Previous events
Previous events organised by the Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment (MR-M).
- Nordic Council of Ministers at COP17
- Date: Nov 28, 2011 to Dec 09, 2011
- The aim of the Nordic participation at COP17 is to contribute with concrete solutions to climate challenges and examples of ways to tackle the climate crisis that may serve as an inspiration for others. You will find more information on the activities of the Nordic Council of Ministers at COP17 on this site along with a range of resources resulting from Nordic cooperation on climate and environment issues.
- Conference: Use and management of the Nordic seas today and tomorrow
- Date: Nov 15, 2011 to Nov 16, 2011
- The Nordic House, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands, 15. – 16 November 2011: The Nordic Council of Ministers' Aquatic Ecosystem Group (AEG) hosts a workshop of the future with the aim to develop a common vision for the use and management of the Nordic seas. Deadline for registration is Friday 28 October 2011.
- Sustainable tourism: business or buzzword? - press event in connection with the Nordic Council Environment Award
- Date: Nov 02, 2011 to Nov 02, 2011
- Speakers include: Ann-Kristine Johansson – Chair of the Nordic Council Environment Committee / Jens Mathiesen – Managing Director, Scandic Denmark / Ivar Kristensen - Director, Nordic Innovation: New Nordic Food & Regional Tourism / John Frederiksen - Danish labour union 3F and Managing Director Katia K. Østergaard, Danish Association for the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism industry: Partnerships to promote sustainable tourism / Rasmus Wiinstedt Tscherning – Director, Centre for Culture and Experience Economy: The future of sustainable tourism / The presentations will be in English and are followed by climate friendly snacks and interview opportunities for the media.
- Environment and Natural Resources Committee’s meeting with the Nordic Ministers for the Environment
- Date: Nov 02, 2011 to Nov 02, 2011
- Environment and Natural Resources Committee’s meeting with the Ministers for the Environment during the Nordic Council Session 2011.
- Meeting of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Group, 16-18 March 2011, Denmark
- Date: Mar 16, 2011 to Mar 18, 2011
- Meeting of the Council of Ministers for the Environment, 15 March 2011, Brussels
- Date: Mar 15, 2011 to Mar 15, 2011
- TEG meeting 19 January, Copenhagen
- Date: Jan 19, 2011 to Jan 19, 2011
- Meeting of the Nordic Waste Group, 18 January 2011, Oslo
- Date: Jan 18, 2011 to Jan 18, 2011
- Workshop: "Flexible fees as a driver for countering externality problems"
- Date: Dec 14, 2010 to Dec 14, 2010
- Vattenfall Power Consultant AB invites you to a workshop on 14 December to discuss and develop the concept "Flexible fees as a driver for countering externality problems". The basis for the discussion is a Draft Report and Literature Compilation developed with funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers. The invitation is aimed at politicians and officials, authorities, scientists, business people, consultants, NGOs etc. Read more in the background document below.
- Meeting of the Council of Ministers for the Environment, 2 November 2010, Reykjavik
- Date: Nov 02, 2010 to Nov 02, 2010
- Meeting of the Council of Ministers for the Environment
- Date: Nov 02, 2010 to Nov 02, 2010
- UN's biodiversity conference in Nagoya
- Date: Oct 18, 2010 to Oct 29, 2010
- The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. The Nordic Council of Ministers will also mark this theme year. One of the high points of the year will be the UN's large biodiversity conference being organised in Nagoya, Japan, in October.
- UN's Mercury Conference in Stockholm - preparation for a global agreement on Mercury
- Date: Jun 07, 2010 to Jun 11, 2010
- The Nordic Council of Ministers is financing the first negotiating meeting for a global agreement on limiting the use of mercury. Sweden is hosting the UN conference which is being organised outside Stockholm in Upplands Väsby, Hotel Scandic Infra City, from 7 to 11 June 2010.
- Synergies in the Biodiversity Cluster
- Date: Apr 08, 2010 to Apr 09, 2010
- A Nordic symposium "Synergies in the Biodiversity Cluster" is being organised in Helsinki on 8-9 April 2010.
- Klimatdagen - Undervisning i hållbar utveckling
- Date: Nov 11, 2009 to Nov 11, 2009
- Utbildning i hållbar utveckling
- Date: Nov 10, 2009 to Nov 10, 2009
- Upptakt till FN:s klimattoppmöte i Köpenhamn i december 2009
- Möte i Ministerrådet for miljö, 28. oktober 2009
- Date: Oct 28, 2009 to Oct 28, 2009
- Workshop - AIR & CLIMATE, 19 – 21 October 2009, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Date: Oct 19, 2009 to Oct 21, 2009
- Intermediate climate policies. The contribution of air pollution policies in relation to climate stabilisation and co-control. A Science/Policy Workshop on Air Pollution and Climate Change is being held under the auspices of the Swedish EU Presidency.
- Meeting of the Council of Ministers for the Environment, 25 May 2009
- Date: May 25, 2009 to May 26, 2009
- Meeting of the Council of Ministers for the Environment, 28 October 2008
- Date: Oct 28, 2008 to Oct 28, 2008
