In the run-up to the 17th UN Conference on Climate Change, to be held in December in Durban (South Africa), the Brazilian Environment Minister, Izabella Teixeira, is in Berlin (Germany) to participate in a high-level dialogue on the subject. The Petersberg Climate Dialogue II - Rising to the Climate Change brings together environment ministers from different countries and the German Prime Minister Angela Merkel.
The two-day meeting that began yesterday (July 3) is an opportunity for ministers and negotiators to discuss international topics, such as the second period of commitment of the Kyoto Protocol and the implementation of existing agreements and strategies aimed at the transition towards a 'green economy'.
International events - Izabella Teixeira has just returned from the United States, where she participated in the Opening Plenary of the UNDP Global Management Meeting. Held in late June in New York, the meeting brought together managers of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the world. In her speech, the minister highlighted the importance of all UN member countries engaging in the process leading up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, in June 2012.
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