29, UN General Assembly, New York
24-Oct 4, 38th Assembly of ICAO
October
5-Nov 30, IPCC, WG I – Second Order Draft of AR5 – Government and Expert Review
9, International Conference on Climate Justice, Edinburgh, UK
21-25, International Marine Protected Area Congress, Marseille
November
11-22, COP19/CMP9, Warsaw, Poland
TBC, IEA World Energy Outlook released
27-29, Conference on Climate Change, Water and Disaster in Mountainous Areas, Kathmandu
December
9-13, European Forest Week