2011
January:
ABS Strategy meeting
International ABS Strategy Meeting, Preparation of our ABS-Publikation (Chee Yoke Ling (TWN), Joji Carino (IIFB), Hartmut Meyer (ENSSER, EED, Ecoropa), Michael Frein (EED), Francois Meienberg (Berne Declaration, Ecoropa), CvW (Ecoropa) in Berlin, Germany
International ABS Strategy Meeting, Preparation of our ABS-Publikation (Chee Yoke Ling (TWN), Joji Carino (IIFB), Hartmut Meyer (ENSSER, EED, Ecoropa), Michael Frein (EED), Francois Meienberg (Berne Declaration, Ecoropa), CvW (Ecoropa) in Berlin, Germany
January:
WECF - Board of Trustees
Women in Europe for a Common Future Board of Trustees meeting with Christine von Weizsäcker as president, in Utrecht, Netherlands
Women in Europe for a Common Future Board of Trustees meeting with Christine von Weizsäcker as president, in Utrecht, Netherlands
January:
IEG Woman/Major Group meeting in preparation for Rio+20
Discussion and Elaboration of IEG Women/Major Group Input into the Ministerial Meeting in Nairobi February 2011 in Preparation for RIO+20, with Sascha Gabizo (Director WECF) and Christine von Weizsäcker (President)
Discussion and Elaboration of IEG Women/Major Group Input into the Ministerial Meeting in Nairobi February 2011 in Preparation for RIO+20, with Sascha Gabizo (Director WECF) and Christine von Weizsäcker (President)
January:
Club of Rome Working Lunch on Climate Change and Biodiversity
Working Lunch with Mark Dubrulle, President Club of Rome, Europe and Ecoropa Member, und CvW, President Ecoropa, on cooperation regarding Climate Change and Biodiversity negotiations, organized by Club of Rome Europe and Ecoropa.
Working Lunch with Mark Dubrulle, President Club of Rome, Europe and Ecoropa Member, und CvW, President Ecoropa, on cooperation regarding Climate Change and Biodiversity negotiations, organized by Club of Rome Europe and Ecoropa.
January:
Aurelio Peccei Lecture: The Biodiversity Crisis and its Governance
76th Aurelio Peccei Lecture at The Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences in Brussels, Belgium on , presented by Christine von Weizsäcker and organized and moderated by Mark Dubrulle (Club of Rome Europe)
76th Aurelio Peccei Lecture at The Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences in Brussels, Belgium on , presented by Christine von Weizsäcker and organized and moderated by Mark Dubrulle (Club of Rome Europe)
January:
Green Week: Who owns Biomasse? The inequitable struggle for agricultural resources
„Who owns Biomasse? The inequitable struggle for agricultural resources“; , a presentation by Christine von Weizsäcker at the Day of Organic Farming at the Green Week Berlin, followed by a panel discussion with Christine von Weizsäcker, Pat Mooney (ETC-Group) und Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein (BÖLW).
„Who owns Biomasse? The inequitable struggle for agricultural resources“; , a presentation by Christine von Weizsäcker at the Day of Organic Farming at the Green Week Berlin, followed by a panel discussion with Christine von Weizsäcker, Pat Mooney (ETC-Group) und Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein (BÖLW).
February:
RIO+20 preparation meetings
Meetings in Preparation of RIO + 20, including the Second Meeting of Advisory Group on IEG, the 12th Meeting of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum, the 26th Meeting of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum of UNEP; organized by the United Nations Environmental Programm (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Meetings in Preparation of RIO + 20, including the Second Meeting of Advisory Group on IEG, the 12th Meeting of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum, the 26th Meeting of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum of UNEP; organized by the United Nations Environmental Programm (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya.
