UNFCCC Releases Further Submission on the New Market-Based Mechanism [viewed]
18 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submission from Bolivia containing its views on the new market-based mechanism (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.6/Add.2).
18 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submission from Bolivia containing its views on the new market-based mechanism (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.6/Add.2).
17 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published Brazil's summary report of the informal workshop on the “Eligibility of Areas Containing Forests in Exhaustion for the Development of A/R CDM Project Activities” (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/MISC.10).
7 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions by Malawi and Brazil on their views on modalities and procedures for financing results-based actions for REDD+ (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.3/Add.1).
The first meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 23-25 August 2012. The meeting had initially expected to take place on 31 May 2012, and was postponed pending finalization of the process for nominations from countries to the membership of the Board. At its first meeting, the Board is to start working on the Board's organization and operations, as well as the Fund's first workplan. At its first meeting, the Board also is expected to consider the six offers from countries to host the Fund, from Germany, Mexico, Namibia, Poland, the Republic of Korea and Switzerland.
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.
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).
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+).
7 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a new submission from Costa Rica on behalf of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama and Peru, containing their views on the new market-based mechanism (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.6/Add.1).
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.
3 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions from two Parties containing their views on issues relating to agriculture (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/MISC.6/Add.1). These submissions are in addition to the 20 submissions contained in document FCCC/SBSTA/2012/MISC.6.