United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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Durban Climate Change Conference - November/December 2011

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Durban 2011, delivered a breakthrough on the international community's response to climate change. In the second largest meeting of its kind, the negotiations advanced, in a balanced fashion, the implementation of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, the Bali Action Plan, and the Cancun Agreements. The outcomes included a decision by Parties to adopt a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon as possible, and no later than 2015. The President of COP17/CMP7 Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said: "What we have achieved in Durban will play a central role in saving tomorrow, today."

Decisions adopted by COP 17 and CMP 7

COP 17	CMP 7
Establishment of an Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (123 kB)	Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol at its sixteenth session (271 kB)
Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (398 kB)	Land use, land-use change and forestry (229 kB)
Launching of the Green Climate Fund (191 kB)	Emissions trading and the project-based mechanisms (92 kB)
Technology Executive Commitee - modalities and procedures (171 kB)	Greenhouse gases, sectors and source categories, common metrics to calculate carbon dioxide equivalence of anthopogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks, and other methodological issues (155 kB)
National adaptation plans (161 kB)	Consideration of information on potential environmental, economic and social consequences, including spillover effects, of tools, policies, measures and methodologies available to Annex I Parties (120 kB)

Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (127 kB)	Report of the Adaptation Fund Board (106 kB)
Work programme on loss and damage (144 kB)	Review of the Adaptation Fund (107 kB)
Forum on response measures (103 kB)	Further guidance relating to the clean development mechanism (154 kB)
Financial mechanism of the Convention: LDCF: support for the implementation of elements of the LDC work programme other than NAPAs (110 kB)	Materiality standard under the clean development mechanism (85 kB)
Amendment to Annex I to the Convention (80 kB)	Modalities and procedures for carbon dioxide capture and storage in geological formations as clean development mechanism project activities (194 kB)
Report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties and additional guidance to the Global Environment Facility (97 kB)	Issues relating to joint implementation (159 kB)
REDD+ : Safeguards and reference levels (120 kB)	Compliance Committee (79 kB)
Capacity-building under the Convention in developing countries (102 kB)	Proposal from Kazakhstan to amend Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol (85 kB)
National communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention - Work of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (86 kB)	Appeal by Croatia against a final decision of the enforcement branch of the Compliance Committee in relation to the implementation of decision 7/CP.12 (86 kB)
Revision of the UNFCCC reporting guidelines on annual inventories for Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (304 kB)	Capacity-building under the Kyoto Protocol for developing countries (112 kB)
Research dialogue on developments in research activities relevant to the needs of the Convention (77 kB)	Administrative, financial and institutional matters (82 kB)
Administrative, financial and institutional matters (87 kB)	Programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013 (68 kB)
Programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013 (433 kB)
Dates and venues of future sessions (115 kB)
Resolution adopted by COP 17 and CMP 7
Expression of gratitude to the Government of the Republic of South Africa, the province of KwaZulu-Natal and the people of the city of Durban (79 kB)

News
	Peru deposited its instrument of acceptance of the amendment to Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol 25 January 2012 At the second session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, held in Nairobi, Kenya from 6 to 17 November 2006, the Parties adopted an amendment to Annex B to the Protocol by decision 10/CMP.2, in accordance with Articles 20 and 21 of the Protocol. Peru deposited its instrument of acceptance of the amendment to Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol on 25 January 2012. The total number of States and regional economic integration organizations that have deposited instruments of acceptance is now 27. More
	UNFCCC Executive Secretary sums up outcomes of COP17, outlines next steps for 2012 19 January 2012 Abu Dhabi, UAE Speaking on the final day of the World Future Energy summit in Abu Dhabi, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres summed up the central outcomes of COP17 in Durban and outlined the next steps for the UN climate change process in 2012. Speech (191 kB)
	UNFCCC secretariat issues call for proposals for host of new Climate Technology Centre 19 January 2012 Bonn, Germany The secretariat of the UN Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) has issued a call for proposals for the host of the Climate Technology Centre (CTC), as requested by governments at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban at the end of last year. Press release (156 kB)
	Call for proposals for hosting the Climate Technology Centre 16 January 2012 Bonn, Germany Pursuant to the decision of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its seventeenth session in Durban, South Africa, the UNFCCC secretariat issued the call for proposals for hosting the Climate Technology Centre (455 kB) to invite interested organizations including consortia of organizations to submit their proposals to the secretariat not later than 16 March 2012 at 12 noon Central European Time. More
	Launching the Green Climate Fund 22 December 2011 Bonn, Germany Following the decision of the COP in Durban regarding the Green Climate Fund, the interim secretariat of the GCF has issued a message to Parties concerning actions called for by the COP. These actions include nominations to the Board of the GCF and offers to host the GCF. Notification (170 kB)
	Durban conference delivers breakthrough in international community's response to climate change 11 December 2011 Durban, South Africa Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, have delivered a breakthrough on the future of the international community's response to climate change, whilst recognizing the urgent need to raise their collective level of ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to keep the average global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius. Press release (193 kB) View webcast of final press conference with UNFCCC Executive Secretary and COP 17/CMP 7 President
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	Enforcement branch of the Compliance Committee, 17th meeting 20-21 December 2011 Bonn, Germany The provisional agenda and its annotations for the 17th meeting of the enforcement branch are now available online. More View webcast (available as of 20 December 2011)

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Durban Climate Change Conference - November/December 2011