Showing 31 - 40 of 95 results
COP 20 adopted the “Lima Call for Climate Action,” which furthered progress on the negotiations toward the Paris Agreement. It elaborated the elements of a draft negotiating text and the process for submitting and synthesizing intended nationally determined contributions while also addressing pre-2020 ambition.
Conference of the Parties (COP)
1 December 2014 - 14 December 2014
Despite limited progress overall, many delegates appreciated that the meeting had provided much-needed space for more in-depth exchanges of views. Many felt the meeting helped clarify countries’ and groups’ understanding of the spectrum of views, possible areas of convergence and divergence, and what underlies their positions and how these concerns might be addressed in Lima in December.
Event
20 October 2014 - 25 October 2014
Unlike the last two June sessions, which were marred by procedural delays and agenda fights, the June 2014 Bonn Climate Change Conference was a quiet, slow dance, marked by coordinated chorography at times, and syncopated stumbling at others.
Event
4 June 2014 - 15 June 2014
With the marathon Warsaw COP still fresh on their minds, many delegates acknowledged there will be choppy waters to navigate during the year. Pressure is on the ADP to fulfill its mandate: to develop a new legal instrument under the Convention applicable to all parties by 2015 to come into effect in 2020; and to close the pre-2020 ambition gap.
Event
10 March 2014 - 14 March 2014
Many expected the Warsaw Climate Change Conference to be a “Finance COP,” or an “Implementation COP.” Yet, by the end of the meeting, those wondering if COP 19 could be a “REDD+ COP” were ultimately proven correct. Parties approved a package of decisions, heralded by many as an overdue success, creating the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ that addresses a series of methodological questions, institutional arrangements, and results-based finance. COP 19 also reached relatively timid decisions on some issues, such as long-term finance, and loss and damage.
Conference of the Parties (COP)
11 November 2013 - 23 November 2013
As delegates assembled for the annual two-week climate change conference in Bonn, the meeting was overshadowed by external events. Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations had surpassed the critical 400 ppm threshold, floods ravaged parts of Europe, and the new report, “Redrawing the Energy-Climate Map,” by the International Energy Agency, picked up widely by the international media, all highlighted the need for intensive action before 2020 to combat climate change. Many wondered whether governments are up to the challenge.
Event
3 June 2013 - 14 June 2013
The second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP 2) was structured around workshops and roundtable discussions, covering the ADP’s two workstreams on the 2015 agreement (Workstream 1) and pre-2020 ambition (Workstream 2). Many felt this format was helpful in moving the ADP discussions forward. Several delegates noted, however, the ADP needs to become more focused and interactive in future sessions.
Event
29 April 2013 - 3 May 2013
The Doha Climate Change Conference was about moving toward adopting a universal climate agreement by 2015—rather than immediately raising ambition as demanded by many youths and NGOs. Delegates also arrived at COP 18 with the objective of adopting a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol and finally closing the door on the two Ad hoc Working Groups: the AWG-KP and AWG-LCA. Doha was also very much about the cost of addressing climate change and making progress on long-term funding to support action in developing countries, which is supposed to reach a level of USD 100 billion a year by 2020, as agreed in Copenhagen in 2009.
Conference of the Parties (COP)
26 November 2012 - 8 December 2012
At the informal additional sessions of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention, the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol, and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP), parties convened in roundtable sessions to discuss their vision and aspirations for the ADP, the desired results of its work and how these results can be achieved. Parties also discussed how to enhance ambition, the role of means of implementation, and how to strengthen international cooperative initiatives, as well as the elements that could frame the ADP’s work.
Event
30 August 2012 - 5 September 2012
Delegates faced a heavy workload, including the tasks needed to operationalize the institutions and mechanisms established in Cancun and Durban. Parties also had to try to demystify what it was they had agreed to during the waning hours of the frenzied COP 17. However, negotiations got off to an inauspicious start and the Bonn Climate Change Conference was marred by mistrust and unabashed posturing.
Event
14 May 2012 - 25 May 2012