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AWG-LCA: Informal sub-group on mitigation |
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Dais during the session. Mamadou Hondia (Burkina Faso) facilitated the informal sub-group. |
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AWG-LCA: Informal group on adaptation |
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The session was co-chaired by William Agyemang-Bonsu (Ghana) and Thomas Kolly (Switzerland). |
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Mihir Kanti Majumder, Bangladesh |
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Amjad Abdulla, Maldives for the G-77/China, called for equal treatment of mitigation and adaptation. |
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Pasha Carruthers, Cook Islands, for AOSIS, supported a mechanism for facilitating and coordinating developing country access to financing. |
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China commented on the co-facilitators' consolidated text. |
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Egypt opposed a new classification of developing countries to assess vulnerability. |
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AWG-KP informal group on other issues (LULUCF) |
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L-R: Maria Gutiérrez (Secretariat), Bryan Smith (New Zealand) and Marcelo Rocha (Brazil). |
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AWG-LCA informal sub-group on mitigation under paragraph 1(b) (v) of the Bali Action Plan |
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Adrian Macey, New Zealand, explained that NAMA trading would be voluntary and units would be issued upfront and reconciled at the end of the period. |
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André Odenbreit Carvalho, Brazil, stressed environmental integrity, opposed relaxing supplementarity and warned against deferring difficult methodological decisions until after the political decision to create a mechanism. |
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Freddy Manyika, Tanzania, for the LDCs, said the proposals were inconsistent with the Convention and the BAP and did not consider the needs of LDCs. |
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The session was facilitated by Kunihiko Shimada (Japan) |
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India requested clarification on how double counting could be avoided. |
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AWG-KP: Informal group on Annex I parties' emission reductions |
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Samuel Adeoye Adejuwon, Nigeria |
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AWG-KP: Informal group on Annex I parties' emission reductions |
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Joseph Essandoh-Yeddu, Ghana |
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John Moffet, Canada, presented on their national target to reduce emissions by 20% from 2006 levels by 2020. |
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Sergey Tulinov, Russian Federation, outlined plans to reduce emissions by 10 to 15% by 2020 in comparison to 1990s levels. |
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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 - 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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