United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009
Resumed ninth session of the AWG-KP and resumed seventh session of the
AWG-LCA
The resumed ninth session of the the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for
Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and resumed seventh session of the Ad Hoc
Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) were held from 2-6 November in
Barcelona. The Talks took place at the Barcelona Convention Centre, FIRA GRAN VIA, Carrer del Foc 47, 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
This was the last round of negotiations before COP 15 in Copenhagen.
For general information for Parties, observers and press, click here.
For information on the resumed ninth session of the AWG-KP, click here.
For information on the resumed seventh session of the AWG-LCA, click here.
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer addressing the media on the last day of the Barcelona
Climate Change Talks. Download as
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Addressing the media on the final day of the Barcelona talks, Yvo de Boer said that progress
had been made during the week and that he was confident that Copenhagen would deliver a
strong deal, which must include the immediate implementation of key actions in developing
countries.
Mr. de Boer spoke about the strong sense that the Kyoto Protocol needs to continue. He also
said that the Copehagen agreement must record, in black and white, the accountable
commitments of individual governments.
He stressed the urgency for industrialized countries to raise their ambitions and, in
particular, the importance of the U.S. announcing a clear, numerical mid-term emissions
target. There was also a need, he said, for industrialized nations to provide clarity on the
amount of short- and long-term finance to which they will commit.
With Copenhagen just four weeks away, Mr. de Boer said that Barcelona had underlined both in
a dramatic and in a quiet way that commitment and compromise will make Copenhagen the turning
point.
COP 15 Copenhagen
World leaders
have called for a comprehensive, ambitious and fair international climate change deal
to be clinched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) in
Copenhagen, 7-18 December 2009.
The process leading to Copenhagen was launched in Bali, December 2007, when all
Parties agreed on the Bali Action Plan - a two-year process leading to an agreed
outcome on climate change action in Copenhagen.
UNFCCC Executive Secretary: Governments can and must deliver
strong Copenhagen deal
6 November 2009
Barcelona, Spain
The last negotiating session before the historic UN Climate Change Conference in
Copenhagen in December concluded Friday in Barcelona, Spain. Speaking at a press
conference in Barcelona, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer reiterated that
Copenhagen must result in a strong international climate change deal. Press release (119 kB)
Address by Yvo de Boer to The Climate Group - Implementing Copenhagen:
business and regional government in a new low carbon world
4 November 2009
Barcelona, Spain
In a speech to the Climate Group, Yvo de Boer stressed that an ambitious agreed outcome
in Copenhagen will create new business opportunities for the private sector. These
opportunities lie in the implementation of the outcome, which the private sector needs
to be fully involved in. But this requires an unprecedented level of cooperation
between different levels of Government and the private sector and clarity on what each
needs to do to make it work. Speech (109 kB)
Barcelona UN Climate Change Talks to put in place solid foundation for success
at Copenhagen
2 November 2009
Barcelona, Spain
The last negotiating session before the historic UN Climate Change Conference in
Copenhagen in December kicked off Monday in Barcelona, Spain. The meeting in Barcelona
(2 to 6 November) follows on the UN Climate Change Talks in Bangkok (28 September to 9
October), which saw increasing convergence, streamlining of negotiating text and
narrowing down of options for a comprehensive, fair and effective international climate
change deal. Press release (120 kB)
Statement by Yvo de Boer at the opening of the Barcelona Climate Change
Talks 2009 2 November 2009
Barcelona, Spain
In his opening address at the Barcelona Climate Change Talks, Yvo de Boer spoke of a
"huge desire for these negotiations to succeed." World leaders from the
North and the South are calling for an ambitious and comprehensive outcome at
Copenhagen. And concerned citizens around the world are demanding strengthened action
on climate change. He said the Barcelona talks need to make clear progress and put in
place a solid foundation for success at Copenhagen here. Speech (93 kB)
Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism, Fiftieth meeting (CDM-EB
50) 13-16 October 2009
Bangkok, Thailand
The report of the fiftieth meeting of the CDM Executive Board, including its annexes,
is now available. More View
on-demand webcast
Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee, Eighteenth
meeting (JISC-18)
22-23 October 2009 Bonn, Germany
The report of the eighteenth meeting of the Joint Implementation Supervisory
Committee is now available online. More
Summit on Climate Change, New York, 22 September 2009
On 22 September, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened a high-level
Summit on Climate Change, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in
Copenhagen in December. The summit brought together political leaders, including 100
Heads of State and Government. This was the biggest ever gathering of political leaders
to discuss climate change.
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