between Nature and Machine
 

EEEE -- The Quadruple-E Sustainability Paradigm:

Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP 15 and COP/MOP(CMP) 5)
7-18 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark

http://unfccc.int/2860.php
and
http://en.cop15.dk/


 

[9.12.09...] The wish for clarity is expressed by Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in an interview with Environment & Energy Publishing (E&E). According to Yvo de Boer, the four essentials calling for an international agreement in Copenhagen are:

1. How much are the industrialized countries willing to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases?
 
2. How much are major developing countries such as China and India willing to do to limit the growth of their emissions?
 
3. How is the help needed by developing countries to engage in reducing their emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change going to be financed?

4. How is that money going to be managed?

http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=876

Bridges Copenhagen Updates
http://ictsd.org/climate-change/copenhagen-updates/english/
ICTSD Events in Copenhagen
http://ictsd.org/i/trade-and-sustainable-development-agenda/64594/

Worldwatch Institute's Energy and Climate Change Program
http://www.worldwatch.org/programs/energy_climate

TckTckTck
http://tcktcktck.org/    
click orange "LIVE!" button for live transmissions from negotiations, side events and NGO activities
TckTckTck is a project of the Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA)
http://gc-ca.org/

Further Key Sources of Information

UNEP/WMO Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC):
The Fourth Assessment Report 2007 (AR4) is available at
http://www.ipcc.ch  consisting of

·         The AR4 Synthesis Report

·         WG I      The Physical Science Basis

·         WG II     Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

·         WG III    Mitigation of Climate Change

UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD-FAO/UNDP/UNEP)
http://www.undp.org/mdtf/un-redd/overview.shtml

Tamiotti, Ludivine et al. 2009. Trade and Climate Change, a Report by UNEP and WTO. Geneva: WTO,167 p. http://www.unep.ch/etb/pdf/UNEP%20WTO%20launch%20event%2026%20june%202009/Trade_&_Climate_Publication_2289_09_E%20Final.pdf

For the importance of Intellectual Property stakes, concerns and ramifications
within the climate negotiations please consult: Intellectual Property Watch  
http://www.ip-watch.org/

“Danish text” raises furore, 8.12.2009
Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping (photo above), chair of the Group of 77
http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=2889