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Fwd: SAVE THE DATE: 10 June 2014 Side Event- Report Release: Land Use in a Future Climate Agreement



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From: Kristy Buckley <KBuckley@merid.org>
Date: 13 May 2014 19:45
Subject: SAVE THE DATE: 10 June 2014 Side Event- Report Release: Land Use in a Future Climate Agreement
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Save the Date

 

Report Release:

Land Use in a Future Climate Agreement

Side Event

 

On behalf of Winrock International and a team of international experts, Meridian Institute invites you to attend a side event during the June 2014 Bonn Climate Change Conference to mark the release of Land Use in a Future Climate Agreement. This options assessment report is in support of the negotiations on a post-2020 agreement and focuses on the role of emissions and removals from land use.

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

17:30-19:00, followed by a reception

HILTON BONN

Meeting Room – Bonn 1 & 2

Berliner Freiheit 2 

53111 Bonn, Germany

 

This report has been developed by a team of international experts: Manuel Estrada, Donna Lee, Brian Murray, Robert O'Sullivan, Jim Penman, and Charlotte Streck; and contributors, Andrea Guerrero, and Maria Sanz Sanchez. The preparation of the report was informed by in-person and online consultations with negotiators and other experts.

 

For more information please contact:

Kristy Buckley: kbuckley@merid.org | +1 202.701.0956 or

Liz Duxbury: lduxbury@merid.org | +1 970.333.8101


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