Transcript FINANCING THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
GETTING AROUND COP16 • Where does the
political action
take place?
• Who
speaks out
? • What are
essential tools
for reporting?
• Which
UN staff
can help me?
Where is the political action?
• • • • • •
COP
(Conference of the Parties)
COP/CMP
(COP serving as meeting to the KP)
AWG-LCA
(founded 2007, 194 Parties)
AWG-KP
(founded 2005, 192 Parties)
SBSTA
(Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice)
SBI
(Subsidiary Body for Implementation)
Who meets where?
• Opening ceremonies and
plenary
(open to the public) •
Side events
, > 200 (open, in the Cancún Messe) •
Happenings
(e.g. fossil of the day award) •
Contact groups
(not open) • “
Meetings
”, including bilaterals (not open)
Negotiating groups (who speaks for whom?)
Non-Annex 1
• • • •
G77 and China
(130+ countries)
LDCs
(Least Developed Countries) 49 countries)
AOSIS
(Alliance of Small Island States, 43 countries)
ALBA group
: Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua
Negotiating groups (who speaks for whom?)
Annex-1
• •
Umbrella group
(US, Russia, Ukraine Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Australia)
EU
(European Union, 27 countries)
+ Environmental Integrity Group
(Switzerland, Mexico and South Korea, both OECD)
Civil society •
1350 Groups
accredited to the UNFCCC • Engos, Ringos, Bingos, Indigenous Peoples, Youngos, trade unions, faith groups • Make up
more than 50%
of all participants • Play very important role as observers and experts – but
governments decide
Vocal groups and bodies (who briefs the press?) • UNFCCC Executive Secretary • Mexican COP Presidency • Delegations: EU, USA,G77 and China, Bolivia etc.
• CAN (>500 NGOs) and other NGOs • UN orgs: WMO, IPCC etc
Basic tools (How do I know what is happening and where to go?) • CCTV Monitors • Website
Useful documents • Press releases and kits • UNFCCC Fact sheets and publications • National speeches (~150) • (Draft) decisions (on UNFCCC web site, at documents counter) • Declarations
COP16 highlights • 29 November: Grand opening • 7 December (p.m.): opening of HLS with SG, more than 100 Ministers • 10/11 Dec: Closing plenary: sleepless in Cancún (?)
Who can help me?
• • • •
General press account
Accreditation
: Nana Beeko, [email protected]
Substantive information
: John Hay, information officer, [email protected]
ES interview coordination
: Carrie Assheuer, [email protected]
•
Inter-agency coordination
: Juan Miguel Diez, [email protected]
GOOD LUCK!
Required reading • AWG-LCA negotiating text http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2010/awglca12/eng/14.pdf
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2010/awglca12/spa/14s.pdf
• AWG-KP negotiating text http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2010/awg14/eng/crp03.pdf
• Copenhagen Accord text http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2009/cop15/eng/11a01.pdf
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2009/cop15/spa/11a01s.pdf