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IMPLEMENTING THE DECLARATION OF
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60TH ANNUAL DPI/NGO
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Explanatory Powerpoint
- Due to the great interest
in the project, proposals for
chapters/working groups are due by July 1, 2008, though we request that
proposals be received much sooner. The Editorial Working Group
will take all means possible to reach out to NGO networks to expand
knowledge of the initiative, and encourage Chapter Working Group Chairpersons to
do the same.
- All chapters are to in
final draft by August 1, 2008.
- Chapter drafts should be updated monthly on the web site.
- What follows as an Annex is a
Model
Chapter Web Page.
Proposing
a Subject Chapter Working Group is simple.
- Pick a
relevant topic. You are proposing a Working
Group that that will create a Report Chapter showing the risks of climate
change and also recommend, practical, science-based solutions to reduce
those. Even if the focus of your NGO's activities isn't climate change, very
likely your area of expertise is affected and you will be able to propose
useful solution. Describe the problem you wish to examine in no
more than two paragraphs and the general direction of your recommendations.
Also list all of the initial participants with a three or four sentence bio
on each and contact information. See www.climatecaucus.net
for further information on rules and procedures.
- Chapter
Working Groups are permanent networks. Allow participants
from outside your field of expertise to participate if they can show a link.
For example, Water is often cited as one of the most important climate
change topics. It also impacts gender, agriculture and small island
nations. Each of those topics is large enough to warrant a separate
chapter, but the experts in each could also help the others. In
addition, use the Working Group to hold public events, develop action plans,
argue for political change. In other words, while the report is an
important deliverable, it isn't the only one. Working Groups can
remain long after the Report is published in order to causer real change.
- Propose
two Coordinators. We prefer gender and age balance and that both southern and northern hemispheres be
represented; but this is not a firm rule. The coordinators must be able to
communicate with the Editorial Working group by email.
- Pick a
network of NGO's to work with to develop your papers. Your
partners do not need to be in association with the UN; but you must be in
association with either ECOSOC or the UN Department of Public Information.
We prefer that Chapter Working Groups have at least seven participants from
different NGO's as members and recommend that the size be much larger.
- Be
willing to allow your proposal to be combined with others if they
are identical to yours or very nearly the same.
- Be
willing to follow the rules set out in the website.
Other Deadlines
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1
August, 2008. Drafts of chapters are due. The Editorial Committee then uses
the period between then and October to coordinate edits with the various
Coordinators, as well as make sure that the introductory chapters are completed
and the design of the Report.
·
October
15, 2008 --- edited chapters, introduction, and two lead chapters go to
Executive Committee and Congo
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November
15, 2008 --- alterations from Executive Committee and Congo due; if none are
received by that date, we will assume that there are none to be made.
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December
1, 2008 --- Report to the Secretary General --- Larry said he would see if he
and Jeffrey could set up a meeting where the Chapter Coordinators and the
Editors the editors might attend. If all of the Coordinators are not allowed in
the same room for the official handover, it was recommended that a reception;
but that the Secretary General be invited. Similarly, these also dates apply to
the Chairman of the IPCC.
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(*) Running to the Deadline, by Larry Roeder
