Briefing for journalists on the climate change conference
24/11/2009
You will remember that just last week I sent out a helpful briefing note on wetlands and climate change prepared specifically to assist those attending the Climate Change meeting next month or those who might have colleagues attending.
Here's another helpful document you may want to read or pass on. Written by the International Institute for Environment and Development, this four-page PDF is intended for journalists but it is really helpful for others not very familiar with the Climate Change Convention, their key documents, or their COP processes. This PDF gives a very useful summary explaining the key processes that will take place, the major actions that need to be agreed, and the possible outcomes.
In just three paragraphs you can catch up on the birth of the Climate Change Convention in Rio in 1992 and what nations agreed to in becoming Parties; the addition of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 and the obligations that involved; and the Bali Action Plan adopted in 2007 - in three paragraphs you now know how we got to where we are! In a few more paragraphs you can find out the key questions that need to be answered and the major battle grounds there are likely to be. The section on negotiating blocks at the COP helps in understanding who will be on the battle ground and what they might be fighting about. There's a useful section highlighting the possible outcomes. All makes interesting reading - great for the target audience of journalists who have limited time to read through the weighty documents and not much technical knowledge about climate change issues and just as useful for the rest of us who just want to understand what is likely to go on during the COP.
You can find the PDF here: http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/17074IIED.pdf
With best wishes, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat
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Sandra HAILS
CEPA Programme Officer
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
hails@ramsar.org
Tel: +41 22 9990176
Fax: +41 22 9990169
www.ramsar.org (go to Activities > CEPA Programme)
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Greetings everyone:You will remember that just last week I sent out a helpful briefing note on wetlands and climate change prepared specifically to assist those attending the Climate Change meeting next month or those who might have colleagues attending.
Here's another helpful document you may want to read or pass on. Written by the International Institute for Environment and Development, this four-page PDF is intended for journalists but it is really helpful for others not very familiar with the Climate Change Convention, their key documents, or their COP processes. This PDF gives a very useful summary explaining the key processes that will take place, the major actions that need to be agreed, and the possible outcomes.
In just three paragraphs you can catch up on the birth of the Climate Change Convention in Rio in 1992 and what nations agreed to in becoming Parties; the addition of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 and the obligations that involved; and the Bali Action Plan adopted in 2007 - in three paragraphs you now know how we got to where we are! In a few more paragraphs you can find out the key questions that need to be answered and the major battle grounds there are likely to be. The section on negotiating blocks at the COP helps in understanding who will be on the battle ground and what they might be fighting about. There's a useful section highlighting the possible outcomes. All makes interesting reading - great for the target audience of journalists who have limited time to read through the weighty documents and not much technical knowledge about climate change issues and just as useful for the rest of us who just want to understand what is likely to go on during the COP.
You can find the PDF here: http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/17074IIED.pdf
With best wishes, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat
**********************************************************
Sandra HAILS
CEPA Programme Officer
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
hails@ramsar.org
Tel: +41 22 9990176
Fax: +41 22 9990169
www.ramsar.org (go to Activities > CEPA Programme)
