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Saturday, 8 December 2012
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COP President Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah speaking with delegates from the G-77/China countries |
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Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, and Zhenhua Xie, Minister/Vice-Chairman National Development and Reform Commission, China |
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Connie Hedegaard submits the EU's written consent to the Secretariat to amend the Kyoto Protocol |
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COP President Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah gavels through the decision text |
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The Russian Federation calls for a point of order |
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Delegates from Saudi Arabia and the Russian Federation consulting with the Secretariat |
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Document distribution early Saturday morning |
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Todd Stern, US, with Su Wei and Zhenhua Xie, China |
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Youth reject the text adopted by the conference |
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NGOs hold a press conference after the texts are adopted |
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Document distribution early Saturday morning |
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Closing press conference with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, COP President Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah and Khalid Al-Kather, Ambassador at Large, Qatar |
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Young Sook Yoo, Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea (2nd from left), with COP President Al-Attiyah |
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NGOs call for ambition, equity and justice |
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Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director, Greenpeace International speaking with Kevin O Hanlan, UN Security |
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Todd Stern, US Special Envoy for Climate Change, speaking with COP President Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
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A giant spider dominates the conference center lobby |
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Rajani Ranjan Rashmi and Mira Mehrishi, India |
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The AWG-LCA team |
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A view of the dais during the ADP closing plenary |
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Qatari students receiving the certification for successful completion of their IISD Reporting Services training |
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Thursday, 6 December 2012
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In the morning, the AWG-KP held its closing plenary. Throughout the day on Thursday, the COP 18 and CMP 8 high-level segment took place. Various contact groups and informal consultations also convened under the COP, CMP, ADP, AWG-LCA and AWG-KP. In the evening, the COP President’s informal stocktaking plenary was held.
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A view of the dais during the AWG-KP closing plenary |
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NGOs call for ambition, equity and justice |
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Ministers from the Environmental Integrity Group during an afternoon meeting |
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A view of the dais during the AWG-KP closing plenary |
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Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, Artur Runge-Metzger, EU, and Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Brazil |
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Naderev Saño, the Philippines, is given a standing ovation by NGOs after a moving statement in the closing AWG-KP plenary |
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Qatari Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada |
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A view of the dais during the Momentum for Change event on innovative financing for climate friendly investment |
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Wednesday, 5 December 2012
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UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon addresses the ministerial roundtable
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Qatar announces a partnership with the Potsdam Institute for the creation of a climate change research institute (l-r): COP President Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Faisal Al Suwaidi and H. H. Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, both of the Qatar Foundation, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Director Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
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Amb. Mourad Benmehidi, Algeria (center), and
COP President Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets
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SustainUs press conference |
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Ali I. Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia (center) |
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Alden Meyer, Union of Concerned Scientists, Martin Khor, South Centre,
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Co-facilitators of the morning ministerial roundtable Delphine Batho, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and
Energy, France (center), and Herman Humberto Rosa Chávez, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, El Salvador (right) |
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Delegates stop to read the Earth Negotiations Bulletin |
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and with Salwa Dallalah, Conference Affairs, UNFCCC Secretariat, at the PaperSmart counter |
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with members of AOSIS |
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On Tuesday afternoon, the opening ceremony of the COP 18 and CMP 8 high-level segment took place. In the morning, afternoon and evening, contact groups and informal consultations convened under the COP, CMP, ADP, AWG-LCA and AWG-KP.
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a press briefing |
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H. H. Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar |
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Al Thani, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, H. H. Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, and COP President Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
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H. H. Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, and H. H. Sheikha Moza bint Nasser |
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AWG-LCA Chair Aysar Tayeb and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres |
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Vuk Jeremić, President of the UN General Assembly, and Denis Sassou Nguesso, President, Republic of the Congo |
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with representatives of BASIC countries |
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Front VIP row in the plenary hall |
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Press briefing by the Foundation for the Global Compact: Expanding the WindMade Label to Renewables |
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On Monday morning, afternoon and evening, contact groups and informal consultations convened on a number of issues, including the agreed outcome of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA), item 3 under the Ad Hoc Working Group on Annex I Parties’ Further Commitments under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and workstreams 1 and 2 under the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP). On Monday evening, an informal stocktaking plenary by COP 18/CMP 8 President Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah (Qatar) also took place.
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Saturday, 1 December 2012
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María del Socorro Flores, Mexico (center), speaking with members of the Secretariat before the evening informal stocktaking plenary |
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Jonathan Pershing, US (second from right), during the AWG-LCA informal group on finance |
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| Nedal Katbeh-Bader, Minister's Advisor for Climate Change, Palestine, is congratulated by Henrik Harboe, Norway, after the UN upgraded the status of Palestine to a non-member observer state |
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| EU delegates during Thursday's AWG-LCA informal group on response measures |
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Participants during the informal group on loss and damage |
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| Youth demonstrating for gender balance |
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, and Eric Hall, UNFCCC Spokesperson, during a press briefing |
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Spin-off group on developed country mitigation facilitator Andrej Kranjc, Slovenia (center) |
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Thursday, 29 November 2012
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Wednesday, 28 November 2012
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| Youth demand the right to a safe and secure future |
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A view of the plenary hall |
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Delegates from Costa Rica, Finland and Bolivia during the ADP roundtable |
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| Tom Goldtooth, speaking for Indigenous Peoples |
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Maosheng Duan, China, Chair of the CDM Executive Board gives a report of the Board to plenary |
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Kazakhstan in the CMP plenary |
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Jo Tyndall, Climate Change Ambassador, New Zealand, intervenes in the ADP Roundtable on Workstream 1 |
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| Piotr Paschalis-Jakubowicz, Poland (right) intervenes with an offer by Poland to host COP 19 in Warsaw |
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IISD Reporting Services’ “ENB” team is training a group of Qatar university students for conference and diplomatic reporting. Fahad bin Mohammed Al-Attiya, who is chair of the Qatar National Food Security Program and responsible for media coverage at COP 18, described the training as an ideal opportunity for valuable capacity building on conference reporting, stating that "this initiative will enable Qatar to build a core group of report writers that would be eligible to report at the many conferences to be hosted by the newly built Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha, in years to come.” |
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| Piotr Paschalis-Jakubowicz, Poland (right) intervenes with an offer by Poland to host COP 19 in Warsaw |
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| Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), addresses the COP plenary |
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Youth ask that decisions reflect their demands |
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| Mohamed Adow, Christian Aid, during the CAN press conference |
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012
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The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, opened on Monday morning, 26 November, at the Qatar National Convention Centre. Following an opening ceremony, during which Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah of Qatar was elected COP President, delegates gathered for the opening plenary meetings of the COP, CMP, SBI and SBSTA. A number of side events also convened.
