United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Poznań, Poland - COP 14 1-12 December 2008

	The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznań will be a milestone on the road to success for the processes which were launched under the Bali Road Map. The meeting comes midway between COP 13 in Bali, which saw the launch of negotiations on strengthened international action on climate change, and COP 15 Copenhagen, at which the negotiations are set to conclude. The conference will include the 29th sessions of the Convention’s subsidiary bodies - SBSTA and SBI – as well as the 4th session of the AWG-LCA and the 2nd part of the 6th session of the AWG-KP. The Poznań meeting, which is expected to draw around eight thousand participants, will both advance international cooperation on a future climate change regime and ensure progress on key issues. Provisional agendas and further information

Date and venue of future talks 2009

Seventh session of the AWG-KP and fifth session of the AWG-LCA
Sunday 29 March to Wednesday 8 April 2009, Maritim, Bonn

Thirtieth sessions of the UNFCCC Convention subsidiary bodies - SBSTA and SBI, sixth session of the AWG-LCA and eighth session of the AWG-KP
Monday 1 June to Friday 12 June 2009, Maritim, Bonn

News

	UNFCCC Executive Secretary: "Africa needs to be tied into the international response to climate change, both with regard to adaptation, as well as mitigation." Algiers, Algeria 19 November 2008 In a speech to the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment in Algiers, Yvo de Boer said that an agreed outcome at Copenhagen must be more Africa-friendly and spur enabling support for the continent. He stressed that the international climate change process has the opportunity to move towards a self-financing climate compact that can generate such support for Africa and other developing countries, not least by expanding the carbon market. Speech (177 kB)
	UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary: “One has to contemplate nothing less than a transformation of the global economy to a low emissions development path” California, USA 19 November 2008 Addressing the Governors’ Global Climate Summit in Beverly Hills, Richard Kinley highlighted that practical state-level action can be an important step towards a low-emissions global economy. Furthermore, he emphasized that action at the state level can be a major contributor to the ability of national governments to commit to ambitious targets internationally. Speech (103 kB)
	UNFCCC Press Conference: Press briefing on Key Greenhouse Gas Data and expected outcomes of Poznań UNFCCC Headquarters Bonn, Germany 17 November 2008 Press release (175 kB) esp (136 kB) fr (156 kB) rus (201 kB) "Rising industrialized countries emissions underscore urgent need for political action on climate change at Poznań meeting" Presentation UNFCCC Data 2008: highlights More View On-demand webcast
	UNFCCC Executive Secretary: "Copenhagen 2009 needs to set a clear overall direction for future global climate change action that rings in a global green revolution." Rotterdam, Netherlands 12 November 2008 On the occasion of the Club de Madrid's General Assembly, Yvo de Boer addressed the special session of the Global Leadership for Climate Action. He pointed out that in the context of the financial crisis, Copenhagen 2009 represents an opportunity to establish a framework for a new green deal that will help put the economy back on its feet. He also highlighted the political essentials needed for an ambitious agreed outcome in Copenhagen. Speech (192 kB)
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Meetings

Meeting on experiences with performance indicators for monitoring and evaluation of capacity-building
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6-7 November 2008
The meeting focused on experiences on using performance indicators at the national level.
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Workshop on Investment and Financial Flows to address Climate Change - An Update
Bonn, Germany
10-11 November 2008
The UNFCCC secretariat is about to publish an update of its publication entitled "Investment and Financial Flows to Address Climate Change." The objective of the workshop was to share the key findings of the update and to receive feedback, identify gaps and prioritize needs for further work on investment and financial flows to address climate change that can be undertaken by interested organizations.
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In Focus

REDD Web Platform launched
Bonn, Germany
10 October 2008
A new web platform aimed at sharing information on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in developing countries has just been launched. The main aim of this new web portal is to facilitate access by developing countries to information made available by Parties, relevant organizations and stakeholders in a number of related areas.
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