May 14, 2012
- The conference, which is scheduled to conclude on 25 May 2012, comprises the 36th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), the 15th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA), the 17th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP), and the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on...
May 8, 2012
- The 30th Session of the Executive Body for the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) adopted amendments to the 1999 Gothenburg Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone (Gothenburg Protocol), which aim to reduce particulate matters, including black carbon. Black carbon, as a short-lived climate forcer, has a strong warming effect than carbon dioxide.
May 7, 2012
- An informal two-day Ministerial Meeting on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action focused on what needs to be done to ensure implementation of the Durban decision on the adoption of a new legal instrument under the UNFCCC applicable to all Parties, to be completed by 2015 and to come into effect from 2020.
May 4, 2012
- The Bureau of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) announced, on 4 May 2012, that an additional week of informal informal consultations on the UNCSD outcome document would take place from 29 May-2 June 2012.
April 11, 2012
- The Chair of the AWG-LCA notes that the work of the AWG-LCA at its 15th session should result in the identification of the remaining work on all elements of the provisional agenda, taking into account progress achieved so far. It is also underlined that the session should define the different elements and the extent to which they are expected to be part of the AWG-LCA outcome at COP 18, in Doha, Qatar.
- At its 15th session, the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) is scheduled to focus on the preparation of an agreed comprehensive and balanced outcome to be presented for adoption to COP 18, to enable the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention through long-term cooperative action now, up to and beyond 2012.
March 20, 2012
- The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the report of the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 7), held in Durban, South Africa, which adopted 17 decisions, including on the establishment of a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol.
March 19, 2012
- This conference is organized around the theme "Agricultural Production and Economic Growth in Harmony with the Environment: A Shared Vision in the Context of Climate Change." It will be hosted by the Honduran Government and Zamorano University, with support from the Inter-American Institute on Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), the Central American Commission on Agriculture (CAC), and several international organizations...
- The UNFCCC Secretary has released the provisional agenda for the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, which is scheduled to address organizational matters, and discuss its planning of work and workplan on enhancing mitigation ambition.
- The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the report of the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the UNFCCC, held in Durban, South Africa, which concluded with the adoption of the "Durban Platform," a set of decisions that lay the ground for adopting a legal agreement on climate change as soon as possible, and no later than 2015.