2016
February:
IPBES 4 and Stakeholder days
Christine von Weizsäcker participated in the Fourth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES 4) and in the Stakeholder Days prior to it.
Christine von Weizsäcker participated in the Fourth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES 4) and in the Stakeholder Days prior to it.
March:
International Expert Workshop „Recent Developments in Synthetic Biology – Strategies for Environmental Risk Assessment“
Ecoropa organized an International Expert Workshop on „Recent Developments in Synthetic Biology – Strategies for Environmental Risk Assessment“ with Christine von Weizsäcker and Ricarda Steinbrecher and other invited experts.
Ecoropa organized an International Expert Workshop on „Recent Developments in Synthetic Biology – Strategies for Environmental Risk Assessment“ with Christine von Weizsäcker and Ricarda Steinbrecher and other invited experts.
March:
European Expert Meeting in Preparation of SBSTTA 20
Christine von Weizsäcker participated in the European Expert Meeting in Preparation of the Twentieth Meeting of SBSTTA.
Christine von Weizsäcker participated in the European Expert Meeting in Preparation of the Twentieth Meeting of SBSTTA.
March:
Liaison Group on Capacity-Building in Biosafety
Christine von Weizsäcker participated in the Eleventh meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-Building in Biosafety
Christine von Weizsäcker participated in the Eleventh meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-Building in Biosafety
April:
SBSTTA 20 & Strategy meetings
Christine von Weiszäcker and other ECOROPA members participated in the Twentieth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technological and Technical Advice to the Convention on Biological Diversity (SBSTTA 20). The event also included several strategy meetings with other NGOs, as well as the organisation and participation in two side events on „The Relationship between the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Synthetic Biology – relevance to the Convention on Biological Diversity“ and on „Terminator and Gene Drives“.
Christine von Weiszäcker and other ECOROPA members participated in the Twentieth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technological and Technical Advice to the Convention on Biological Diversity (SBSTTA 20). The event also included several strategy meetings with other NGOs, as well as the organisation and participation in two side events on „The Relationship between the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Synthetic Biology – relevance to the Convention on Biological Diversity“ and on „Terminator and Gene Drives“.
May:
SBI 1 & meetings
Christine von Weizsäcker and other ECOROPA members participated in the First meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The event also included meetings with representatives of other civil society organisations and of Indigenous and Peoples and Local Communities.
Christine von Weizsäcker and other ECOROPA members participated in the First meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The event also included meetings with representatives of other civil society organisations and of Indigenous and Peoples and Local Communities.
May:
Strategy meeting "Biodiversity and Financial Mechanisms"
Christine von Weizsäcker and Ricarda Steinbrecher organized a strategy meeting on “Biodiversity and Financial Mechanisms – similarities and differences between climate change and biodiversity applications”.
Christine von Weizsäcker and Ricarda Steinbrecher organized a strategy meeting on “Biodiversity and Financial Mechanisms – similarities and differences between climate change and biodiversity applications”.
June:
Working group Biodiversity of the German NGO Forum on Environment and Development
Christine von Weizsäcker participated in the meeting.
Christine von Weizsäcker participated in the meeting.
December:
Workshop on Synthetic Biology
Christine von Weizsäcker, Ricarda Steinbrecher and Helena Paul participated in a workshop on Synthetic Biology organized by the ETC Group and the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation.
Christine von Weizsäcker, Ricarda Steinbrecher and Helena Paul participated in a workshop on Synthetic Biology organized by the ETC Group and the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation.
September:
"Voice for Biodiversity!
Presentation by Christine von Weizsäcker at a COP 13 preparation seminar "Voice for Biodiversity" organized by the Naturschutzjugend (NAJU), the youth organisation of the Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU).
Presentation by Christine von Weizsäcker at a COP 13 preparation seminar "Voice for Biodiversity" organized by the Naturschutzjugend (NAJU), the youth organisation of the Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU).
December:
CBD COP 13
Christine von Weizsäcker, Helena Paul, Antje Lorch and Ricarda Steinbrecher participated in the Thirteens Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, (COP 13), the Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP 8) and the Second Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (MOP 2) in Cancun, Mexico. The meeting included strategy meetings with other civil society organisations and the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity, and the organisation and participation in the side event, " CRISPR Gene Drives: The Implications of Extinction Technologies and Species-Scale Engineering", participation in a press conference of Japanese NGOs on the "Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Biodiversity and People" as well as the publication of the daily NGO newsletter ECO.
Christine von Weizsäcker, Helena Paul, Antje Lorch and Ricarda Steinbrecher participated in the Thirteens Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, (COP 13), the Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP 8) and the Second Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (MOP 2) in Cancun, Mexico. The meeting included strategy meetings with other civil society organisations and the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity, and the organisation and participation in the side event, " CRISPR Gene Drives: The Implications of Extinction Technologies and Species-Scale Engineering", participation in a press conference of Japanese NGOs on the "Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Biodiversity and People" as well as the publication of the daily NGO newsletter ECO.