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2008
From Envirowiki
- Environment and Social Justice calendar
- February 2: World Wetlands Day
- March 8: International Women's Day
- March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racism
- March 22: International Day of Water
- March 23: World Meteorological Day
- April 4: International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (Land mines)
- April 7: World Health Day
- April 22: Earth Day
- May 1: May Day
- May 3: World Press Freedom Day
- May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity
- May 29: International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
- May 31: World No Tobacco Day
- 2nd Saturday of May: World Fair Trade Day
- June 5: World Environment Day
- June 8: World Ocean Day
- June 12: World Day against Child Labour
- June 17: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
- June 20: World Refugee Day
- July 11: World Population Day
- 1st Saturday of July: International Day of Cooperatives
- August 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous People
- September 16: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- September 21: International Day of Peace
- September 22: (World) Car Free Day(s)
- October 1: World Vegetarian Day
- October 2: International Day of Non-Violence
- October 4: World Animal Day
- October 8: World Humanitarian Action Day
- October 16: World Food Day
- October 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- October 24: United Nations Day
- October 24: World Development Information Day
- First Monday of October: World Habitat Day
- Second Wednesday of October: International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
- November 1: World Vegan Day
- November 6: International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
- November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
- December 10: Human Rights Day
- December 20: International Human Solidarity Day
2008 has been designated as the International Year of Planet Earth;[1]
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[edit] Past
- January 2nd: oil hits US$100
- January 15th: 2 Sea Shepherd protesters taken hostage by Japanese whalers in the South Pacific.
[edit] Future
- February 11-15: Alaska Forum on the Environment, 10th Anniversary Event
- Septemeber: Ecopolitics Association of Australasia Conference, Perth, Australia (website).
[edit] Climate change
- March 11: Australian ratification of Kyoto to come into force
- May 6-8: IPCC Workshop on estimating emissions and removals from land-uses, Helsinki, Finland
- 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]
- July 10-15: Climate Camp australia (newcastle)
- July 30: Draft Garnaut Report on climate mitigation due.
- September 30: Final Garnaut Report on climate mitigation due.
