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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
 
The road to Copenhagen 2009
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At the Climate Change Conference in Bali, Parties to the UNFCCC decided to launch formal negotiations on a strengthened international deal on climate change. These negotiations are set to be concluded by the end of 2009 at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. To conduct the process, a subsidiary body under the Convention was set up, called the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA).
AWG-LCA reports and submissions


To discuss future commitments for industrialized countries under the Kyoto Protocol, the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol established a working group in December 2005 called the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP). The AWG-KP is also set to complete its work by the end of 2009.
AWG-KP reports and submissions


Accra Upcoming Climate Change Talks
The next round of United Nations climate change negotiations will take place in Accra, Ghana, from 21-27 August. The Accra Climate Change Talks will  take forward work on a strengthened and effective international climate change deal under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, as well as work on emission reduction rules and tools under the Kyoto Protocol. This is part of a negotiating process that will be concluded in Copenhagen at the end of 2009. Over a thousand participants are expected to attend the Accra meeting, which is the third major UNFCCC gathering this year.
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CDM EB 41 - meeting report now available
The forty-first meeting of the CDM Executive Board concluded on 2 August. The report of the meeting, including its annexes, is now available.
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G8 UN Secretary-General BAN calls on G8 countries to agree to ambitious mid-term emission reduction targets
10 July 2008
Whilst welcoming the statement of the G8 on climate change and the environment made in Hokkaido, Japan, this week, UN Secretary-General BAN-Ki moon called on G8 countries to agree to ambitious mid-term emission reduction targets for developed countries by next year in Copenhagen.
External site Secretary-General's statement
External site G8 website
document Information Note, Fellowship Programme
10 July 2008
The United Nations Climate Change secretariat announces the launch of its fellowship programme, the objective of which is to contribute to building capacity for addressing climate change in Parties not included to Annex I to the Convention, in particular Parties that are small island developing States or least developed countries.
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Poland Important communication from the COP 14/CMP 4 host country team to Parties regarding accommodation in Poznań
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Yvo de Boer

Address by Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary at the World Petroleum Congress
Madrid, Spain
3 July 2008
Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, today addressed the World Petroleum Congress, outlining the Bali Road Map and the need for the petroleum industry to become fully involved in the solution to climate change, including by implementing Carbon Capture and Storage demonstration projects. The statement also invites the petroleum industry to provide their insights on a Copenhagen agreed outcome in 2009.
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Previous News and Events


Meetings
 
 Image Joint Implementation (JI) Technical Workshop
Bonn, Germany
9 -10 September 2008
The fifth JI workshop is intended to allow the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC) to consider its experiences in supervising the verification procedure under the JISC (JI Track 2 procedure), including the experiences of the applicant independent entities. Further information on the workshop will be available at a later date.


In Focus
 
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) launches new aviation carbon calculator
The ICAO has launched a new carbon calculator for the aviation industry. It calculates carbon dioxide only, and does not include other greenhouse gases, since the scientific community has not yet agreed on how to calculate multipliers. The calculator has been approved by the Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection, and was developed with input from aviation experts, manufacturers and airlines.
External site ICAO carbon calculator
Latest Headlines
EU to swap carbon permits with UN program
IHT/AP

EU, UN agree carbon credit registries can be linked in first half of October
Thomson Financial

SA's carbon commitment likely to shape industrial trajectory
Engineering News

 
Latest Documents
FCCC/TP/2008/2
Analysis of possible means to reach emission reduction targets and of relevant methodological issues. Technical paper.
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FCCC/KP/AWG/2008/
INF.2

Synthesis of submissions from Parties on relevant metholodogical issues and of the outcomes of the round table on means to reach emission reduction targets. Note by the secretariat.
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FCCC/AWGLCA/2008/10
Scenario note on the third session. Note by the Chair.
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Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change


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