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."
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Statements made at the opening of the High-Level Segment at COP 17/CMP 7 |
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Statement by Christiana Figueres |
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Statement by Mr. BAN Ki-Moon |
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Statement by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma |
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The Durban Conference comprised:
- The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP),
- The 7th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP),
- The 35th session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI),
- The 35th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA),
- The 10th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP)
- The 12th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA)
The Conference was hosted by the Government of South Africa and took place at the International Convention Centre (ICC) & Durban Exhibition Centre (DEC)