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2008 is the year that has just begun. This page will list what has been, and what will come.

2008 has been designated as the International Year of Planet Earth;^[1]

Contents 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 November 11 December 12 External links 13 references

[edit] January

• January 2nd: oil hits US$100
• January 15th: 2 Sea Shepherd protesters taken hostage by Japanese whalers in the South Pacific.
• January 21-25: IPCC Scoping meeting on Renewable Energy Sources, Lübeck, Germany

[edit] February

• February 11-15: Alaska Forum on the Environment, 10th Anniversary Event

[edit] March

• March 11: Australian ratification of Kyoto to come into force

[edit] April

• April 1: Fossil Fools day: international day against fossil fuel industry
• April 9-10: 28th Session of the IPCC
• April 9-10: Asia Pacific Climate Change Summit 2008, Sydney, Australia^[2]

[edit] May

• May 6-8: IPCC Workshop on estimating emissions and removals from land-uses, Helsinki, Finland

[edit] June

[edit] July

• July 10-15: Climate Camp australia (newcastle)
• July 30: Draft Garnaut Report on climate mitigation due.

[edit] August

[edit] September

• September 30: Final Garnaut Report on climate mitigation due.
• September: Ecopolitics Association of Australasia Conference, Perth, Australia (website).

[edit] November

• November 4: US Presidential election
• November 22: APEC Peru 2008 Summit in Lima, Peru.

[edit] December

• 1-12 December: COP14 Poznan, Poland

[edit] External links

• Pew Center on climate change 2008 Calendar
• UN Climate Change Calendar of Events for 2008

[edit] references

1. ↑ International Year of Planet Earth
2. ↑ Pew Centre April 2008 calendar