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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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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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News
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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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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.
Secretary-General's
statement
G8 website
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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.
Information note (137 kB)
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Important communication from the COP 14/CMP 4 host country team to Parties regarding
accommodation in Poznań
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(81 kB)
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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.
Speech (51 kB)
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Previous News and
Events
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Meetings
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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.
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In Focus
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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.
ICAO carbon
calculator
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Latest Documents
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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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