Document
Annual status report of the greenhouse gas inventory of Japan
Saturday, 16 May 2009 11:12    PDF Print E-mail
This status report was prepared by the expert review team in accordance with decision 22/CMP.1 as part of the initial check of the greenhouse gas inventory submitted. It reflects the content of the inventory of 2008 as submitted by the Party.

Source: unfccc.int

Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (japan.pdf)japan.pdfFull Document218 Kb
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 May 2009 14:43 )
 
Arrangements for intergovernmental meetings
Saturday, 16 May 2009 10:29    PDF Print E-mail
Arrangements for intergovernmental meetings. Note by the Executive Secretary. Addendum. Further information on arrangements for intergovernmental meetings in 2008 and 2009. This document addresses two main topics: (a) Further information for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its sessions to be held in 2008 and 2009; (b) Information for consideration by the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention on meeting facilities and resources needed and available for its work in 2009

Source: unfccc.int

Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (arrangement.pdf)arrangement.pdfFull Document135 Kb
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 May 2009 14:47 )
 
Views on outstanding methodological issues
Saturday, 16 May 2009 10:25    PDF Print E-mail
Views on outstanding methodological issues related to policy approaches and positive incentives to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries. In addition to the 14 submissions contained in document FCCC/SBSTA/2008/MISC.4, one further submission has been received. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, the submission is attached and reproduced in the language in which it was received and without formal editing

Source: unfccc.int

Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (deforestation01.pdf)deforestation01.pdfFull Document176 Kb
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 May 2009 14:48 )
 
Report on the thirteenth meeting of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group
Saturday, 16 May 2009 10:13    PDF Print E-mail
The terms of reference of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) stipulate that the LEG shall meet twice each year and that its function is to advise on the strategy for preparation and implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs). In response to an offer by the Government of Yemen, the thirteenth meeting of the group was held in Sana'a, Yemen, from 14 to 16 April 2008. As this was the first meeting of the group in its fourth term, the proceedings focused on developing a comprehensive work programme for the period 2008-2010, as requested by decision 8/CP.13. The work programme contains objectives, activities and expected outcomes, and takes into account the results of a stocktaking meeting on NAPAs held in 2007 and the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. The meeting also resulted in the election of new officers. Upon an initiative by the focal point of Yemen, the LEG also devoted a session to interacting with Yemen's NAPA team, which had recently prepared its draft NAPA. Both the LEG and the NAPA team benefited from questions and feedback during this interaction.

Source: unfccc.int

 
Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (report_develop01.pdf)report_develop01.pdfFull Document537 Kb
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 May 2009 14:52 )
 
Initial Analysis of Offsets Provisions in the Draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACESA)
Friday, 03 April 2009 07:00    PDF Print E-mail

On March 31, Reps. Waxman and Markey released a “discussion draft” of a comprehensive climate and energy bill. The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA) sets out numerous provisions on promoting clean energy and energy efficiency. There is much to praise in this proposed legislation, particularly in its ambitious agenda for transforming US energy infrastructure and its recognition of the need for the US to help fund clean technology, climate adaptation, and forest protection in developing countries.

Unfortunately, the climate section of the bill is seriously weakened by its heavy reliance on offsets to substitute for actual emission cuts by large polluters. The draft bill allows up to two billion offset credits – each supposedly an avoided emission of one metric ton of carbon dioxide – to be used each year (one billion from domestic sources, and one billion from developing countries). An offset “credit” is essentially a permit to pollute more than the buyer would otherwise be able to do. Experience with existing offset programs shows that trying to define a ton of “avoided emissions” is inherently prone to cheating and that most offsets probably do not represent real reductions in emissions. The result is that actual emissions – what impacts the atmosphere – are higher than what is accounted for.

