Japan Tour in preparation of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity in October 2010 in Nagoya (COP-MOP 5 und COP10). At the invitation of Japanese civil society, Christine von Weizsäcker met with parliamentarians of GLOBE, academics, civil society organizations and representatives of industry. She participated in the GLOBE Symposium on Biodiversity, Crop Diversity and COP10, gave the keynote speech at a public event by the Nagoya Univ/Asahi Forum at Asahi Hall, and held a seminar for graduate Students at Depanrtment for Environmental Studies.

Ecoropa supports the Request to the International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation for a Dictamen on the Possible Contradictions between TRIPS and the Convention on Biological Diversity by the Spanish environmental NGO Ecologistas en Acción in cooperation between Isabel Bermejo and Christine von Weizsäcker.

Outcome of Request for a Dictamen TRIPS versus CBD at the International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Reconciliation (in reaction to Ecoropa’s Letter in 2000)

ECOROPA meets with Diverse Women for Diversity at the occasion of the Fourth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, co-organized by Liz Hosken, Vandana Shiva, Freda Meissner-Blau, Christine von Weizsäcker and others in Bratislava (Slovakia)

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The so-called "Earth Summit" resulted in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the Agenda 21, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Forest Principles and the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).