February:
Second Meeting of the Advisory Group on IEG
Second Meeting of the Advisory Group on International Environmental Governance, organized by UNEP
Second Meeting of the Advisory Group on International Environmental Governance, organized by UNEP
February:
12th Meeting of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum
12th Meeting of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum, in Nairobi, Kenya, organized by UNEP
12th Meeting of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum, in Nairobi, Kenya, organized by UNEP
February:
Meeting of the UNEP Director with Ecoropa and WECF
Meeting of Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Achim Steiner, with Chrisine von Weizsäcker, President of Ecoropa and President of the Board of Trustees of Women in Europe for a Common Future, and Sascha Gabizon, Executive Director of Women in Europe for a Common Future (WCEF)
Meeting of Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Achim Steiner, with Chrisine von Weizsäcker, President of Ecoropa and President of the Board of Trustees of Women in Europe for a Common Future, and Sascha Gabizon, Executive Director of Women in Europe for a Common Future (WCEF)
February:
Global Major Groups & Stakeholder Forum: Towards Rio+20: The role of Civil Society
Towards Rio+20: The role of Civil Society: presentation by Christine von Weizsäcker at the final panel of the 12th Meeting of the Global Major Groups & Stakeholder Forum (GMGSF), in Nairobi, Kenya
Towards Rio+20: The role of Civil Society: presentation by Christine von Weizsäcker at the final panel of the 12th Meeting of the Global Major Groups & Stakeholder Forum (GMGSF), in Nairobi, Kenya
February:
Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum
26th Meeting of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, in Nairobi, Kenya
26th Meeting of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, in Nairobi, Kenya
February:
Ministerial Roundtable 1 on „Green Economy“
Participation and intervention by Christine von Weizsäckers at Ministerial Roundtable 1 on „Green Economy“ as representative appointed by the Global Major Groups, organized by UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya
Participation and intervention by Christine von Weizsäckers at Ministerial Roundtable 1 on „Green Economy“ as representative appointed by the Global Major Groups, organized by UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya
February:
Breakfast Meeting of the Network of Women Ministers and Leaders for the Environment
Breakfast Meeting of the Network of Women Ministers and Leaders for the Environment, in Nairobi, Kenya
Breakfast Meeting of the Network of Women Ministers and Leaders for the Environment, in Nairobi, Kenya
February:
Meeting of the President of the Governing Council with representatives of Global Major Groups
Meeting of the President of the Governing Council with representatives of Global Major Groups, in Nairoby Kenya
Meeting of the President of the Governing Council with representatives of Global Major Groups, in Nairoby Kenya
February:
Representation and effective participation of NGOs and other Major Groups in the IPBES process
Meeting of Christine von Weizsäcker, member of the Board of CBD Alliance and president of Ecoropa, with Prof. Anantha, United Nations Unversity, on “representation and effective participation of NGOs and other Major Groups in the IPBES process (Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), in Nairobi, Kenya
Meeting of Christine von Weizsäcker, member of the Board of CBD Alliance and president of Ecoropa, with Prof. Anantha, United Nations Unversity, on “representation and effective participation of NGOs and other Major Groups in the IPBES process (Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), in Nairobi, Kenya
February:
Ministerial Roundtable 3 on “International Enrionmental Governance”
Participation and intervention by Christine von Weizsäckers at Ministerial Roundtable 3 on “International Enrionmental Governance” as representative appointed by the Global Major Groups, organized by UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya
Participation and intervention by Christine von Weizsäckers at Ministerial Roundtable 3 on “International Enrionmental Governance” as representative appointed by the Global Major Groups, organized by UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya
February:
UNEP side event on „The Green Economy and Forests“
Participation and intervention by Christine von Weizsäcker at UNEP side event on „The Green Economy and Forests“, in Nairobi, Kenya
Participation and intervention by Christine von Weizsäcker at UNEP side event on „The Green Economy and Forests“, in Nairobi, Kenya
March:
Meeting of the Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung
Meeting of the Working Group on Biodiversity of the German NGO Forum on Environment and Development, including Meeting of the Working Group with representatives of the Ministry of Environment
Meeting of the Working Group on Biodiversity of the German NGO Forum on Environment and Development, including Meeting of the Working Group with representatives of the Ministry of Environment
March:
ENSSER conference: Sustainability and holistic assessment of technologies and biotechnologies“
