UNEP North American Civil Society Consultation
for the 9th UNEP Global Civil Society Forum
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Daily Update from Washington, D.C
Thursday, 1 November 2007

Approximately 50 participants gathered on 1 November 2007 for the first day of the North American Civil Society Consultation in Washington, DC. The consultation was organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in preparation for the ninth UNEP Global Civil Society Forum (GCSF) and the UNEP Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GMEF). The agenda for the first day of the two-day meeting included opening statements before presentations from two keynote speakers on “Globalization and the Environment: Mobilizing Finance to meet the Climate Challenge.”  More>>