International Negotiations
Welcome to the 'International Negotiations' section of the website. This section gives you public access to international events, negotiations and research and reports. Click on the links below, or navigate through the top menu, to find out about international negotiations.
About the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted in 1992, with the goal “to protect the climate system for present and future generations.” The full text of the Convention is available on the UNFCCC website: www.unfccc.int
There are 196 parties to the UNFCCC, including the EU Parties to the Convention have agreed to work towards achieving the Convention’s ultimate aim, of stabilising greenhouse gases concentrations in the atmosphere “at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.”
The decision-making body of the UNFCCC is the Conference of Parties (COP), which meets once a year in December. Different COPs are distinguished by number. The Copenhagen talks, for example, were the 15th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC, so they are known as COP15. The COP in 2010 will be COP16, and will be held in the Mexican resort town of Cancun.
- Negotiations since Copenhagen.
- go here to see what's been happening since Copehagen.
- visit the UNFCCC website to keep abreast of upcoming meetings.
- Countdown to Copenhagen CoP15
- Background: Negotiating Tracks
- Post 2012 Options
- Logistics and CANA Representation
- International Climate Negotiations and Policies
- Kyoto Protcol
- Bali Climate Negotiations
For access to member only international climate change resources, you are required to be a CANA member. If you are interested in accessing the members' only section, visit the 'Interested in Joining?' link by clicking here.
About the Kyoto Protocol
Go to CANA's background page on the Kyoto Protocol (note that some of this information pre-dates Australia's ratification -- dates of authoring are given in most cases) and read CANA's position on the rules of the Kyoto Protocol. CANA also has Kyoto Protocol archives.
About the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
IPCC Reports: All the IPCC Summary for Policy Makers reports (Science, Impacts & Adaptation, and Mitigation) can be downloaded from the IPCC website www.ipcc.ch
CANA Summaries from 2009
- CANA Summary 1 - What to look for Aug 09
- CANA Summary 2 - Finance Aug 09
- CANA Summary 3 - Adaptation Aug 09
- CANA Summary 4 - Legal Architecture Aug 09
- CANA Summary 5 - Mitigation Aug 09
- CANA Summary 6 - LULUCF REDD Aug 09
- CANA Summary 7 - Acronyms Aug 09
