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Tianjin Climate Change Conference - October 2010

The fourteenth session of the AWG-KP and the twelfth session of the AWG-LCA took place from Monday, 4 to Saturday, 9 October 2010 at the Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center (MJCEC), Tianjin, China.

The above-mentioned sessions were preceded by preparatory meetings of the Group of 77 and China, the African Group, the small islands developing States and the least developed countries from Tuesday, 28 September to Sunday, 3 October 2010.


UNFCCC Press briefing Saturday, 9 October

ImageView full webcast | Download as podcast 		On the final day of the Tianjin meeting, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Christiana Figueres, and Mexican Foreign Minister, Patricia Espinosa, gave a joint press conference where they stated that governments have made progress in defining what can be achieved at the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun.

Ms Figueres pointed out the critical importance of "turning dry texts into a set of keys that unlock a new level of climate action - among rich and poor, business and consumers, governments and citizens."

Minister Espinosa said that "the outcomes of this year\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s conferences can truly be the start of a new era of cooperative global climate action." She added that Cancun can and should be a very significant step forward.
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