The 14th Conference of Parties (CoP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held
December 1-12, 2008, at Poznan in Poland, is a little different from all the CoPs held so far in the 21st century. For the first time since the December 1997 CoP held in Japan, the world is moving to a negotiating mode.

Will Africa be steamrollered by climate change? The continent harbours 33 of the Least Developed Countries, is heavily reliant on agriculture and has limited economic resources to finance adaptation. Its geographic position and high sensitivity to climatic variability make it vulnerable. Large swathes of Africa

Recognizing that poor communities in developing countries are the least responsible for climate change but most vulnerable to its impacts, the Bali Action Plan calls for

Deforestation and forest ecosystem degradation are significant causes of the global warming recorded in the past century.

According to the concept of historical responsibility, the commitments of individual countries to take action on climate

This report contains the results of a study analyzing the transfer of technology under Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects.

This strategic framework serves to guide and support the operational response of the World Bank Group (WBG) to new development challenges posed by global climate change. The WBG recognizes the very complex political process toward long-term cooperative action within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Measures to mitigate climate change are defined as any human (anthropogenic) intervention that can either reduce the sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (abatement) or enhance their sinks (sequestration).