The UN Forum is the world's largest annual gathering on business and human rights with more than 2,000 participants from government, business, community groups and civil society, law firms, investor organisations, UN bodies, national human rights institutions, trade unions, academia and the media.Over three days, participants take part in 60+ panel discussions on topics that relate to the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework)…
The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2018 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council will be held from Monday, 9 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Monday, 16 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018. The theme will be "Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies".
The forty-eighth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 48) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 48) as well as the fifth part of the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-5) will take place from 30 April to 10 May 2018. Bonn Climate Change Conference - April 2018 to be held 30 April to 10 May 2018.
The 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held from 6 to 17 November in Bonn, Germany, under the Presidency of Fiji. Ipieca will attend and will host a side-event on a key topic related to the transformation of the energy system and the technologies needed to reach a low-emissions future. Shortly we will provide more information about the agenda and speakers.Visit the UNFCCC website for more information.
The 34th Session of the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (UNSCEGHS) will meet in Geneva, 6-8 December 2017. The formal working papers can be found here: https://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc4/c42017.html and, the informal papers can be found here: https://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc4/c4inf34.html
UNEA 3 will take place this year, from 4 to 6 December 2017, Nairobi. Similarly to UNEA 2 (2016) many side-events, green-room events and plenary meetings will take place during that week.The main over-arching theme of UNEA3 will be pollution, highlighting key pollution risk areas:
The UN Forum on Business and Human Rights is the global platform for yearly stock-taking and lesson-sharing on efforts to move the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights from paper to practice. The central theme of the 2017 Forum is "Realizing Access to Remedy". The programme also features sessions for new audiences and discussions on broader policy trends that consider the role of the business and human rights movement in today's political and social contexts around the world.
The theme for this event is 'Transitioning for a better energy future'. Its goal is to deliver a dedicated energy transition event by collecting and disseminating knowledge from industry leaders, technical experts, academicians, practitioners, financial community and ESG leaders, and together through collaboration, advance the conversations, technology and exchanges that will move the industry forward.
Join Ipieca, Society of Petroleum Engineers International Gaia, OGCI (Oil and Gas Climate Initiative) and IOGP for an upcoming webinar on learnings from the Midwest Regional Carbon Initiative (MRCI) on carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) - one of the key technologies that could enable a low-carbon energy transition.
The Society of Petroleum Engineers' regional flagship event, the Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE), has since its inception in 1989, successfully established itself as the premier upstream technical event in the Asia Pacific region, covering the broadest range of technical disciplines involved in exploration and production activities.
Hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, ATCE 2022 is the leading technical energy conference and exhibition for E&P professionals from around the globe. Taking place in Houston, Texas, on 3-5 October, the theme of ATCE 2022 is 'Empower Progress. Empower Energy'. Ipieca is taking part in a technical session on methane abatement technology.
Interspill 2022 is the next event in the triennial series of international oil spill clean up events. It will be held at the RAI Exhibition and Conference Centre in Amsterdam from 21-23 June 2022, and will provide a face-to-face forum to discuss issues and showcase innovative solutions which will improve global readiness and demonstrate why spill preparedness remains highly relevant.