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	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was opened for signature at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) conference in Rio de Janeiro (known by its popular title, the Earth Summit).
		Since the UNFCCC entered into force, the parties have been meeting annually in Conferences of the Parties (COP) to assess progress in dealing with climate change, and beginning in the mid-1990s, to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol to establish legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
		The UNFCCC Conference of Parties met for the first time in Berlin, Germany in the spring of 1995, and voiced concerns about the adequacy of countries' abilities to meet commitments under the Convention.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change (2028 words)

	Climate Change and the forest sector (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The UNFCCC drafters reasoned that because the Annex I nations were responsible for most of the increases in atmospheric GHG concentrations, they should bear a greater burden in reducing GHG emissions and increasing sinks.
		UNFCCC Article 4, paragraphs 3 through 5, obligates the developed nations to assist developing nations through funding for emissions reductions, funding for adaptation to adverse effects and transfer of environmentally sound technologies.
		The UNFCCC states that Annex I Parties can return to their 1990 GHG emission levels “individually or jointly” (Article 4, subparagraph 2[b]) and that Parties could implement national climate change mitigation policies jointly (Article 4, subparagraph 2[a]).
	www.fao.org /docrep/007/y5647e/y5647e04.htm (8461 words)

	UNFCCC - International Alliance
		A range of side-events, including high-level meetings with the Secretariat of the UNFCCC were realized during the first weeks of December.
		Indigenous Peoples have been patiently waiting for the parties to the UNFCCC to settle down their disputes and to finish their negotiations to the Kyoto Protocol.
		It is not acceptable that the whole range of issues that have impacts on Indigenous Peoples are treated without our participation; in particular, activities within the CDM such as afforestation and reforestation projects or hydroelectric power plants that in the past has meant violation of rights to Indigenous Peoples.
	www.international-alliance.org /unfccc.htm (746 words)

	International activities - The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
		Negotiated between 1990 and 1992, the UNFCCC was adopted in May 1992 and opened for signatures a month later at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
		Decisions under the UNFCCC are made on the basis of consensus according to the current operating rules.
		The administration of the UNFCCC is the responsibility of a secretariat (http://unfccc.int/secret/index.html) based in Bonn, Germany.
	www.greenhouse.gov.au /international/unfccc.html (730 words)

	unfccc_report98 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Switzerland announced at the Second Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in July 1996 its intention to participate in the pilot phase for activities implemented jointly.
		Switzerland co-sponsored a workshop organised by the Climate Network Africa entitled "Activities Implemented Jointly under the UNFCCC for Industry in East and Southern Africa", which was held in Nairobi on 10-11 November 1997.
		A Memorandum of Understanding with the World Bank – which commits Switzerland to participating in a consultative group to explore the feasibility of establishing a carbon offset investment fund and to discuss the design, operational conditions and modalities of such a fund – was signed by the Swiss government on 24 June 1997.
	adminsrv.admin.ch /swissaij/internal/unfccc_report98.htm (1739 words)

	INFO FOR PARTICIPANTS
		The venue for the resumed sixth session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (16-27 July 2001), held in conjunction with the fourteenth sessions of its subsidiary bodies (starting on 16 July), is the Hotel Maritim, Godesberger Allee, 53175 Bonn, tel.: (0228) 8108-0, fax: (0228) 8108-811.
		UNFCCC documents are also available on this web site and by direct electronic mail upon request to: secretariat@unfccc.int.
		This paper was issued on 9 April 2001 for despatch to the participants in the President's High Level Consultations to be held in New York on 20-21 April 2001.
	www.unfccc.int /cop6_2 (2463 words)

	GCOS AND UNFCCC
		he United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the highest level political and diplomatic response by the international community to the scientific evidence of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the need to stabilize these gases at levels that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
		Article 5 of the UNFCCC states that Parties shall support international efforts to strengthen systematic observation, taking into account the needs of developing countries for improving their capacities to participate in systematic observation.
		Invited the UNFCCC and GCOS Secretariats to develop a process for synthesizing and analyzing the national reports.
	www.wmo.ch /web/gcos/gcos&unfccc_WW.htm (789 words)

	ENBOTS @ UNFCCC SB-18, 4 - 13 June 2003, Bonn, Germany.
		Janos Pasztor, UNFCCC, summarized the history of UNFCCC Article 6 on education, training and public awareness and said the UNFCCC Secretariat was asked to design a clearinghouse mechanism and to provide better guidance to Parties on how to elaborate national communications in relation to Article 6.
		Laurence Pollier, UNFCCC, said the New Delhi Work Programme includes a list of activities to be developed by the UNFCCC to: enhance education and training programmes on climate change; increase availability and dissemination of information; and improve public understanding of, and participation in, climate change issues.
		Pollier stressed that the UNFCCC is working on developing an information network via a clearinghouse system to facilitate the provision of increased access to information and enhance partnerships and networking.
	www.iisd.ca /climate/sb18/enbots/tue10jun.html (2353 words)

