Five things we've learnt from COP24
| | KATOWICE, Poland, 16 December 2018 (BBC) - Delegates to the UN climate conference in Poland have reached agreement on how to implement the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, which comes into force in 2020. What are the key points to come out of the meeting? |
Sri Lanka's disputed PM resigns amid crisis
| | LONDON, UK, 15 December 2018 (BBC) - Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned as Sri Lanka's prime minister, seven weeks after he was appointed in a surprise move that sparked a political crisis. |
UN climate talks stand-off continues
| | KATOWICE, Poland, 15 December 2018 (BBC) - Climate talks in Poland have gone into an extra day as negotiators try to agree the next steps forward for the Paris climate agreement. The majority of the details have been settled, but there is an ongoing stand-off over the question of carbon credits and carbon markets to reduce emissions. |
Saving a remote island's birds - by getting rid of its mice
| | WASHINGTON, US, 14 December 2018 (NatGeog) - A scalped gray-headed albatross chick on sub-Antarctic Marion Island gruesomely conveys the threat seabirds face from invasive species. For reasons not entirely understood, mice brought to the island by sealers 200 years ago have begun feeding on birds at night. |
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CBD |
 | | UN Biodiversity Conference 13-29 Nov, 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |
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WORLD CAPITAL INSTITUTE |
| | 11th Knowledge Cities World Summit 20-22 Nov, 2018, Tenerife, Canary Islands |
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RETI |
| | Engaging Islands Symposium 23-28 Nov, 2018, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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UNDP |
| | Sustainable Blue Economy Conference 26-28 Nov, 2018, Nairobi, Kenya |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| Economics & Development in Microstates, Islands & Arctic conference 30 Nov-3 Dec, 2018, Nuuk, Greenland
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GREENING THE ISLANDS |
| | 6th International Conference Feb 2019, Boracay, Philippines |
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ISLAND ARKS |
| 6th symposium 11-15 Feb, 2019, Rottnest Island, Australia
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UPEI |
| | 1st International conference on SIS and SNIJs 26-29 March, 2019, Oranjestad, Aruba |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | Silk Road Archipelagos conference 11-12 April, 2019, Macau |
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SOCIETY FOR ISLAND BIOLOGY |
| | Third Island Biology conference 8-13 July, 2019, Reunion |
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SICRI |
| | 15th ISIC conference Island Festivals & Music Tourism 9-13 July, 2019, Kingston, Jamaica |
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NAF & CRRF |
| | Sustainable Communities conference 1-4 Oct, 2019, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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ISISA |
| | Islands of the World XVII conference 22-26 June, 2020, St. John's, Newfoundland |
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