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Summary Report
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) will be producing a summary report from this meeting on 7 September 2009.
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World Climate Conference-3 (WCC-3)
31 August - 4 September 2009 | Geneva, Switzerland |
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM FRIDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER
Throughout Friday, delegates heard high-level statements from ministers, heads of international organizations and other high-level officials. On Friday afternoon, Armando Emílio Guebuza, President of Mozambique, opened the closing session of the conference. Maciej Nowicki, Polish Environment Minister and President of the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP 14) of the UNFCCC, highlighted the scientific contributions of the conference and the importance of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) as a tool for connecting user groups to science. He called for delegates to do all they can to reach an effective agreement in Copenhagen. Ambassador Marie-Louis Overvad, Denmark, underscored the role of the GFCS to provide tools to empower people to assess vulnerability, understand risk and make well-informed decisions. She called for global leadership to realize an ambitious climate agreement.
John Zillman, Chair, WCC-3 International Organizing Committee, explained that the conference was organized to bring about a paradigm shift towards delivering user-oriented climate information and services. He highlighted the strong support from governments and international organizations for the proposed GFCS. Michel Jarraud, WMO, stressed that the declaration adopted at the meeting was concise, and outlinined a clear path forward for establishing the GFCS. He noted that the tools and services to be provided by the GFCS were cross-sectoral and would contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Moritz Leuenberger, Switzerland, noted that the declaration adopted allowed for a structure that will enhance the ability to provide information to meet current needs. President Armando Emílio Guebuza said the GFCS demonstrates commitment to address climate change and capacity building in developing countries. He highlighted that it contributed to the international commitment to reach the MDGs and that it will be an important building block for a Copenhagen agreement. He closed the conference at 16:09.
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Amb. Jean-Baptiste Mattei, Permanent Representative of France to the UN |
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Catherine Namugala, Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources, Zambia |
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Amb. Rahma Salih Elobied, Sudan |
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Harsha Singh, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization |
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Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
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Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization |
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Eldana Sadvakasova, Vice-Minister for Environmental Protection, Kazakhstan |
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Jane Lubchenco, US Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
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Laurent Corbier, World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
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Frits Brouwer, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands with the WMO |
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Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, Secretary of State for Climate Change, Spain, and Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture, Guyana, co-chaired the fourth plenary session |
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Francis Gurry, Director-General, World Intellectual Property Organization |
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Friday afternoon plenary session; left to right:
Grégoire de Kalbermatten, Deputy Executive Secretary, UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Brian Gray, Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Technology Branch, Canada, Rashed Ahmed ben Fahd, Minister of Environment and Water, UAE, Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary,
UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and
Roberto Acosta, Coordinator for the Adaptation, Technology and Science Programme, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
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Jan Kubis, Executive Secretary, UNECE, Plenary Co-Chairs Jane Lubchenco, US, and Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and members of the Secretariat |
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Closing of the Conference |
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Alexander Bedritsky, WMO President, Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General, WMO, Armando Emílio Guebuza, President of Mozambique, and Moritz Leuenberger, Federal Councillor and former Swiss President |
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Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General, WMO, Armando Emílio Guebuza, President of Mozambique |
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Moritz Leuenberger and Maciej Nowicki, Polish Environment Minister and COP 14 President |
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John Zillman, Chair of the WCC-3 International Organizing Committee |
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Amb. Marie-Louise Overvad, Permanent Representative to UNOG, Denmark |
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A view of the dais during the closing of the conference |
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Amb. Marie-Louise Overvad, Permanent Representative to UNOG, Denmark, and Buruhani Nyenzi, WCC-3 Director |
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Michel Jarraud, WMO Secretary-General |
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Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General, WMO, Armando Emílio Guebuza, President of Mozambique |
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Michel Jarraud bids President Armando Emílio Guebuza farewell after the conclusion of the conference |
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More Photos from 3 and 4 September |
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with photographer Christian Morel, who photographed the exhibition "Our Polar Heritage" |
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Koichiro Matsura, Director-General, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon |
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Prince Albert II of Monaco tours the photo exhibit "Our Polar Heritage" |
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Prince Albert II with WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud |
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UN Secretary-General holds a press conference |
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Thomas Kolly, Switzerland, and Maciej Nowicki, Polish Environment Minister and COP 14 President |
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Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, Maciej Nowicki, Minister of Environment, Poland, Lyonpo Gyamtsho, Minister of Agriculture, Bhutan, and Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO
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Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO |
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Emomalii Rakhmon, President of Tajikistan, meets with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon |
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Batilda S. Burian, Minister of State in the Vice President's Office, Tanzania, with UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner |
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Jane Lubchenco, US Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere |
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Koichiro Matsura, Director-General, UNESCO, Batilda S. Burian, Minister of State in the Vice President's Office, Tanzania, and Toke Talagi, Premier of Niue |
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Members of the press during a press conference |
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WMO resources
Official site
Programme
UN resources
Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change
Informal Thematic Debate of the UN General Assembly on Climate Change as a Global Challenge
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - August 2009, 1-12 June 2009, Bonn, Germany
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IISD RS summary report of the Thirtieth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 21-23 April 2009, Antalya, Turkey
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IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - March/April 2009, 29 March - 8 April 2009, Bonn, Germany
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