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, COP 18/CMP 8 President Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, and COP 17/CMP 7 President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa |
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A view of the dais during the opening plenary of the COP (l-r): AWG-LCA Chair Aysar Tayeb; Halldór Thorgeirsson, Director for Implementation Strategy, UNFCCC Secretariat; UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Richard Kinley; UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres;June Budhooram, COP Secretary; Rapportuer Andrej Kranjc, Slovenia; and ADP Co-Chairs Harald Dovland, Norway, and Jayant Moreshwar Mauskar, India |
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A short film is viewed by delegates before the morning plenary begins |
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres addresses the opening plenary |
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ADP Co-Chair Harald Dovland, Norway, John Kilani, Director, Sustainable Development Mechanisms, UNFCCC Secretariat, and AWG-LCA Chair Aysar Tayeb, Saudi Arabia |
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| Bidding farewell: UNFCCC Executive Secretary Figueres, and outgoing COP President Nkoana-Mashabane |
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| Anjali Appadurai, speaking for Climate Justic Now! (left), and Ulrike Rohr, speaking for Women (right) |
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| AWG-KP Chair Madeleine Diouf, Senegal, during the CMP plenary |
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| Delegates meeting in the lobby of the conference center |
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UNFCCC resources
Meeting website
Meeting overall schedule
COP 18 documents
COP 18 annotated agenda
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CMP 8 annotated agenda
SBI 37 documents
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AWG-KP 17-2 website
AWG-KP 17-2 agenda
AWG-LCA 15-2 documents
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Letter from the Co-Chairs to Parties
Letter from the Co-Chairs to observer organizations
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Host country website
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IISD RS coverage of the Doha Global Business Day, 3 December 2012, Doha, Qatar
IISD RS coverage of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) 2012 Partnership Forum and Associated Events, 30 October - 7 November 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
IISD RS coverage of the Twelfth Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change, 5 November 2012, Washington, DC, United States of America
IISD RS coverage of the Second UNFCCC Workshop on Long-term Finance, 1-3 October 2012, Cape Town, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of the Bangkok Climate Change Conference - August 2012, 30 August - 5 September 2012, Bangkok, Thailand
IISD RS summary report of the Thirty-fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 6-9 June 2012, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2012, 14-25 May 2012, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2012, 14-25 May 2012, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the Fifth Global Business Day, 5 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of Mountain Day, 4 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of Forest Day 5, 4 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of Oceans Day at Durban, 3 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of Development and Climate Days at COP 17, 3-4 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of the Durban Climate Change Conference - November 2011, 28 November - 11 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Durban Climate Change Conference - November 2011, 28 November - 9 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS summary report of the Thirty-fourth Session of the IPCC, 18-19 November 2011, Kampala, Uganda (English: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference October 2011, 1-7 October 2011, Panama City, Panama
IISD RS briefing note of the 4th Meeting of the Transitional Committee for the Design of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), 16-18 October 2011, Cape Town, South Africa (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference June 2011, 6-17 June 2011, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS summary report of the UNFCCC Workshop on Technology Needs Assessments, 1-2 June 2011, Bonn, Germany (English: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Thirty-third Session of the IPCC, 10-13 May 2011, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference Bangkok - April 2011, 3-8 April 2011, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand
IISD RS coverage of the Cancún Climate Change Conference, 29 November - 11 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Cancún Climate Change Conference, 29 November - 10 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico
IISD RS coverage of Cancún Global Business Day, 6 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico
IISD RS summary report of Development and Climate Days at COP 16, 4-5 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of Agriculture and Rural Development Day 2010, 4 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of Oceans Day at Cancún, 4 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Thirty-second Session of the IPCC, 11-14 October 2010, Busan, Republic of Korea (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Tianjin Climate Change Talks - October 2010, 4-9 October 2010, Tianjin, China
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - August 2010, 2-6 August 2010, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - May/June 2010, 31 May - 11 June 2010, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - April 2010, 9-11 April 2010, Bonn, Germany (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 7-19 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 7-19 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
IISD RS coverage of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009, 2-6 November 2009, Barcelona, Spain
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009, 2-6 November 2009, Barcelona, Spain
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Thirty-first Session of the IPCC, 26-29 October 2009, Bali, Indonesia (English: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UFCCC Technical Workshop on Advancing the Integration of Approaches to Adaptation Planning, 2-14 October 2009, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand
IISD RS coverage of the Bangkok Climate Change Talks - 2009, 28 September - 9 October 2009, UNCC, Bangkok, Thailand
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - August 2009, 10-14 August 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - June 2009, 1-12 June 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Bonn Climate Change Talks - June 2009, 1-12 June 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Thirtieth Session of the 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
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