The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Durban 2011, will bring together representatives of the world's
governments, international organizations and civil society. The discussions will seek to advance, in a balanced
fashion, the implementation of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, as well as the Bali
Action Plan, agreed at COP 13 in 2007, and the Cancun
Agreements, reached at COP 16 last December.
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Latest edition UNFCCC newsletter
23 November 2011
Bonn, Germany
This edition focuses on the upcoming Climate Change Conference in Durban
and includes video messages from UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Christiana Figueres,
and Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa.
Newsletter
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iPhone and iPad applications for COP 17 / CMP 7
23 November
2011
Stay tuned and up-to-date by the minute on what's happening at the conference!
Using the application, users can among many other things:
View the latest youtube videos and photos from the conference, Read the latest
documents, agendas and meetings information, Join the Talks via the Facebook and
Twitter channels and be part of the action, Get logistical information about the
conference.
Download the iPhone and iPad app – ‘Negotiator‘ – free of charge here.
To view the complete UNFCCC WEBSITE using your MOBILE device browser, go to http://unfccc.int
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Secretariat launches new Momentum for Change Initiative
22
November 2011
Bonn, Germany
The UNFCCC secretariat is seeking to acknowledge the increasing momentum for stronger
international and national action on climate change by highlighting projects in
developing countries that help put the world on a more climate-resilient and low-carbon
path, whilst demonstratively improving people's lives.
More
 Press release (175 kB)
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New Fast-Start Finance web module now online
18 November 2011
Bonn, Germany
The new Fast-Start Finance module that can now be accessed on the UNFCCC website
provides user-friendly access to data from the information submitted by developed
country Parties on the resources provided in order to meet their Fast-Start Finance
commitments.
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Press release (161 kB)
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New IPCC report: More frequent droughts, floods to come due to climate
change
18 November 2011
Kampala, Uganda
Climate change will make the drought and flooding events that have battered a number of
countries in 2011 more frequent in years to come, forcing nations to rethink the way
they cope with disasters. according to a new report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change.
Report website Media statement by Christiana Figueres (156 kB)
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Twitter chat with Christiana Figueres about the role of business and
public-private partnerships in fighting climate change on 22 November
On
22 November, 16:00 - 17:00 CET, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres will
chat about the role of public-private partnerships in responding to cimate change on
Twitter. Users can follow @Cfigueres and the hashtag #climatebiz to participate.
View live page
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Tribute to Mama Konaté (1950 - 2011)
It is with profound sadness that the Climate Change Secretariat has to inform all
Parties and observer organizations to the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol about the
sudden death of Mr. Mama Konaté, Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the National Focal Point of Mali.
Notification (148 kB) Letter of
tribute (134 kB)
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Previous News and
Events
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Other meetings
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Enforcement branch of the Compliance Committee, 16th
meeting
14-18 November 2011
Bonn, Germany
The provisional agenda and its annotations for the 16th meeting of the enforcement
branch are now available online.
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Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism, Sixty-fifth
meeting
21-25 November 2011
Durban, South Africa
The provisional agenda and its annotations for the 65th meeting of the CDM Executive
Board (CDM-EB 65) are now available online.
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View webcast (available as of 21
November 2011)
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Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee, 27th meeting
24-25
November 2011
Durban, South Africa
The proposed agenda and its annotations for the twenty-seventh Meeting of the Joint
Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC 27) are now available online.
More
View webcast (available as of 24
November 2011)
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Latest Documents
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FCCC/SB/2011/INF.6
Report on the joint workshop on matters relating to Article 2, paragraph 3, and Article 3, paragraph 14, of the Kyoto Protocol. Note by the secretariat.
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FCCC/KP/AWG/2011/
INF.2
Synthesis report of the technical assessments of the forest management reference level submissions. Note by the secretariat.
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FCCC/SBI/2011/INF.11
Report on the workshop to identify challenges and gaps in the implementation of risk management approaches to the adverse effects of climate change. Note by the secretariat.
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