	Engagement with the UNFCCC - Climate Change \| IISD
		The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was signed in 1992 and has since been ratified by 188 countries.
		The UNFCCC and subsequent decisions regarding its interpretation and implementation represents one of the most complex multilateral agreements ever negotiated.
		Through policy research on the current and future implementation of the UNFCCC and its Protocol, IISD's Climate Change team brings its perspective and concerns on climate change issues to the attention of decision-makers around the world.
	www.iisd.org /climate/unfccc (724 words)

	CO2e.com
		AIJ is a UNFCCC established pilot program to allow private entities in one country to reduce, sequester, or avoid emissions through a project in a different country.
		The CDM is designed to meet two main objectives: to address the sustainable development needs of the host country, and to increase the opportunities available to Parties to meet their reduction commitments.
		The UNFCCC was established in June 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit.
	www.co2e.com /common/glossary.asp (10334 words)

	Laying the basis for action for sustainable development in Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fittingly, this project intended to build the capacities of African countries so that they be better able to meet the commitments they made when they ratified the Convention and also so that they may take advantage of the opportunities offered by this instrument to achieve their development goals.
		It was one of the first projects to be implemented in the framework of the UNFCCC.
		The first two objectives are deemed essential and should enable countries to develop national capacities and achieve a synergy between the different countries' experts with a view to compiling sub-regional experiences in the implementation of the UNFCCC and responding to climate change.
	www.enda.sn /energie/rapports/synthba/synth-eng.htm (5321 words)

	Wetlands and climate change: Ramsar and the UNFCCC
		UNFCCC Article 4.8 calls on Parties to give full consideration to necessary actions, including those related to funding, insurance and the transfer of technology, to meet the specific needs and concerns of developing country Parties arising from the adverse effects of climate change and/or the impact of the implementation of response measures.
		This Report was requested at the eighth session of the UNFCCC SBSTA in June 1998, in response to the uncertainties regarding implementation of the forest and land use change provisions of the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC.
		This Report was requested by the UNFCCC SBSTA to identify and assess potential effectiveness of options to accelerate the development and diffusion of technology, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change though various mechanisms.
	www.ramsar.org /key_unfccc_bkgd.htm (11508 words)

	ENB @ UNFCCC COP-6bis (Bonn, Germany, July 16-27 2001)
		Above photo: UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Michael Zammit Cutajar and President Jan Pronk congratulating each other for a successful conclusion of COP6 Part Two and a bird's eye view of the plenary.
		COP-6 President Pronk addressed delegates, stating that this meeting advanced the implementation of the UNFCCC and brought the Protocol closer to reality, as agreed under the BAPA.
		UNFCCC Conference Live The Conference's Plenary and High Level Meetings will be broadcast live and on-demand on the Internet.
	www.iisd.ca /climate/cop6bis (835 words)

	Law and Justice - Environment and International Law (Climate Change) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The ultimate objective of the UNFCCC is the "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system" (Article 2 of the UNFCCC).
		The purpose of JI and CDM is to contribute to the objectives of the UNFCCC by lowering greenhouse gas emissions while at the same time furthering sustainable development in host countries through environmentally sound investment and the proliferation of cleaner technology.
		At the Seventh Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (CoP7) meeting in Marrakech from October 29 to November 9, 2001, the CoP agreed to the establishment of three new funds: two under the UNFCCC and one under the Kyoto Protocol.
	www4.worldbank.org /legal/legen/legen_climate.html (1709 words)

	Analysis of President Bush's Climate Change Plan
		This is the approach taken by both the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which set non-binding emissions targets for developed countries and was ratified by the U.S. Senate; and by the Kyoto Protocol, which sets binding targets but was rejected by the Administration.
		Further, because the target (1) is voluntary, (2) represents only a slight change from the "business as usual" path, and (3) does not appear to advance specific policy solutions, it is unclear how this goal will be translated into actual reductions in GHG intensity across various sectors of the economy.
		Previous voluntary GHG targets, including the UNFCCC's target of returning to 1990 levels of GHG emissions by 2000, have not been met by the United States.
	www.pewclimate.org /policy_center/analyses/response_bushpolicy.cfm (1489 words)

	JURI5590: Climate Change
		UNFCCC establishes basic objective of climate change regime (art.
		ratification) (amendments to the UNFCCC and KP) and (b) tacit consent (i.e., no objection within a specified time period) (amendments to annexes).
		19), the UNFCCC and KP each establish a more particularized procedure: for the UNFCCC, the multilateral consultative process (Art.
	www.lawsch.uga.edu /~bodansky/courses/JURI5590/treatyex-answers.htm (672 words)

	Welcome to the National Communications Support Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		UNFCCC COP 7 Decision: Guidelines for the preparation of the NAPAs.
		UNFCCC COP 7 Decision: Establishment of the LDC experts group.
		UNFCCC COP 9 Decision: Recalling the original decision in COP 7.
	www.undp.org /cc/napa.htm (822 words)

