Bonn Climate Change Talks - March 2009

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The Bonn Climate Change Talks to bewere held between March 20 and April 8, 2009, are one of three negotiating sessions planned ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP15 meeting in Copenhagen in December 2009.

The Bonn talks included:

At the start of the Bonn conference, Earth Negotiations Bulletin noted that[1]:

  • The Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action was "expected to concentrate on a note prepared by the AWG-LCA Chair to focus the negotiation process on the fulfillment of the Bali Action Plan and on the components of the agreed outcome (FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/4, Parts I and II). The AWG-LCA will also convene three in-session workshops on sub-paragraphs 1(b) i and ii of the Bali Action Plan (mitigation by developed and developing countries), response measures, and mitigation in the agricultural sector."
  • The Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (AWG-KP 7) "will seek to adopt conclusions on the aggregate scale of emission reductions by Annex I parties beyond 2012, and reach conclusions on a draft amendment text related to further commitments." ENB also noted that the AWG-KP is expected to further discuss issues including the "aggregate scale of Annex I parties’ emission reductions; parties’ individual or joint contributions to the aggregate scale; mitigation potential; flexibility mechanisms; land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF); greenhouse gases, sectors and sources; potential consequences of tools, policies, measures and methodologies; aviation and maritime bunker fuels; and legal matters." It also noted that the agenda included a March 27 workshop on the scale of emission reductions and a workshop on potential consequences.

Background materials

Side events

Webcast

Daily bulletins on the talks

Earth Negotiations Bulletin

Climate Action Network

  • Climate Action Network, "Bonn I ECO 1", Climate Action Network website, Volume CXVII, March 29, 2009.
  • Climate Action Network, "Bonn I ECO 2", Climate Action Network website, Volume CXVII, March 30, 2009.
  • Climate Action Network, "Bonn I ECO 3", Climate Action Network website, Volume CXVII, March 31, 2009.
  • Climate Action Network, "Bonn I ECO 4", Climate Action Network website, Volume CXVII, April 1, 2009.
  • Climate Action Network, "Bonn I ECO 5", Climate Action Network website, Volume CXVII, April 2, 2009.
  • Climate Action Network, "Bonn I ECO 6", Climate Action Network website, Volume CXVII, April 3, 2009.
  • Climate Action Network, "Bonn I ECO 7", Climate Action Network website, Volume CXVII, April 4, 2009.
  • Climate Action Network, "Bonn I ECO 8", Climate Action Network website, Volume CXVII, April 6, 2009.
  • Climate Action Network, "Bonn I ECO 9", Climate Action Network website, Volume CXVII, April 7, 2009.
  • Climate Action Network, "Bonn I ECO 10", Climate Action Network website, Volume CXVII, April 8, 2009.

Third World Network

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

References

  1. "Curtainraiser", Earth Negotiations Bulletin, Volume 12 Number 397, March 29, 2009.

External resources

External articles

  • Mick Kelly and Sarah Granich, "Bonn Voyage," Tiempo, June 30, 2009.