Outcome of the Bonn Climate Change Talks, 2-13 June
The Bonn Talks included the second major session this year on a strengthened international climate
change agreement to be finalized in December 2009 in Copenhagen.
As agreed at the previous session of Climate Change Talks in Bangkok, all five elements of the
negotiations - adaptation, mitigation, technology, finance and a shared vision for long-term
cooperative action - were discussed under the Convention at the Bonn session. more
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Opening meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)
Participants discussing between sessions
Press Service
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13 June
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer addressing the media at the closing press
conference on the final day of the Talks Download
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Summing up the Talks at the closing press conference, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de
Boer, said Parties had called for proposals which would enable them to deliver on the four
key elements of an agreed outcome in Copenhagen: mitigation, adaptation, technology and
finance. But with negotiating time up to 2009 running short, he urged that
“proposals need to become more targeted.”
Mr. de Boer spoke of real progress having been made in implementing action on adaptation to
climate change. He also expressed the hope that developed countries would announce voluntary
contributions to the Kyoto Protocol’s Adaptation Fund at the Climate Change Conference
in Poznan in December.
The agreement to scale up practical technology transfer efforts was also welcomed by Mr. de
Boer, but he cautioned that “a larger advance in technology cooperation will be
crucial for the success of a Copenhagen agreement.”
“The road ahead is daunting,” he said. While acknowledging the
commitment of many countries to reach an agreed outcome in Copenhagen, he stressed that
“it is crucial that the next meetings produce concrete negotiating
texts.”
2 June
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer speaking at the opening press conference on the first
day of the Talks Download
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At the opening press conference, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, outlined the main
issues under discussion, including adaptation to climate change, the development and transfer
of technology, reduced emissions from deforestation, and finance.
A critical issue, he said, would be financial engineering: “How to generate
sufficient financial resources that will drive the technology into the market that allows
developing countries to act, both to limit their emissions and to adapt to the impacts of
climate change.”
Mr. de Boer explained that both the group negotiating an enhanced long-term response to
climate change, and the group discussing further commitments for Parties to the Kyoto
Protocol beyond 2012, were continuing their work in Bonn. Both sets of negotiations are set
to conclude in Copenhagen at the end of 2009.
“The world is expecting a Copenhagen deal to reach the goal set by science
without harming the economy. Parties will need to make real progress towards this
goal,” he said.
FCCC/AWGLCA/2008/7
Scenario note on the second session. Note by the Chair.
FCCC/SBSTA/2008/1 Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive Secretary.
FCCC/SBI/2008/1 Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive
Secretary.
Note: At the twenty-seventh session of the SBI there was no consensus
to include on the agenda the item "National communications from Parties not included in
Annex I to the Convention: Information contained in national communications from Parties not
included in Annex I to the Convention". It was therefore held in abeyance. On a proposal
by the Chair, the SBI decided to include this item on the provisional agenda of its
twenty-eighth session.
FCCC/KP/AWG/2008/1 Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive Secretary.
FCCC/AWGLCA/2008/4
Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive Secretary.
In-session workshops and roundtables
SBSTA
6 June
A workshop on the Fourth Assessment
Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will take place on
Friday, June 6 in room Reger. This workshop has been organized by the secretariat following a
request by the SBSTA. Experts from the three working groups of the IPCC will be giving
presentations on the findings of the AR4.
The general objectives, focus and structure of the workshops are presented in the
Information note (132 kB) prepared by the secretariat under the guidance of the Chair of
AWG-LCA in order to facilitate active and concrete contributions by Parties to the workshops:
2-3 June
Workshop on advancing adaptation through finance and technology, including national adaptation
programmes of action more information
3 June
Workshop on effective mechanisms and enhanced means for the removal of obstacles to, and
provision of financial and other incentives for, scaling up of the development and transfer of
technology to developing country Parties in order to promote access to affordable
environmentally sound technologies; and ways to accelerate deployment, diffusion and transfer
of affordable environmentally sound technologies more information
5 June
Workshop on investment and financial flows to address climate change more information
Bali Conference
The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, took place at the Bali International Convention
Centre and brought together more than 10,000 participants, including representatives of over 180
countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and the
media. The conference culminated in the adoption of the Bali Road Map, which consists
of a number of forward-looking decisions that represent the various tracks that are essential to
reaching a secure climate future. All Reports of the Bali Conference
available
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Notification to Parties and observer States about AWG-LCA 2 - Provisional agenda