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Steps from historic Durban Climate Change Conference
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 2:38 pm | UNFCCC
Building on the historic results of the Durban Climate Change Conference last year, governments on Monday embarked on the next essential steps required to curb global greenhouse gas emissions and help developing countries adapt to the inevitable effects ... More >>
Ministers Determined to Build on Durban Climate Conference
Sunday, 6 May 2012, 10:26 am | UNFCCC
Ministers and high-level officials from 32 countries meeting informally in Bonn 4-5 May have expressed determination to build on the strong momentum of the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban to curb greenhouse gas emissions. More >>
UNFCCC Secretariat Issues Call For Proposals
Friday, 20 January 2012, 1:09 pm | UNFCCC
(Bonn, 19 January 2012) – The secretariat of the UN Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) has issued a call for proposals for the host of the Climate Technology Centre (CTC), as requested by governments at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban at the ... More >>
Statement By UNFCCC Chief On Canada's Kyoto Withdrawal
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 11:07 am | UNFCCC
The Durban agreement to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol represents the continued leadership and commitment of developed countries to meet legally binding emission reduction commitments. It also provides the essential foundation of confidence ... More >>
S-S GATE, UNDP and UNFCCC join hands to help green COP 17
Friday, 9 December 2011, 12:49 pm | UNFCCC
Certified emission reduction (CER) credits from a clean development mechanism project in Johannesburg will be used to offset the travel of UNFCCC Secretariat staff and supported delegates to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 17). The Secretariat ... More >>
Decision On The Host Of COP 18/CMP 8
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 10:26 am | UNFCCC
The State of Qatar and the Republic of Korea have agreed to closely cooperate to make the next major UN Climate Change Conference at the end of 2012 a success. The 2012 UN Climate Change Conference, COP 18/CMP 8 (the 18th Conference of Parties to ... More >>
UNFCCC Curtain-raiser Press Briefing 27 November in Durban
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 10:30 am | UNFCCC
A day before the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban (28 November to 9 December 2011), UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres will brief the media already on location about her expectations for the meeting. More >>
UNFCCC Joins Caring For Climate
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 10:32 am | UNFCCC
Read the press release on our website: http://unfccc.int/press/press_releases_advisories/items/5853.php More >>
Design process of UNFCCC Green Climate Fund fully on track
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 2:04 pm | UNFCCC
The third meeting of the Transitional Committee tasked with designing the UNFCCC's new Green Climate Fund (11-13 September) concluded Tuesday in Geneva, with solid progress made on the design of the Fund. Next to advances on the nuts and bolts of ... More >>
UN Climate Chief: Technology Executive Committee meeting
Friday, 2 September 2011, 11:22 am | UNFCCC
The first meeting of the Technology Executive Committee (TEC), the policy arm of the Technology Mechanism, began in Bonn today. The meeting will see three days of key deliberations on how the TEC will operate and interact with the other institutions ... More >>
3rd Africa Carbon Forum in Marrakesh, on 4–6 July 2011
Friday, 10 June 2011, 1:44 pm | UNFCCC
3rd Africa Carbon Forum in Marrakesh, on 4–6 July 2011 Conference, Trade Fair to help spur CDM projects in Africa More >>
Kyoto Protocol Clean Development Mechanism reaches milestone
Friday, 6 May 2011, 12:07 pm | UNFCCC
The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the international tool that channels investment into clean energy and greenhouse gas reduction technology in the developing world, has registered its 3,000th project, a wind power project in ... More >>
$200,000 pay hike for CEOs while the rest struggle
Saturday, 30 April 2011, 3:47 pm | UNFCCC
$200,000 pay hike for CEOs while the rest of us struggle to make ends meet More >>
Green Climate Fund designers they have historic task
Saturday, 30 April 2011, 3:45 pm | UNFCCC
PRESS RELEASE: UN Climate Chief tells Green Climate Fund designers they have historic task, says progress can encourage new success in Durban read the release on our website: http://unfccc.int/files/press/press_releases_advisories/application/pdf/pr20112904tcgreenfund.pdf More >>
UN Reports - NZ Not Heading For Carbon 'Targets'
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 4:21 pm | UNFCCC
New Zealand’s emissions for 2008 were estimated to be 22.8 per cent above its 1990 level, excluding LULUCF [land use, land-use change and forestry], and 62.5 per cent above its 1990 level with LULUCF. More >>
UN Climate Change Chief urges countries to push ahead
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 2:56 pm | UNFCCC
(Bangkok, 8 April 2011) – On the final day of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bangkok (3-8 April), UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres urged countries to push ahead with their work to aim for another significant step in addressing global ... More >>
Climate Change Conference highlights both progress/divisions
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 2:41 pm | UNFCCC
PRESS RELEASE: UN Climate Change Conference in Bangkok highlights both progress and divisions between governments on central issues read the release on our website: More >>
UN Climate Change Negotiations in Bangkok, UN
Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 9:43 am | UNFCCC
At UN Climate Change Negotiations in Bangkok, UN climate chief calls on governments to purposefully tackle work agreed in 2010; address shortfalls in climate action More >>
UN's top climate change official calls on governments
Friday, 25 March 2011, 10:13 am | UNFCCC
(Mexico City, 24 March 2011) – Less than two weeks ahead of the UN Climate Change Change Conference in Bangkok (3-8 April), the UN's top climate change official has called on governments to maintain momentum to ensure that the timelines agreed at ... More >>
UN's top climate change official calls on governments
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 10:08 am | UNFCCC
Speaking to media Tuesday on a visit to Japan, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres called on governments to quickly transform the Cancún Agreements, agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference in Mexico in December of last year, into tangible ... More >>