International Conference on Sustainability and holistic assessment of technologies and biotechnologies and International ENSSER Meeting, with Chirstine von Weizsäcker chairing the Debate to organize multidisciplinary sustainable assessment of biotechnologies in the future with invited speakers and the audience, proposals to the EU in Caen, France. Organised by Hartmut Meyer as ENSSER coordinator, with University of Caen MRSH-CNRS and Risk Pole, CRIIGEN, ENSSER, Fondation Science Citoyenne, Institute for Gene Ecology, Tromsö (GENOEK), Society of Environmental Health in Western France. (HM, CvW, AL, RS)
International Conference on Sustainability and holistic assessment of technologies and biotechnologies and International ENSSER Meeting, with Chirstine von Weizsäcker chairing the Debate to organize multidisciplinary sustainable assessment of biotechnologies in the future with invited speakers and the audience, proposals to the EU in Caen, France. Organised by Hartmut Meyer as ENSSER coordinator, with University of Caen MRSH-CNRS and Risk Pole, CRIIGEN, ENSSER, Fondation Science Citoyenne, Institute for Gene Ecology, Tromsö (GENOEK), Society of Environmental Health in Western France. (HM, CvW, AL, RS)
April:
Biosafety Capacity-building Activities Meetings
Participation in the Seventh Coordination Meeting for Biosafety Capacity-building Activities under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Eighth Meeting of the Liaison Group for Capacity-builiding for Biosafety under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Chisinau, Moldovia (CvW, HM)
Participation in the Seventh Coordination Meeting for Biosafety Capacity-building Activities under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Eighth Meeting of the Liaison Group for Capacity-builiding for Biosafety under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Chisinau, Moldovia (CvW, HM)
May:
Preparation meeting for the "Future of Energy" conference
Preparatory Meeting „International Conference on the Future of Energy and the Interconnected Challenges of the 21st Century“ with members of the Club of Rome, the EMstitue and Ecoropa, in Emmendingen, Germany
Preparatory Meeting „International Conference on the Future of Energy and the Interconnected Challenges of the 21st Century“ with members of the Club of Rome, the EMstitue and Ecoropa, in Emmendingen, Germany
June:
Nagoya Protocol ICNP1 meeting
First Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their Utilization (ICNP 1), in Montreal, Canada (CvW)
First Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their Utilization (ICNP 1), in Montreal, Canada (CvW)
June:
Aarhus Convention MOP4
Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, in Chisinau, Moldova (CvW, AL)
Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, in Chisinau, Moldova (CvW, AL)
July:
Meeting of Ecoropa members
Meeting of Freda Meissner-Blau, Honorary President Ecoropa, Christine von Weizsäcker, President Ecoropa, Ernst von Weizsäcker, member Ecoropa, in Pörtschach, Austria
Meeting of Freda Meissner-Blau, Honorary President Ecoropa, Christine von Weizsäcker, President Ecoropa, Ernst von Weizsäcker, member Ecoropa, in Pörtschach, Austria
August:
WECF - Board of Trustees
Women in Europe for a Common Future Board of Trustees meeting with Christine von Weizsäcker as president, in Bonn, Germany
Women in Europe for a Common Future Board of Trustees meeting with Christine von Weizsäcker as president, in Bonn, Germany
September:
UNEP Consultations
UNEP Consultations in Preparation of 12th Session of Governing Council (GCSS.XII/GMEF) and 13th Session of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF-13), at the Ministry for Environment, Bonn, Germany
UNEP Consultations in Preparation of 12th Session of Governing Council (GCSS.XII/GMEF) and 13th Session of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF-13), at the Ministry for Environment, Bonn, Germany
September:
"Our daily Rice – Doable for all, but how?"
Evening event Our daily Rice – Doable for all, but how? with Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme; Vandana Shiva, Navdanja, Indien; Prof. Hans Herren, Biovision, co-chair of IAASTD
Evening event Our daily Rice – Doable for all, but how? with Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme; Vandana Shiva, Navdanja, Indien; Prof. Hans Herren, Biovision, co-chair of IAASTD
September:
64th Annual UN Conference "Sustainable Societies Responsive Citizens"
64th Annual United Nations Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations Conference Sustainable Societies Responsive Citizens with a work session with the Major Group Women: Sascha Gabizon, executive director WECF and coordinator Major Group Women; Kaisha Atakhanova, two staff members of the WECF and Christine von Weizsäcker, in Bonn, Germany, organized by the UN Department on Public Information (UNDPI)
64th Annual United Nations Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations Conference Sustainable Societies Responsive Citizens with a work session with the Major Group Women: Sascha Gabizon, executive director WECF and coordinator Major Group Women; Kaisha Atakhanova, two staff members of the WECF and Christine von Weizsäcker, in Bonn, Germany, organized by the UN Department on Public Information (UNDPI)
September:
„Limits to the Anthropocene“
International Symposium Limits to the Anthropocene held at the KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg in which Christine von Weizsäcker gave a keynote on Ecosystems and Biodiversity and participated in the closing panel.
