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Official side events &
exhibits
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Side events and exhibits were established as a platform for admitted observer organizations that have
limited speaking opportunities in the formal negotiations, to engage with Parties and other participants
for knowledge sharing, capacity building, networking and exploring actionable options for meeting the
climate challenge.
UN agencies, admitted observer organizations and those Parties that partner with observers present their
work or foster discussions on key issues, often engaging the audience in a Q&A session. Side events
are 90 minutes in duration.
The official side event program for COP 21/CMP 11 contained over 200 events focused on major issues in
the Convention process.
Exhibits serve as a platform for observer organizations and Parties to highlight diverse climate change
issues at UNFCCC conferences and provide a meeting point for participants. They cover a wide variety of
topics and are loosely clustered by thematic groups.
The archives of the full list of side events and exhibits as well as the related materials are available
through the link below. Please select the respective conference and click 'Refresh' to access the
COP 21/CMP 11 list.
Greening of side events
With a view to reinforcing the greening of the conference, the organizers of all official side events
were strongly encouraged by the UNFCCC secretariat to disseminate their side event materials through
electronic means only. In order to track the sustainability level of each side event, a 3-level rating
was introduced: 'green' (electronic dissemination of materials only), 'orange' (limited
number of printed materials combined with electronic dissemination) and 'red' (a lot of leftover
printed materials).
Thanks to the exemplary commitment and cooperation of many side event organizers, 78 side events (39% of
the total of 202) were rated green. The list of all 'green' side events can be found through the
link below.
Thematic days and events
Organizing official side events and exhibits
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Pavilions, other and outside
events
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Besides the official side events coordinated by the UNFCCC secretariat, Parties and observer
organizations organized their own events relating to the climate change negotiation process within
different Pavilions and outside the conference premises. Some NGOs also held media actions or publicity
activities in order to raise public awareness or to communicate with delegates during the sessions. The
information on such events and activities is announced hereunder on a request basis.
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Program of the
Climate Generations Areas
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 List of authorized publicity actions
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Africa Pavilion
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China Pavilion
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Cities and Regions Pavilion
Climate Summit for Local Leaders,
Friday, 4 December (at Paris City Hall)
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Cultural Heritage Side Event, Tuesday, 1 December (at La Maison Champs-Elysees)
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EU Pavilion
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FEDARENE events at Halle Pajol, Paris
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German Pavilion
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Gulf Cooperation Council Pavilion
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Indonesia Pavilion
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Interfaith activities
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IUCN Pavilion
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Japan Pavilion
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Netherlands Pavilion
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New
Nordic Climate Solutions – the Nordic Pavilion at COP21 (
Nordic Pavilion schedule)
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OECD Programme
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Open for Business Hub (App available for Android
and iOS)
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Peru
Pavilion
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Republic of Korea Pavilion
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Rio Conventions Pavilion
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RTCC (Responding to Climate Change) events (233 kB)
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Social work, climate change, and risk management, Tuesday, 1 December (at CNAM, Paris)
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UNICEF/OECD
joint event
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U.S. Center
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Viet Nam Pavilion
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Women and
Gender Constituency Pavilion
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Climate Change Resources Counter
(CCRC)
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Admitted observers without an exhibit and exhibitors that have been allocated an exhibit booth for one
conference week only were welcome to display their publications at the CCRC. In line with the
sustainability efforts for COP 21/CMP 11, only one printed copy of each publication, with a QR
code and/or a link to the electronic version of the publication, was accepted. Piles of printed
publications were no longer permitted.
The Bloggers area is a working area for bloggers and online communicators from the observer community. It
was located in the Hall 4. There were approximately 80 work spaces, each equipped with a table, chair, a
lamp and electrical power connection. In addition, an open wireless network was available.
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Contact Side events and
exhibits team
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The team in charge of the official side events and exhibits as well as the Climate Change Studio can be
reached by email at see@unfccc.int.
