The three-day conference is sponsored by the Global Warming International Center (GWIC) – an international body disseminating information on global warming science and policy, serving both governmental, non-governmental organizations, and industries in more than 145 countries. Major conference topics include: global warming science and policy, carbon and GHG management, carbon sequestration and emissions trading, climate events and impacts, climate impacts on human health, agricultural and forestry resources management, and clean technology development.
The 8th National Mitigation and Conservation Banking Conference offers interactions with bankers and regulators, hands-on how-to sessions, and presentations on emerging markets, technical information and legislation. Themes include business areas such as financing, risk mitigation, sales and marketing and real estate transactions. With an emphasis on case studies and shared experiences of both success and failures of policies and projects, this conference will bring together the prime movers in the most active water related market sector.
This will be a forum for informed discussion regarding the practice of benefits transfer (BT), the use of valuation databases for such, and the general relevance of valuation and BT to environmental decision making. What is hoped to be a lively and constructive exchange will be centered around presentations by an international and multidisciplinary collection of experts and practitioners.
The objective of this conference is to address issues and present new approaches that focus on the demand side of water and economic incentives, rather than the traditional focus on the supply side. The main activity of this Conference will be to review on-going experiences in different countries where demand-side instruments and water management institutions exist. Conference themes will include: water markets experiences in developed and developing countries, economic evaluation of water transfer between countries, economic impacts of water transfer from agricultural to urban uses, water rights and management of ground water and sea water intrusion, environmental and economic consequences of oil-production wastewater to aquifers, and sea water desalination.
The development and implementation of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) that create watershed specific goals and regulations to improve water quality in impaired water bodies must address issues of agricultural runoff. Agricultural related pollutants contribute to 70 percent of impaired rivers and 49 percent of impaired lakes. This is the third conference by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers on the topic of TMDLs and the science, policy and economics associated with their creation and implementation.
This international conference will bring together both policy and scientific communities within the field of water to discuss issues influencing water systems in both northern and southern countries. Themes include water resources data, stakeholder perspectives, scaling, integration and water science and policy. The conference will also discuss how global water initiatives to the integrated assessment and management of water resources in river basins.
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The Second National Water Resources Policy Dialog will focus on the three issue areas of Infrastructure Management; Water Resources Supply and Demand; and Environmental Quality. The format will include keynote speakers and participatory group discussions such that each issue will be addressed rigorously and objectively, and that all sides of the issues including successes and failures are covered. Senior level speakers and panelists will be drawn from all levels of government, academia, and the private sector including NGO’s, industry, and conservation groups.
Annual technical meeting where about 1000 business leaders, corporate executives, engineers and specialists (mostly from the utility industry) network, present papers and discuss current policies and technological advances. There will be about 200 Presentations, 70 Exhibits, and 13 Workshops, as well as many free pre-conference workshops. Climate Change topics include: voluntary programs, corporate strategies for managing risk & CO2, forestry carbon sequestration, GHG policy, inventories & registries, and carbon trading.
The 10th Conference of the Parties (CoP) is the annual event for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. All key Kyoto Protocol policymakers will be present as well as many NGOs and other interested parties, to discuss and decide upon various policy elements of the Protocol.
The Environmental Grantmakers Association’s Federal Policy Briefing.
A one-day meeting for funders to discuss agricultural policy in light of the election results! This meeting will dovetail with the Environmental Grantmakers Association’s Federal Policy Briefing.
The World Conservation Congress is the general assembly of IUCN members, which takes place every three to four years. The Congress combines the business of the Union with technical conservation fora and provides an opportunity for the sharing of information and experience among IUCN’s worldwide constituency of members, Commission members, stakeholders and partner organizations. The Congress encompasses three principal elements: conducting the business of the Union, assessing the work of IUCN Commissions and taking stock of conservation.
The Annual Water Resources Conference gives water resource managers, researchers and educators an opportunity to learn from technical sessions and trainings as well as network. Technical tracks include: Sustainable water resources, hydrology and watershed management, water quality and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), water supply and Everglades restoration.
The Agriculture and Water Quality in the Pacific Northwest conference includes viewpoints from farm owners, government agencies and environmental organizations to improve communication, build understanding, and foster cooperation. The conference includes town hall discussions and presentations on monitoring, pollution control and water management. Break out sessions include focuses on groundwater protection, Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and pollution control technologies. people in agriculture, environmental organizations and government, focuses on preservation of agriculture and protection of surface and ground water quality in the Pacific Northwest and is designed to foster cooperation between people in agriculture, environmental organizations and government.
