UN Climate Change Conference
Bonn Climate Change Conference - June 2008
The twenty-eighth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place from 4-13 June 2008.
The second session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 2) and the second part of the fifth session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 5 ) took place from 2-12 June 2008.
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Outcome of the Bonn Climate Change Talks, 2-13 June The Bonn Talks included the second major session this year on a strengthened international climate change agreement to be finalized in December 2009 in Copenhagen. As agreed at the previous session of Climate Change Talks in Bangkok, all five elements of the negotiations - adaptation, mitigation, technology, finance and a shared vision for long-term cooperative action - were discussed under the Convention at the Bonn session. more |
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Press Service |
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Summing up the Talks at the closing press conference, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, said Parties had called for proposals which would enable them to deliver on the four key elements of an agreed outcome in Copenhagen: mitigation, adaptation, technology and finance. But with negotiating time up to 2009 running short, he urged that "proposals need to become more targeted." Mr. de Boer spoke of real progress having been made in implementing action on adaptation to climate change. He also expressed the hope that developed countries would announce voluntary contributions to the Kyoto Protocol's Adaptation Fund at the Climate Change Conference in Poznan in December. The agreement to scale up practical technology transfer efforts was also welcomed by Mr. de Boer, but he cautioned that "a larger advance in technology cooperation will be crucial for the success of a Copenhagen agreement." "The road ahead is daunting," he said. While acknowledging the commitment of many countries to reach an agreed outcome in Copenhagen, he stressed that "it is crucial that the next meetings produce concrete negotiating texts." |
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At the opening press conference, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, outlined the main issues under discussion, including adaptation to climate change, the development and transfer of technology, reduced emissions from deforestation, and finance. A critical issue, he said, would be financial engineering: "How to generate sufficient financial resources that will drive the technology into the market that allows developing countries to act, both to limit their emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change." Mr. de Boer explained that both the group negotiating an enhanced long-term response to climate change, and the group discussing further commitments for Parties to the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012, were continuing their work in Bonn. Both sets of negotiations are set to conclude in Copenhagen at the end of 2009. "The world is expecting a Copenhagen deal to reach the goal set by science without harming the economy. Parties will need to make real progress towards this goal," he said. |
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In-session workshops and roundtables |
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SBSTA |
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6 June |
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2 June |
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The general objectives, focus and structure of the workshops are presented in the Information note prepared by the secretariat under the guidance of the Chair of AWG-LCA in order to facilitate active and concrete contributions by Parties to the workshops: |
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2-3 June |
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3 June |
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5 June |