United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznań, Poland - COP 14

The 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 14) will be held in conjunction with the 4th Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 4) in Poznan, Poland, from 1 to 12 December 2008. The conference will also include the 29th sessions of the Convention’s two 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.
Provisional agendas and further information

The road to Copenhagen 2009

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

News

	UNFCCC Executive Secretary: The agreed outcome in Copenhagen 2009 needs to be ambitious on all fronts of climate change abatement Pohnpei, Micronesia 12 September 2008 Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, addressed Heads of State and Government, as well as Ministers on the occasion of the Ministerial Segment of the 19th meeting of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme in Pohnpei, Micronesia. He stressed that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have much to gain under a strong agreed outcome in Copenhagen 2009. This includes both mitigation support and - crucially, increased funding for adaptation. Mr. de Boer called on SIDS to be more vocal regarding their needs under an agreed outcome in Copenhagen and to bring elaborated proposals for solutions to the negotiations. Speech (117 kB)
	Lecture by Yvo de Boer, “The need for global low-emissions economic development” at Korea Green Foundation Seoul, Republic of Korea 9 September 2008 The lecture provides an overview of climate change science and the state-of-play of the negotiations under the Bali Road Map. The central theme of the lecture focuses on the need for Copenhagen 2009 to ring in a global low-emissions economic development plan. Summary (115 kB)
	First all-Africa Carbon Forum boosts carbon market interest, activity and funding on the continent Dakar, Senegal 3-5 September 2008 Africa’s carbon market community wrapped up three days of intense networking and deal-making, keener and better able to take part in the fast-growing global carbon market. The Africa Carbon Forum, an initiative of the Nairobi Framework, attracted more than 600 participants from 60 countries, including 40 project developers and 36 designated national authorities. Speech by UNFCCC Executive Secretary (219 kB) Press release (219 kB) fr (152 kB) Press release (135 kB) (issued 4 September) fr (155 kB) Press release (152 kB) (issued 5 September) Website
	Previous News and Events

Meetings

	Forty-second meeting of the CDM Executive Board - CDM EB 42 Bonn, Germany 24-26 September 2008 The proposed agenda and its annotations for the forty-second meeting of the CDM Executive Board are now available online. More View webcast (Live coverage available as of 24 September)
	Third meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board Bonn, Germany 15-18 September 2008 More
	Training of Trainers workshop on preparing technology transfer projects for financing Vienna, Austria 29 September - 1 October 2008 More
	Accra Climate Change Talks 2008 Accra, Ghana 21-27 August 2008 The latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations took place in Accra, Ghana, between 21-27 August. The Accra Climate Change Talks took 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. More View On-demand webcast

In Focus

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