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United Nations Climate Change Conference Cancun - COP 16 / CMP 6
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The United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November
to 10 December 2010. It encompassed the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP) and the
sixth Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
(CMP), as well as the thirty-third sessions of both the Subsidiary Body for Implementation
(SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and the
fifteenth session of the AWG-KP and thirteenth session of the AWG-LCA.
COP 16 / CMP 6 websection including the
Cancun Agreements and Decisions adopted by COP 16 and CMP 6
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News
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UN's top climate change official calls on governments to quickly transform Cancun
Agreements into action, provide clarity on future of the Kyoto Protocol
Tokyo,
Japan
1 March 2011
Speaking to media Tuesday on a visit to Japan, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
called on governments to quickly transform the Cancún Agreements, agreed at the UN
Climate Change Conference in Mexico in December of last year, into tangible action on the
ground, and provide clarity on the future of the Kyoto Protocol.
 Press
release (185 kB)
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Symposium of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Tokyo,
Japan
28 February 2011
Speaking at the symposium, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres highlighted that
Japan's intended -25 percent target would be testimony to strategic economic thinking and
create cutting-edge economic advantages. She urged Japan to assess how an international
climate change agreement could help achieve this ambitious target, and cautioned that a
categorical "no" to the Kyoto Protocol would cause Japan to lose out on the
sizeable investments it had already made into Kyoto Protocol infrastructure.
Speech (106 kB)
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Assessment of Cancun Agreements by UNFCCC Executive Secretary now
online
Bonn, Germany
26 February 2011
An assessment of the Cancun Agreements agreed at COP16 in Mexico in December is now available
on the website. The assessment, by UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, looks at
what governments have agreed to do in the field of international action on climate change in
2011, and will contain regular updates charting progress made in the course of the year. It
can be accessed via a new entry point on the website entitled "Cancun Agreements."
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Address to the Congress of Deputies of Spain on climate change and
security
Madrid, Spain
15 February 2011
In an address to the Congress of Deputies of Spain at the Centro Superior de Estudios de la
Defensa Nacional, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres warned that more frequent
and more severe natural disasters and water shortages had the potential to cause large-scale
destabilizing population movements and highlighted the role of defense chiefs in convincing
governments to shift to low-carbon societies.
Speech (27 kB)
Versión española (156 kB)
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Address to the Conference of the Secretariat General Iberoamericana on opportunities
for Latin America resulting from COP16
Madrid, Spain
15 February 2011
Speaking at the Conference of the Secretariat General Iberoamericana, UNFCCC Executive
Secretary Christiana Figueres said that Latin America had a number of key opportunities to
take climate change action to the next level - both in adaptation and in mitigation - and
that it was important that these opportunities be fully capitalised, notably through the
Cancun Agreements.
Speech (172 kB)
Versión española (158 kB)
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Reminder COP 17/CMP 7: Admission of new observer organizations
Bonn,
Germany
7 February 2011
The application deadline for the admission of new observer organizations to attend COP 17/CMP
7 is 1 March 2011. Information on how to apply can be found on the Civil society and the Climate Change Process page.
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Meetings
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AWG-KP 16 and AWG-LCA 14 and pre-sessional workshops
Bangkok, Thailand
3-8 April 2011
The next round of AWG-KP and AWG-LCA meetings, as well as workshops pursuant to the Cancun
Agreements,will take place in Bangkok from Sunday, 3 April through Friday, 8 April 2011. These
meetings and workshops are to be preceded by preparatory regional group meetings from 30 March to 2
April.
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