At the Climate Change Conference in Bali, Parties to the UNFCCC decided to launch formal negotiations on a strengthened international deal on climate change. These negotiations are set to be concluded by the end of 2009 at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. To conduct the process, a subsidiary body under the Convention was set up, called the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA).
AWG-LCA reports and submissions

To discuss future commitments for industrialized countries under the Kyoto Protocol, the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol established a working group in December 2005 called the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP). The AWG-KP is also set to complete its work by the end of 2009.
AWG-KP reports and submissions

Bonn Climate Change Talks, 2-13 June 2008
The twenty-eighth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place from 4-13 June 2008.
The second session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 2) and the second part of the fifth session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex 1 Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 5 ) took place from 2-12 June 2008.
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Address by Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary at the World Petroleum Congress
Madrid, Spain
3 July 2008
Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, today addressed the World Petroleum Congress, outlining the Bali Road Map and the need for the petroleum industry to become fully involved in the solution to climate change, including by implementing Carbon Capture and Storage demonstration projects. The statement also invites the petroleum industry to provide their insights on a Copenhagen agreed outcome in 2009.
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Substantial new funding in sustainable energy sector - new report by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
1 July 2008
According to the UNEP report "Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2008", released 1 July, over 148 billion USD in new funding entered the sustainable energy sector in 2007. Responding to the report, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer said, "The positive trend in the renewable energy market is at least in part a business response to a policy expectation. If that expectation is not met, the conventional bottom-line will be the main driver for investment decisions."
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Climate Change Convention Parties discuss methodological issues on how to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries
Tokyo, Japan
25 - 27 June 2008
140 delegates from more than 60 UNFCCC Parties and international organizations gathered in Tokyo from 25 to 27 June to continue their discussions on methodological matters related to the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries.
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Eleventh meeting of the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee - JISC 11 concluded
Bonn, Germany
16 - 17 June 2008
The eleventh meeting of the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC) concluded on 17 June. At the meeting, the JISC addressed a number of issues regarding the accreditation of independent entities and the JISC verification procedure. The report of the meeting is available on the UNFCCC JI website.
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Progress made at 40th meeting of the CDM Executive Board - CDM EB 40
Bonn, Germany
15 - 17 June 2008
The fortieth meeting of the CDM Executive Board wrapped up on 17 June with progress made on several fronts, in addition to over 60 decisions taken on registration and issuance cases. The report of the meeting is available online.
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