2012

March: Meeting for the Annual Ecoropa report with the president Christine von Weizsäcker and the treasurer Claus Biegert
August: Ecoropa website sprint with Christine von Weizsäcker and Antje Lorch
February: 13th Meeting of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum
13th Meeting of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum, in Nairobi, Kenya organized by UNEP
February: Special Session of the Governing Council of UNEP
Participation in the Special Session of the Governing Council of UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya
March: European expert meeting in preparation for SBSTTA (Vilm meeting)
European Expert Meeting in Preparation of the Fifteenth Metting of SBSTTA, at the International Naturschutz-Akademie on the island of Vilm, organized by the Federal Agency for the Protection of Nature
March: Biosafety Capacity-building Activities Meetings
Participation in the Eighth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing and/or Funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities chaired by Hartmut Meyer, and the Ninth meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety in Prague, Czech Republic (CvW, HM)
March: Informal Informals in Preparation of UNCSD Rio+20
Participation in the Informal Informals in Preparation of UNCSD Rio+20 at the UN Head quarters in New York, USA, with meetings of the Major Group Woment and MGSF, side events on Women and Green Economy and Peoples Treaties, and an working group of MGSF on Implementation/Trade
April: Second IPBES meeting
Second Meeting of the Plenary on the International Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), in Panama City, Panama, organized by UNEP (CvW)
April: Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung - Meeting of the Working Group on Biodiversity
Meeting of the Working Group on Biodiversity of the German NGO-Forum Environment and Development at the Ministry of Environment, Bonn, Germany
April: Award of the Land Baden-Württemberg to Ernst von Weizsäcker
Ceremony for theAward of the Land Baden-Württemberg to Ernst von Weizsäcker, in Ludwigsburg, Germany, organized by the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, the first Green Prime Minister in any of Germany's Lander.
May: Convention on Biological Diversity: SBSTTA16 & WGRI4
Participation is the 16th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technological and Technical Advice (SBSTTA 16) and Fourth Meeting of the Working Group on Review of Implementation (WG-RI 4) of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal, Canada. (CvW, HP, RS, AL)
May: Symposium „The Economy of Enough“
Symposium „The Economy of Enough“ for Wolfgang Sachs, Ecoropa member, with contributions by Ernst von Weizsäcker and Christine von Weizsäcker, in Berlin, Germany, organized by the Wuppertal Institute and the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation
June: 3rd Meeting of the Preparatory Committee on UN-Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20
3rd Meeting of the Preparatory Committee on UN-Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June: Pre-Conference Informal Informals on UN-Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20
Participation in the Pre-Conference Informal Informals on UN-Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20 and co-organisation of a side event UN-Women Leaders Forum: The Future Women Want and a press conference with presentation of actual state of negotiations by Maja Göpel, World Future Council, Youth Representative; Vicky Tauli-Corpus, speaker of Indigenous Peoples; and Christine von Weizsäcker, Ecoropa, Major Group Women
June: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20
Participation in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20, and organisation of two side events on UN Women: Leaders Summit with women Presidents and Prime Ministers from 12 countries, and on the Women’s Awards for Sustainable Development
June: Neumarkt Sustainability Award to Christine von Weizsäcker
Christine von Weizsäcker receives the Neumarkt Sustainability Award at the Neumarkt Sustainability Conference
June: Second session of the ICN of the Nagoya Protocol
Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on ABS (ICNP-2) in New Delhi, India.
July: Development Cooperation Focus Seminar
Development Cooperation Focus Seminar 2012: Biotrade and ABS for biodiversity conservation and development with a keynote by Christine von Weizsäcker at the International Academy for Nature Protection on the isle of Vilm, organized German Society for International Cooperation and Federal Agency for Nature Protection.
September: Expert meeting of the NGO Forum Environment and Development on Financing the Strategic Plan of the CBD
Expert Meeting of NGO Forum Environment and Development „Ohne Moos nichts los!? (No dough, no action) Towards Financing the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity up to 2020“ in Berlin, Germany
September: WECF Board of Trustees and
Women in Europe for a Common Future Board of Trustees meeting with Christine von Weizsäcker as president, and meetings with MEPs, in Brussels, Belgium
September: Indian GMO Conference
Indian GMO Conference in Hyderabad, organized by Aruna Rodriges, Tara and ENSSER
September: International Scientific Conference on Biosafety
International Scientific Conference on Biosafety in Hyderabad, India with a summary by Christine von Weizsäcker; organized by Hartmut Meyer with ENSSER, Third World Network and Tara
October: Cartagena Protocol MOP6
Participation in Sixth meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP6) in Hyderabad, India, including co-organizing the daily civil society meetings and editing the daily newsletter ECO (CvW, AL)
October: Convention on Biological Diversity COP11
Participation in the Eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11) in Hyderabad, India, including participating in the CBD Alliance Capacity-building and Strategy Meeting, editing the daily civil society newsletter ECO, and organizing a side event on Biodiversity and People attacked by disasters and conflicts: A challenge for the implementation of the Convention
November: Bonn Symposium 2012 „Paradigm Change 2015. Towards a new agenda for sustainable development“;
Bonn Symposium 2012 Paradigm Change 2015. Towards a new agenda for sustainable development at the Deutsche Welle and Haus der Geschichte in Bonn, Germany with Christine von Weizsäcker giving the keynote and participating in the panel Global Developments Goals: An Agenda for all?
November: Expert Conference „Biodiversity and Society“:
Expert Conference Biodiversity and Society: Social Dimensions of the Conservation and Use of Biological Diversity with a keynote by Christine von Weizsäcker on Introductory Glimpses at Biodiversity and People organized by the Department of Post Graduate Studies „Biodiversity and Society“ at Goettingen University, Germany
November: Working Group on Biodiversity of the German NGO Forum Environment and Development
Meeting of the Working Group on Biodiversity of the German NGO Forum Environment and Development, Berlin
November: Conference „Global Food Security and Poverty Eradication as Challenges for Peace and Sustainability“,
Conference Global Food Security and Poverty Eradication as Challenges for Peace and Sustainability with a presentation and panel participation by Christine von Weizsäcker, (Ecoropa and Federation of German Scientists), in Göttingen, Germany; organized by Georg-August-University Göttingen and Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW, Federation of German Scientists)
December: WECF Board of Trustees
Women in Europe for a Common Future Board of Trustees meeting with Christine von Weizsäcker as president, in Utrecht, Netherlands