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Addressing the media for the first time since last month's Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Yvo de Boer said the fact that Copenhagen did not deliver the full agreement the world needs to address climate change “just makes the task more urgent.”

Three key things that Copenhagen produced are: 1) It raised climate change to the highest level of government; 2) The Copenhagen Accord reflects a political consensus on the long-term, global response to climate change; 3) The negotiations brought an almost full set of decisions to implement rapid climate action near to completion.

Mr. de Boer said that we’re now in a cooling off period that gives countries useful and needed time to resume their discussions with each other. “If countries follow up the outcomes of Copenhagen calmly, with eyes firmly on the advantage of collective action, they have every chance of completing the job,” he said.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference held last month in Copenhagen concluded on Saturday, 19 December 2009. All decisions adopted by the Conference, as well as the Copenhagen Accord, can be found here.

NEW! Information provided by Parties to the Convention relating to the Copenhagen Accord

New! The report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) on its tenth session, held in Copenhagen from 7 to 15 December 2009, is available as document FCCC/KP/AWG/2009/17.

More information on the work of the AWG-KP can be found here.

New! The report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) on its eighth session, including an annex containing the draft texts presented to the COP at its fifteenth session, is available as document FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/17.

A document compiling the work undertaken by the COP at its fifteenth session on the basis of the report of the AWG-LCA will be available soon.

More information on the work of the AWG-LCA can be found here.

Information note pertaining to new President of COP 15 and CMP 5
5 February 2010
Bonn, Germany
Information note pertaining to a communication from the Government of Denmark informing Parties of a new President of COP 15 and CMP 5.
Information note (243 kB)

Information note pertaining to an invitation for submissions
2 February 2010
Bonn, Germany
Information note pertaining to an invitation for submission of views, including messages by the Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA). The above-mentioned messages invite Parties to submit their views by 16 February 2010.
Information note (1081 kB)

UNFCCC receives list of government climate pledges
1 February 2010
Bonn, Germany
Following the conclusion of the climate change talks in Copenhagen, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has received submissions of national pledges to cut and limit greenhouse gases by 2020 from 55 countries. These countries together account for 78 percent of global emissions from energy use.
Press release (152 kB)

2010 Rio Conventions Calendar
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – known as the "Rio Conventions" have produced their calendar for 2010, which also marks the International Year of Biodiversity. Its striking images celebrate the diversity of species, ecosystems, landscapes and cultures that grace our planet and that underpin efforts toward sustainable development. The calendar can be viewed here.

CDM Executive Board - Fifty-second meeting
8-12 February 2010
Bonn, Germany
The proposed agenda and its annotations for the fifty-second meeting of the CDM Executive Board (CDM-EB 52) are now available online.
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Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee - Twentieth meeting
23-24 February 2010
Bonn, Germany
The proposed agenda and its annotations for the twentieth meeting of the Joint-Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC 20) are now available online.
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