The purpose of this guide is to assist developing country negotiators and others who are working on REDD-plus. The guide is divided into three parts: Part I considers REDD-plus in the negotiations; Part II contains general negotiating tips for new REDD-plus negotiators and others ; and Part III contains UNFCCC documents that are often referred to in REDD-plus negotiations.
Mexico is making some last-ditch efforts at a consensus
CANCUN: President of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Patricia Espinosa on Wednesday decided to constitute smaller groups headed by ministers to discuss contentious issues at the climate change conference, a move which backfired when Bolivia walked out
The 2009 Copenhagen climate summit may in retrospect prove a critical turning point in the evolution of the international climate change effort. For a decade and a half, the principal aim under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) had been to establish, and then to extend, a legally-binding regime regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Ministers and representatives from 35 countries, regional groupings and UN organisations met in New Delhi and have called for an agreement on a Technology Mechanism at the COP-15 in Cancun. The Ministerial was hosted jointly by the Governments of India and Mexico and UNDESA.
India is known for its rich heritage of biodiversity. In biological diversity parlance, India is one of the 17 mega-diverse countries in the world. With only 2.4% of the world
Mministers and other top officials made progress on establishing the details of how hundreds of billions of dollars in climate aid will be raised and distributed.
New Delhi: Visiting Japanese foreign minister Katsuya Okada on Sunday met environment minister Jairam Ramesh and is understood to have a dialogue on global issues such as climate change in the run-up to the UN climate meet at Cancun later this year.