	NOTES BY THE GCOS SECRETARIAT ON THE UNFCCC REPORTING GUIDELINES ON GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEMS WITH EMPHASIS ON ...
		This note is intended to provide assistance to NMHSs of WMO Members, particularly non-Annex I Parties to the UNFCCC, in preparing national reports on systematic observation as a component of their national communications with particular emphasis on reporting on meteorological observing systems.
		The letter requested that historical data (both daily and monthly averages) series be sent digitally and that the WMO Secretariat be informed of submission of these data, or intention to do so, by 15 December 1999.
		It would be useful for the report to the UNFCCC to outline the Party's responses on this matter.
	www.wmo.ch /web/gcos/Guidelines_to_the_guidelines.htm (942 words)

	Graphics for UNFCCC conference - Buenos Aires
		It should be noted that the GHG emissions projection data is based on a "without-measures" scenario whenever possible.
		The data may in some cases not reflect methodology changes for all years in a series.
		This work has been done based on information provided, and does not seek to indicate the opinions of the UNFCCC, UNEP or GRID-Arendal.
	www.grida.no /db/maps/collection/climatechange/index.htm (126 words)

	GN Online: A Question of Answer: 'Need to look beyond the Kyoto Protocol'
		That is why the Eighth Conference of Parties (COP 8) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), being held here from October 23 to November 1 is causing ripples in the quiet corridors of power everywhere.
		There are furious discussions in closed door meetings of the governmental delegations, and there is the inevitable attempt on the part of bureaucrats to keep it all under wraps.
		An active participant in different sessions at the UNFCCC, he feels that the conference should not get bogged down with the nitty-gritties of the Kyoto Protocol, and that the real challenge lies in preparing for the future.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=66939 (960 words)

	Operationalising Article 2 of the UNFCCC
		he United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the cornerstone of international efforts to address climate change.
		This was the goal behind HOT (Helping Operationalize Article 2 of the UNFCCC), a science-based policy dialogue initiated by IVM (Institute for Environmental Studies, The Netherlands) with support from the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment.
		TERI participated in the first phase of the HOT initiative, which was a collaborative effort of seven research institutes from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
	www.devalt.org /newsletter/nov03/of_8.htm (687 words)

	UN system-wide Earthwatch partner: UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Secretariat
		Also, with various UNFCCC National Focal Points for the standardization of information dissemination on the World-Wide-Web (CC:INFO/Web).
		Promotion of IS information use: Staffing of a "CC:INFO booth" during UNFCCC meetings; active participation in other information-related meetings.
		In IS: In the context of the CC:INFO/Web initiative, organization of workshops devoted to publishing UNFCCC related information on the web (to date, 2 workshops with 12 representatives of developing country Parties).
	www.un.org /earthwatch/about/docs/Pdfccc.htm (1055 words)

	30/5/2003 -- HK Accepts UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol
		"The UNFCCC is applicable to Hong Kong with effect from May 5, 2003 while the Kyoto Protocol will be applicable to Hong Kong as and when it comes into operation," a spokesman for Hong Kong Environment, Transport and Works Bureau was quoted as saying by a Hong Kong government press release on Thursday.
		The UNFCCC, adopted in 1992, and its Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997, seek to reduce global emissions of GHG.
		Up to date, the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol have been ratified by 188 and 109 countries (regions), including China, respectively.
	www.climateark.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=23075 (688 words)

	Climate Change and Global Warming
		Responding to Climate Change was invited to make a presentation at the UNFCCC Kiosk on the "adaptation and mitigation" themed day (13:00 - 15:00, Wednesday, 3rd December, 2003) at COP 9 in Milan.
		This presentation, along with synchronised a PowerPoint presentation is now available on the UNFCCC website as an on demand webcast.
		Adam Bumpus of Responding to Climate Change was also invited by the UNFCCC secretariat to moderate the day on "adaptation and mitigation".
	www.rtcc.org /html/events/cop9_kiosk.htm (367 words)

	India to submit initial communication to UNFCCC - NDTV.com - News on India to submit initial communication to UNFCCC
		The decision was taken by the Union Cabinet today, which met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
		India became a member of the UNFCCC on March 21, 1994.
		The Ministry of Environment and Forests is the executing and implementing agency for the project.
	www.ndtv.com /morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=India+to+submit+information+to+UNFCCC&id=55596 (127 words)

	CDM: CDM-Home
		Detailed information is available as of today on the UNFCCC CDM web site
		Please note that the CDM mangement has been published and is available on the UNFCCC CDM website (Annex 25 to the report of the 21st meeting of the CDM Executive Board: http://cdm.unfccc.int/EB/Meetin...
		Please be informed that the report of the twenty-first meeting of the CDM Executive Board (28 - 30 September 2005), including its annexes, is now available on the UNFCCC CDM web...
	cdm.unfccc.int (348 words)

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