The UNFCCC/COP climate change meeting in Bali produced
the framework for a new greenhouse gases agreement to
replace the Kyoto treaty, which expires in 2012. The meeting
was called ‘the summit that could save the planet’.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges action on
climate change
WWF, one of the many intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations acting as observers to the
conference, showcased the plight of the penguin under
climate change. Read the full story at: http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_13/items/4049.php
Bali roadmap suggests course
for a secure climate future
More than 10,000 politicians, environmentalists and businessmen, including representatives of over 180 countries and observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and the media, met at the UNFCCC/COP climate change conference held in Bali from December 3-14.
Extensive negotiations at the two-week conference have now led to the adoption of the Bali roadmap, which sets a course for a post-2012 international agreement on climate change to replace the Kyoto Protocol when it expires. Negotiations are due to be completed by 2009 and major decisions in areas such as the launch of the Adaptation Fund, technology transfer and reducing emissions from deforestation were taken at the conference to form core elements of the roadmap and achieve a secure climate future.
As the UN’s lead development agency, UNDP already works on climate change mitigation and adaptation in partnership with more than 100 developing countries, and in areas such as capacity development, negotiation skills, financing and technology transfer. In partnership with other UN and multinational organizations, UNDP will continue to support the early adoption and practice of adaptation measures that anticipate the damage that climate change will cause to the economies and ecosystems of developing countries and will be proactive in creating efficient financial markets that support adaptation measures.
UNDP is also working to ensure that climate change issues are mainstreamed into all its activities and programmes especially poverty reduction, environment and energy, land management, crisis prevention and risk reduction programmes. UNDP hopes that the needs of the poor – and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals – remain central to all discussions. UNDP supports equitable and effective action on climate change that is pro-poor, pro-sustainable development, and closely linked with nationally driven and owned development plans and strategies.
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