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United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

Wed, 06/20/2012 to Fri, 06/22/2012
20 years after the first “Earth Summit”, UN’s first Environment and Development Conference, which was also held in Rio de Janeiro, the Rio+20 Conference on sustainable development takes place in Rio de Janeiro 20-22 June 2012. Rio+20marks a milestone in global action for climate and environment. The first Rio Conference placed sustainable development at the top of the global agenda of the UN and the international society. The Conference was followed by a number of international meetings and conferences with the aim of addressing global challenges on climate and sustainability.

Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRI)

Mon, 06/18/2012

The Council (Agriculture and Fisheries) consists of the Member States’ ministers of fisheries and agriculture and they congregate about once a month. The agricultural and fisheries policies relate to the regulation of markets and determination of avail-able resources. Sustainable development of fisheries and rural areas, challenges regarding climate change, environmental concerns, animal welfare and food safety are main issues.

Meeting of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council

Fri, 06/15/2012

The Council (Transport, Telecommunications and Energy) works among other things to promote transportation by land, sea and air, to liberalize markets for IT and telecommunications as well as to promote reliable and climate friendly energy supplies at reasonable prices. The Council comprises of the Ministers responsible for either transportation, telecommunications or energy, depending on which items are on the agenda, and they typically meet every second month.

Informal meeting of the European Council

Wed, 05/23/2012

The EU's heads of state or government will come together for an informal working dinner with a view to preparing the next European Council meeting scheduled for 28 and 29 June

Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries Council (FISH)

Tue, 06/12/2012
The Council (Agriculture and Fisheries) consists of the Member States’ ministers of fisheries and agriculture and they congregate about once a month. The agricultural and fisheries policies relate to the regulation of markets and determination of avail-able resources. Sustainable development of fisheries and rural areas, challenges regarding climate change, environmental concerns, animal welfare and food safety are main issues.
 

European Parliament Plenary Session

Mon, 06/11/2012 to Thu, 06/14/2012
The European Parliament is in session in Strasbourg from 11 to 14 June 2012.
For more details and to download the Agenda of this session please click here
 

Meeting of Environment Council (ENVI)

Mon, 06/11/2012
The Environment Council works to promote a harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of the EU economic activities. More specifically the council works to ensure quality of the environment and a prudent and rational utilization of natural resources.
 
At the global level it is working to promote measures that contribute to solving the global environmental problems. The Council consists of the Member States’ ministers of Climate and Environment and they congregate appr. four times a year.

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