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TOWARD AN AGREEMENT IN COPENHAGEN
Accra UN Climate Change TALKS
Progress Seen in UN Climate Change Negotiations in Accra
Negotiations in Accra, Ghana, concluded Wednesday with clear signals of progress on a number of key issues for a
deal on long-term strengthened international action on climate change, that will be clinched at the Climate
Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.
Latest News
World Food Day stresses climate change and bioenergy effects on poor, who will suffer most
16 October 2008, – Climate change and bioenergy are the focus of this year’s World Food Day activities, expected to involve over 150 countries. “Global warming is already underway and adaptation strategies are now a matter of urgency, especially for the most vulnerable poor countries,” said Alexander Mueller, FAO Assistant Director-General for Natural Resources Management and Environment Department. “Hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers, fishers and forest-dependent people will be worst hit by climate change.”
Children artists to join forces with UN to combat climate change in New York on 23 October
7 October 2008 – Young artists from around the world are lending their support to global efforts to combat climate change through Paint for the Planet (www.unep.org/paint4planet), an exhibit and auction of children’s art to be held in New York starting on 23 October. The event will spur the ‘UNite to Combat Climate Change’ campaign to support the call for a definitive agreement at the climate change talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009.
Kyoto Protocol emissions trading system goes global
14 October 2008—A new link between major emissions trading systems in Europe and the registries operated by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will allow the trading system envisioned in Kyoto now has the critical mass that allows governments and legal entities to exchange and use emissions rights on a global scale. The link will become operational on 16 October.
Financial turmoil could usher in new ‘green’ era, says Climate Convention head Yvo de Boer
10 October 2008 – The current global market crisis could provide an opportunity for the world financial system to reconstruct itself to promote “green” growth, according to Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. “Governments now have an opportunity to create and enforce policy which stimulates competition to fund clean industry.”
WHO agreed on a research agenda on climate change and public health
8 October 2008 – A meeting of experts convened by the World Health Organization in Madrid agreed today to a research agenda to develop an evidence-based framework for action on the human health implications of climate change. The plan builds on a comprehensive review of what is already known about health risks from climate change. It was developed by WHO with more than 80 top researchers on climate change and health along with representatives of donor and other UN agencies.
Do more, invest more in mitigating impact of natural disasters, Ban tells world
9 October 2008 – Much more needs to be done and much greater funding made available to mitigate the devastating toll of natural disasters in an age when climate change threatens to increase both their frequency and severity, according to a United Nations report. “While there is a growing recognition of the benefits of investing for disaster risk reduction, financial resources available for disaster risk reduction are still insufficient at all levels, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in the report to the General Assembly, noting that natural hazards killed more than 240,000 people and caused over $77 billion in economic damage in the 12-month period ending last June.
"Honoring the IPCC through the grant of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 in essence can be seen as a clarion call for the protection of the earth as it faces the widespread impacts of climate change." 
2007/2008 Human Development Report: Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided worldThis web site includes several features designed to improve accessibility for users with temporary or long-term disabilities, including those who are blind or vision impaired, mobility challenged, hearing impaired or simply adjusting to characteristics associated with aging or limiting environments, following the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative.