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| A view of the room during the AWG-LCA closing plenary |
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| Youth intervene in the closing AWG-KP plenary |
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| A view of the dais during the AWG-KP closing plenary |
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Throughout Thursday, various contact groups and informal consultations were held to consider capacity building, mitigation, adaptation and finance under the AWG-LCA. Informal consultations under the AWG-LCA also took place also took place to discuss organizsation of work for Barcelona. Under the AWG-KP, informal consultations convened on Annex I emission reductions and other issues.
 Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Thursday, 8 October, in English (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Thursday, 8 October |
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| Hanne Inger Bjurstrom, Norway, announced plans to reduce emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2020 |
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| UNIC Bangkok's Seal the Deal Presentation: Neera Thavornvanit, ISB, with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer |
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| Delegates from Egypt, Algeria and Venezuela during the subgroup on other approaches to mitigation |
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| Bernaditas Muller, Philippines, coordinator for the G-77/China for the AWG-LCA, Lumumba Stanislaus-Kaw Di-Aping, Sudan, Chair of the G-77/China, and Alf Wills, coordinator for the G-77/China for the AWG-KP, brief the media |
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Throughout Wednesday, various contact groups and informal consultations were held to consider adaptation, mitigation, finance, technology and capacity building under the AWG-LCA, as well as Annex I emission reductions and potential consequences under the AWG-KP.
In the evening, the AWG-LCA Chair convened an informal stocktaking meeting.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Wednesday, 7 October, in English (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Wednesday, 7 October |
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| G-77/China members during a contact group meeting |
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| Contact group on potential consequnces: Mama Konate, Mali and Co-Chair of the contact group, Festus Luboyera, UNFCCC Secretariat, and Abdullah Khalid Tawlah, Saudi Arabia |
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| Delegates collecting non-papers at the documents center |
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Throughout Tuesday, various contact groups and informal consultations were held to consider adaptation, mitigation, finance, technology and a shared vision under the AWG-LCA, as well as Annex I emission reductions and other issues under the AWG-KP. Informal consultations were also held under the AWG-LCA's overarching mitigation group, as well as on the organization of work for Barcelona. Under the AWG-KP, an informal group convened to discuss the legal implications of the Protocol being submerged under a new agreement.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Tuesday, 6 October, in English (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Tuesday, 6 October |
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| Jonathan Pershing, US (center), speaks with Claudia Salerno Caldera, Venezuela (left), following the informal consultations on mitigation |
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| Special early release by the International Energy Agency (IEA) of World Energy Outlook 2009: Fatih Birol, Chief Economist, IEA, Nobuo Tanaka, IEA Executive Director, and Sylvie Stephan, Press Officer, IEA |
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| Delegates meet informally in the cafe |
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Throughout Monday, various contact groups and informal consultations were held to consider adaptation, mitigation, finance, technology and a shared vision under the AWG-LCA, as well as Annex I emission reductions and other issues under the AWG-KP.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Monday, 5 October, in English (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Monday, 5 October |
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| The Asian Peoples' Solidarity for Climate Justice organized a march to the UN building |
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| Selwin Hart, Barbados, Ian Fry, Tuvalu, and Maas Goote, EU, after the contact group on mitigation |
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| Lumumba Stanislaus-Kaw Di-Aping, Sudan, and Bernaditas Muller, the Philippines, during the contact group on shared vision |
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| Harald Dovland, AWG-KP Vice-Chair, Andrew Howard, UNFCCC Secretariat, and Leon Charles and Gertraud Wollansky, Co-Chairs of the contact group on Annex I emission reductions |
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Throughout Saturday, various contact groups and informal consultations were held to consider adaptation, mitigation and finance under the AWG-LCA, as well as Annex I emission reductions and other issues under the AWG-KP.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Saturday, 3 October, in English (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Saturday, 3 October |
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On Friday afternoon, the AWG-KP and AWG-LCA convened their respective stocktaking plenary sessions. Throughout the day, various contact groups and informal consultations were also held to consider technology, capacity building, mitigation and finance under the AWG-LCA, and potential consequences under the AWG-KP.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Friday, 2 October, in English (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Friday, 2 October |
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| UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, AWG-KP Chair John Ashe, Halldor Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC Secretariat, and AWG-LCA Chair Michael Zammit Cutajar |
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| A view of the room during the AWG-KP plenary |
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| Indigenous peoples intervene in the AWG-LCA plenary |
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Throughout Thursday, various contact groups and informal consultations convened to consider adaptation, technology, capacity building, mitigation, finance and a shared vision under the AWG-LCA, and Annex I emission reductions and other issues under the AWG-KP.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Thursday, 1 October, in English (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Thursday, 1 October |
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| Protestors outside the conference center calling for climate justice |
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| Africa Adaptation Programme: Supporting integrated and comprehensive approaches to climate change adaptation in Africa: organized by the UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok |
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Throughout Wednesday, various contact groups and informal consultations convened to consider adaptation, technology, mitigation and finance under the AWG-LCA, and Annex I emission reductions and methodological issues under the AWG-KP. An informal session was held on the form of the agreed outcome under the AWG-LCA.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Wednesday, 30 September, in English (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Wednesday, 30 September |
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| UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer is presented with the Interfaith Declaration on Climate Change |
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| Jonathan Pershing, US, intervenes during the mitigation contact group |
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Throughout Tuesday, various contact groups and informal consultations convened to consider adaptation, technology, mitigation, finance, capacity building and a shared vision under the AWG-LCA, and Annex I emission reductions, other issues and potential consequences under the AWG-KP.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Tuesday, 29 September, in English (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Tuesday, 29 September |
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| A view of the dais during the contact group on technology |
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| Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Miguel Lovera, Paraguay, during the REDD discussions |
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| Members of the G-77/China consulting on adaptation |
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The Bangkok Climate Change Talks opened on Monday morning with a welcoming ceremony, during which the Prime Minister of Thailand addressed delegates. In the morning, the AWG-KP opening plenary took place, followed by the AWG-LCA opening plenary. In the afternoon, contact groups convened to consider adaptation, technology, mitigation and finance under the AWG-LCA and Annex I emission reductions, other issues and potential consequences under the AWG-KP.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Monday, 28 September, in English (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Monday, 28 September |
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| Suwit Khunkitti, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand, and Connie Hedegaard, Minister of Climate and Energy of Denmark, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, and Noeleen Heyzer, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific |
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| UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, AWG-LCA Chair Michael Zammit Cutajar and AWG-LCA Vice-Chair Luis Machado |
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| Youth from South East Asia's Change Caravan, an elephant caravan, which has spent the last 15 days travelling through Thailand to highlight the impacts of climate change and the problems of deforestation, presented UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer with a petition from the people of the region, calling for a "Fair, Binding and Ambitious Deal in Copenhagen." Children also presented de Boer with elephants asking for change. |
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UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) resources
Official website
Overview schedule
AWG-LCA revised negotiating text
Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair.
Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum.
Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. Other proposed amendments to the Kyoto Protocol.
Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. Draft decisions on other issues identified in paragraph 49 (c) of document FCCC/KP/AWG/2008/8.
Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. A compilation of proposals by Parties for aggregate and individual figures for Annex I Parties.
Further views and proposals relating to a proposal for amendments to the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 3, paragraph 9, and a text on other issues outlined in document FCCC/KP/AWG/2008/8
UNFCCC News
UN resources
Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change
Informal Thematic Debate of the UN General Assembly on Climate Change as a Global Challenge
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - August 2009, 10-14 August 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - June 2009, 1-12 June 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the UNFCCC Technical Workshop on Increasing Economic Resilience to Climate Change and Reducing Reliance on Vulnerable Economic Sectors through Economic Diversification, 28-30 April 2009, Cairo, Egypt
IISD RS summary report of the Thirtieth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC), 21-23 April 2009, Antalya, Turkey (English: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - March/April 2009, 29 March - 8 April 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS summary report of the UNFCCC Workshop on Integrating Practices, Tools and Systems for Climate Risk Assessment and Management and Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies into National Policies and Programmes, 10-12 March 2009, Havana, Cuba (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference - Poznań, 1-12 December 2008, Poznań, Poland
IISD RS coverage of AWG-LCA 2, second part of the AWG-KP 5, and twenty-eighth sessions of the SBSTA and the SBI of the UNFCCC, 2-13 June 2008, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS climate and atmosphere page
Climate-L - A mailing list for news on climate change policy
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
Climate Change Policy & Practice - News and information on the actions of international organizations in responding to the problem of global climate change
African Regional Coverage |
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Bangkok Climate Change Talks - 2009
