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RECENT KEY MEETINGS AND MEDIA REPORTS |
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BONN CLIMATE TALKS START
LONG-TERM PROCESS, PREPARE FOR NAIROBI
15-26 May 2006 | Bonn, Germany
The latest
round of climate talks in Bonn have started two parallel
processes for considering a long-term framework for tackling
climate change beyond 2012, while also preparing for the next
Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) and second Meeting of Parties to the
Kyoto Protocol in Nairobi this November. The long-term process
was discussed at a “UNFCCC Dialogue” (15-16 May) and in a new
subsidiary body, the Ad Hoc Working Group under the Kyoto
Protocol (17-25 May). The regular 24th sessions of the UNFCCC
Subsidiary Bodies, which began on 18 May, will conclude on 26
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CSD-14 REVIEW FOCUSES ON
ENERGY
1-12 May 2006 | UN headquarters, New York
Discussions at the fourteenth session of the Commission on
Sustainable Development were dominated by the energy agenda,
with discussions focusing on energy security, the impact of oil
and gas prices, and the respective roles of renewable energy
technologies and fossil fuels.
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Michael
Zammit
Cutajar,
Chair
of
the
Kyoto
Protocol’s
Ad
Hoc
Working
Group |
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