United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Aerial view of UN Bonn Campus and WCCB - Presseamt Bundesstadt Bonn

Bonn Climate Change Conference - April 2013

The second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP 2) will be held between 29 April - 3 May 2013 at the World Conference Center Bonn, in Bonn, Germany.

See additional information on the session, including an informal note on the session by the Co-Chairs.

From the Podium
	News from the Bureau 12 March 2013 The Bureau of COP 18 and CMP 8 met in Bonn on 12 March 2013. Participants discussed the importance of the Doha outcomes and looked to the work needed to ensure a successful COP and CMP in Warsaw, Poland. Statement (120 kB)
	Statement by H.E. Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah 4 December 2012 COP18 / CMP8 President Statement, Arabic (2061 kB) , English (1486 kB)
	News of the Convention and Protocol Bodies

Implementation Updates
	Webinar on Long-term Finance to be held on 18 April 2013 5 April 2013 The Co-Chairs of the UNFCCC work programme on long-term finance invite Parties and stakeholders to participate in a webinar on 18 April. Attendees to this webinar will have the opportunity to share their views on the work programme, designed to explore pathways and enabling environments for mobilizing scaled-up climate finance to USD 100 billion per year by 2020 from public, private and alternative sources. More information and registration information
	UNFCCC and UNEP sign Memorandum of Understanding to launch new Climate Technology Centre 22 February 2013 UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNEP to launch the new Climate Technology Centre (CTC). The CTC and its Network is part of the UNFCCC's Technology Mechanism agreed by governments in Cancun in 2010. The signing means that the mechanism is on track to deliver mitigation and adaptation benefits for developing countries. Press release
	Previous Implementation Updates

Other meetings
	Technology Executive Committee, 5th meeting (TEC 5) 26-27 March 2013 Bonn, Germany The provisional agenda for the Fifth meeting of the TEC is now available online. More information View webcast

Meetings

Bonn Climate Change Conference - April 2013