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UNFCCC Releases Further Submissions on Quantified Economywide Emission Reduction Targets
22 May 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
14 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions from Canada, Iceland and Nauru, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), containing additional information relating to the quantified economywide emission reduction targets contained in document FCCC/SB/2011/INF.1/Rev.1 (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.1/Add.2). The submissions are in addition to the nine submissions contained in document FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.1 and the submission contained in document FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC...
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First Meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board
20 May 2012
The first meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been postponed, pending finalization of the process for nominations from countries to the membership of the Board. The Board had been expected to meet on 31 May 2012. It will meet either the last week in June or the first week in July. At its first meeting, the Board is to consider the six offers from countries to host the Fund, including Germany, Mexico, Namibia, Poland, the...
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UNFCCC Workshop Focuses on Equitable Access to Sustainable Development
18 May 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
16 May 2012: The in-session workshop on equitable access to sustainable development took place in Bonn, Germany, during the UN Climate Change Conference. The workshop aimed to enhance Parties’ understanding of ensuring equitable access to sustainable development and its possible operationalization, particularly in the context of identifying the timeframe for the peaking of global emissions and the global goal for emission reductions in 2050. Held on 16 May 2012, the workshop was opened by...
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UNFCCC Releases Further Submissions on ADP Workplan
17 May 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
15 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released six submissions from Parties containing their views on a workplan for the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (FCCC/ADP/2012/MISC.3/Add.1). The submissions are in addition to the 12 submissions contained in document FCCC/ADP/2012/MISC.3. The additional submissions are from: Australia; Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Peru; Gambia, on behalf of the least developed countries (LDCs); Nauru, on behalf of...
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UNFCCC Releases Submissions on QELROs
16 May 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
14 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions from Belarus, Iceland and Nauru on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), containing information on Annex I Parties’ quantified emission limitation or reduction objectives (QELROs) for the second Kyoto Protocol commitment period (FCCC/KP/AWG/2012/MISC.1/Add.1). These three submissions are in addition to the seven submissions contained in document FCCC/KP/AWG/2012/MISC.1. The submissions were made in response...
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