UNFCCC

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...
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...
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...
10 May 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
3 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released two joint submissions from Parties containing their views on issues identified in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 72 and appendix II (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/MISC.1/Add.1) on policy approaches and positive incentives on issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+). These submissions are...
09 May 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
7 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions from Bolivia and Ecuador containing their views on a framework for various approaches (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.4/Add.1). The submissions relate to the agenda item of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) on the development of proposals to enhance the cost-effectiveness of, and to promote, mitigation actions, bearing in mind different circumstances of developed and developing countries...