Source: Committee on Energy and Commerce
Attachments:
FileDescriptionFile size
Download this file (acesa_discussiondraft.pdf)acesa_discussiondraft.pdfAcesa Discussion Draft1095 Kb
Download this file (acesa_sectionsummary.pdf)acesa_sectionsummary.pdfAcesa Section Summary84 Kb
Download this file (acesa_summary.pdf)acesa_summary.pdfAcesa Summary40 Kb
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 May 2009 14:59 )
 


Page 11 of 11

Document

Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. Land use, land-use change and forestry.

Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. Land use, land-use change and forestry.AbstractThis addendum is a draft decision text on options and proposals on how to ... + READ MORE

Financial governance and Indonesia’s Reforestation Fund during the Soeharto and post-Soeharto periods, 1989–2009: a political economic analysis of lessons for REDD+

This study analyses Indonesia’s experience with its Reforestation Fund, and examines implications for REDD+. The Reforestation Fund (Dana Reboisasi, DR) is a national forest fund financed by a volume-based timber levy to support ... + READ MORE

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.NotesAgenda item 15High-level segmentDocument codeFCCC/KP/CMP/2009/L.9Publication date18 December 2009Source: ... + READ MORE

Draft decision -/CP.15: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.

Draft decision -/CP.15: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.NotesAgenda item 9High-level segmentDocument codeFCCC/CP/2009/L.7Publication date18 December 2009Source: ... + READ MORE

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol. Proposal by the President.

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol. Proposal by the President.NotesAgenda item 15High-level ... + READ MORE

More in: Analysis, Data & information, UNFCCC negotiation, Statement & announcement

Forest & REDD

New global carbon map for 2.5 billion ha of forests

News image

2.5-billion-ha carbon map shows forests store 250B tons of carbon Forest carbon stock Tropical forests across Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia stored 247 gigatons of carbon — more than 30 years' worth of current emissions ... + READ MORE

Is Indonesia’s Program to Stop Deforestation in Meltdown?

News image

Back in December, I wrote an article for Mother Jones about Indonesia's efforts to reduce its levels of deforestation and, by extension, its greenhouse gas emissions, which are the third highest in the world, trailing ... + READ MORE

More Than 20 Years of Forest Carbon Yield Plenty of Lessons for Investors

It's more than two decades since a handful of environmental non-profits and green industrialists first began experimenting with mechanisms that slow global warming by funding the preservation of rainforests.  In the ensuing decades, we've ... + READ MORE

Palm oil giant vows to spare most valuable Indonesian rainforest

News image

Golden Agri-Resources – the world's second highest palm oil producer – bows to pressure from the west The world's second biggest palm oil company has agreed to halt deforestation in valuable areas of Indonesian forest, bowing to pressure ... + READ MORE

Prince Charles: 'direct relationship' between ecosystems and the economy

News image

At an EU meeting in Brussels, dubbed the Low Carbon Prosperity Summit, the UK's Prince Charles made the case that without healthy ecosystems, the global economy will suffer. "We have to see that there ... + READ MORE

More in: Forest & REDD

Climate Change

Poor will pay the price to cut carbon emissions

News image

While Australians grapple with the idea of putting a price on carbon, in many developing countries the choice looks more like a trade-off between national development out of poverty a... + READ MORE

World off course on climate; renewables vital

News image

(Reuters) - The world is off course in fighting climate change and governments need to boost green energies to build new momentum, the head of the U.N. panel of climate ... + READ MORE

Non-Aligned Movement vital to battle against climate change, Ban says

News image

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) of more than 100 countries to assist in “urgent global action” to combat the threat posed by climate change. ... + READ MORE

Nauru will use UN spotlight to confront developed world over climate change

News image

The smallest nation in the UN is about to take the AOSIS chair at a time when low-lying coastal countries are gravely threatened Last month I returned to Nauru, ... + READ MORE

Japan wants new CO2 offset scheme to complement U.N.

News image

(Reuters) - Japan's idea for a new carbon offset scheme would complement an existing U.N. mechanism and make it easier for developing countries to access ... + READ MORE

More in: Climate Change