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Poznan Climate Change Conference
1-12 December 2008
Poznan, Poland |
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Highlights from Monday, 1 December
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The fourteenth Conference of the Parties (COP 14) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the fourth Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 4) opened on Monday morning. In the afternoon, the opening meetings of the twenty-ninth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 29) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 29) were held. The fourth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA 4) and the resumed sixth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 6) also began their work. Photo: COP14 President Maciej Nowicki, Environment Minister, Poland, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, and Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, walking to the plenary. |
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| The dais during the opening ceremony (left) and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk being greeted by members of the Secretariat and Chairs of the subsidiary bodies. |
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (left) urged "global solidarity" and said the economic crisis should not dampen countries' determination to combat climate change. Outgoing COP
President Rachmat Witoelar, Indonesia (right) opened the meeting. He described this meeting as an important "bridge from Bali to Copenhagen." |
IPCC Chair Rajendra Pachauri (left) highlighted scientific realities and urged consideration of whether limiting temperature rise to 2°C would be sufficient. |
| COP 14 President Maciej Nowicki, Minister of Environment of Poland (left), stated that the key goal in Poznan was to articulate a "shared vision." Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (right), said combating climate change was the right choice both from an environmental and economic perspective. |
| AWG-LCA Chair Luis Machado (center) during the afternoon meeting |
| SBSTA Chair Helen Plume (center) calling on delegates to make interventions |
| CDM Executive Board: question and answer session |
| COP Troika: Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and outgoing COP President Rachmat Witoelar, Indonesia |
| UNFCCC press conference: UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer and COP 14 President Maciej Nowicki |
| US press conference: Harlan Watson (left photo) and Dan Reifsnyder addresses the press (right photo) |
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Relevant links
Related IISDRS Coverage
- 29th Session of the IPCC
- Accra Climate Change Talks 2008 (AWG-KP 6 and AWG-LCA 3), 21-27 August, Accra Ghana
- Bonn Climate Change Conference 2008 (SB 28, AWG-LCA 2, AWG-KP 5, part 2), 2-13 June, 2008, Bonn, Germany)
- 28th Session of the IPCC, 9-10 April 2008, Budapest, Hungary
- First Session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Fifth Session of the Ad Hoc Working Group under the Kyoto Protocol, 31 March-4 April 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
- UNFCCC Expert Group Meeting on Socioeconomic Information under the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP), 10-12 March 2008, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- UNFCCC Expert Group Meeting on Methods and Tools and on Data and Observations under the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP), 4-7 March 2008, Mexico City, Mexico
- UN Climate Change Conference in Bali (COP 13), 3-14 December 2007, Bali, Indonesia
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