REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY FORA

2012

• Multi-disciplinary Varda Group team at the Rio+20 conference and summit, on behalf of the Global Campaign for Climate Action (tcktcktck.org), the Natural Respource Defence Council(NRDC), the Pew Environment Group, and the Lonxanet Foundation for sustaianble artisanal fishing

• Participation in the Spanish delegation to the Rio+20 conference, on behalf of the Lonxanet Foundation for sustainable artisanal fishing.

• Participation in Earth Day
rally in Washington DC

• Participation in the Rio+20 “Informal informals” at UN HQ, New York, on behalf of NRDC’s Oceans Program,  of the Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA)  and of the Pew Environment Group

• Presentation at a meeting of the Cigarette Butt Pollution Project, Sacramento, US

• Participation on behalf of NRDC and the Pew Environment Group in the Rio+20 Informal negotiations in New York

2011

• Participation in the annual Climate Conference in Durban, on behalf of the Global Campaign for Climate Action

• Participation on behalf of the Pew Environment Group in the annual meeting of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics of the international Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and outreach support during the release of a new report

• Participation in the first intersessional meeting for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20, 2012), at UN HQ, New York, on behalf of Tcktcktck and the Pew Environment Group.

• Participation in the 2nd session of the Preparatory Committee of the Rio+20 2012 conference, at UN HQ New York, on behalf of NRDC and the Global Campaign for Climate Action

2010

• In Cancun with tcktcktck

• Participation in the 17th Special meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) on behalf of Pew Environment Group

• Participation and presentations at the New York Climate Week on behalf of the GCCA Tcktcktck campaign

• Leading Pew Political team at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission

• Participation in the Small Working Group on the Future of the International Whaling Commission, as part of the Pew Environment Group team

2009

• Participation in the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, on behalf of the GCCA Tcktcktck Campaign

• Participation in the World Summit on Sustainability and Fisheries, on behalf of the Pew European Marine Programme and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), Baiona, Spain

• Participation on behalf of the Pew Environment Group in the Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, in Madeira, Portugal

• Participation on behalf of the Pew Environment Group at the Intersessional Meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Rome

2008

• Attending the Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species on behalf of the Pew Environment Group

• Coordination and representation of the Pew Environment Group delegation at the IUCN World Conservation Congress.

• International relations officer of EXPO2008’s Pavilion of Citizen's Initiatives

• Participation on behalf of the Pew Environment Group at the meeting of the International Whaling Commission on the future of the whale conservation regime in London-Heathrow

• Participation on behalf of the Pew Charitable Trusts in the 59th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Anchorage, Alaska

2007

• Participation on behalf of the Pew Environment Group in the West African Talks on Cetaceans and their Habitats (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain)

• Presenter on behalf of the Shark Alliance at the stakeholders conference at Maison de la Chimie, Paris

2006

• Participation on behalf of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition in a press conference in the margins of the final meeting of the OECD Roundtable Ministerially-led Task Force on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing in the high seas

• Participation at the 58th annual meeting of the IWC (St. Kitts and Nevis) on behalf of the Pew Charitable Trusts

• Representing the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition at IUCN's Conference on Biodiversity in European Development Cooperation, Paris

• Attending on behalf of the Shark Trust the Plenary Session of the European Parliament, Strasbourg

2005

• Support to UNEP Major Groups Branch and to Civil Society Organisations at UNEP Governing Council and Global Ministerial Environment Forum, Nairobi

• Member of the City of Madrid delegation during the visit of the International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission for the 2012 Olympic bid

2004

• Attendance at the Meeting of the Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels, on behalf of the Environmental Investigation Agency

• Representing Greenpeace at the International Maritime Organisation's Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO-MEPC) meeting, London

• Representation of Green Cross International at the 12th meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development

• Attendance at a meeting convened by the Pew Charitable Trusts on international marine conservation issues, Madrid

• Representing Oceana at the OECD Workshop on IUU Fishing, Paris

• Participation in the United Nations World Urban Forum on behalf of Green Cross International

• Representation of Greenpeace International in the Informal Working Group of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the UNInternational Maritime Organisation to review the criteria for the designation of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas

• Participation in a workshop about the impact of the aviation sector on climate change at the request of the Oak Foundation, Geneva

• Participation in the IUCN World Conservation Congress on behalf of Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, Bangkok

• Participation in the IUCN World Conservation Forum in Bangkok at the request of the Director General of the IUCN

2003

• Participation in  the World Health Assembly, on behalf of ASH-UK

• Attendance at the "Water for Life and Peace" Dialogues in Bologna, Italy, on behalf of Green Cross

• Representation of EIA at the Joint ACP/EU Parliamentary Assembly in Rome