International Symposium Limits to the Anthropocene held at the KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg in which Christine von Weizsäcker gave a keynote on Ecosystems and Biodiversity and participated in the closing panel.
September:
European expert meeting in preparation for SBSTTA (Vilm meeting)
European Expert Meeting in Preparation of the Fifteenth Meeting of SBSTTA, at the International Naturschutz-Akademie on the Isle of Vilm, Germany organized by the German Federal Agency for the Protection of Nature
European Expert Meeting in Preparation of the Fifteenth Meeting of SBSTTA, at the International Naturschutz-Akademie on the Isle of Vilm, Germany organized by the German Federal Agency for the Protection of Nature
October:
Editorial meeting on ABS
International editorial consultation on the joint book on the negotiations of the Nagoya-Protocol on ABS with Chee Yoke Ling , Joji Carino, Francois Meienberg, Michael Frein, Hartmut Meyer, Flurina Doppler and Christine von Weizsäcker, in Filsbach, Switzerland, organized by the Berne Declaration and the EED
International editorial consultation on the joint book on the negotiations of the Nagoya-Protocol on ABS with Chee Yoke Ling , Joji Carino, Francois Meienberg, Michael Frein, Hartmut Meyer, Flurina Doppler and Christine von Weizsäcker, in Filsbach, Switzerland, organized by the Berne Declaration and the EED
October:
Meeting of the Working Group on 8(j)
Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8j 7) in Montreal, Canada
Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8j 7) in Montreal, Canada
November:
Convention on Biological Diversity: SBSTTA 15
Participation in the 15th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice in Montreal, Canada. Several Ecoropa members were involved in organizing the daily CBD Alliance strategy meetings of Civil society organisations, editing the NGO newsletter ECO, and co-organizing side events on Synthetic Biology with the ETC Group, Friends of the Earth and Econexus, and Financial Mechanisms with EcoNexus. (CvW, RS, HP, AL)
Participation in the 15th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice in Montreal, Canada. Several Ecoropa members were involved in organizing the daily CBD Alliance strategy meetings of Civil society organisations, editing the NGO newsletter ECO, and co-organizing side events on Synthetic Biology with the ETC Group, Friends of the Earth and Econexus, and Financial Mechanisms with EcoNexus. (CvW, RS, HP, AL)
November:
Innovation Award of the Land of North Rhine Westfalia to Ernst von Weizsäcker
Award Ceremony at the occasion of presenting the Innovation Award of the Land of North Rhine Westfalia 2011 by the Ministry for Innovation, Science and Research of the Land North Rhine Westfalia, Düsseldorf, Germany to Prof. Ernst von Weizsäcker.
Award Ceremony at the occasion of presenting the Innovation Award of the Land of North Rhine Westfalia 2011 by the Ministry for Innovation, Science and Research of the Land North Rhine Westfalia, Düsseldorf, Germany to Prof. Ernst von Weizsäcker.
November:
"Generation Sustainability – When, if not by us?"
Humboldt's Student Conference 2011 Generation Sustainability – When, if not by us? with a presentation by Christine von Weizsäcker, Ecoropa on Demokracy and Participation in the Choice of Technological Pathways, at the Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Humboldt's Student Conference 2011 Generation Sustainability – When, if not by us? with a presentation by Christine von Weizsäcker, Ecoropa on Demokracy and Participation in the Choice of Technological Pathways, at the Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
November:
WECF - Board of Trustees
Women in Europe for a Common Future Board of Trustees meeting with Christine von Weizsäcker as president, in Utrecht, Netherlands
Women in Europe for a Common Future Board of Trustees meeting with Christine von Weizsäcker as president, in Utrecht, Netherlands
December:
Second Intersessional Meeting in Preparation of Rio+20
Second Intersessional Meeting in Preparation of Rio+20 in New York, USA with the Second Intersessional of UNCSD-CR-1, and a meeting with UN women, the meeting of the Women's Major Group, a meeting with WECF,VAM , WEDO and Energia; and a side event From Brown to Equitable Economy.
Second Intersessional Meeting in Preparation of Rio+20 in New York, USA with the Second Intersessional of UNCSD-CR-1, and a meeting with UN women, the meeting of the Women's Major Group, a meeting with WECF,VAM , WEDO and Energia; and a side event From Brown to Equitable Economy.