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This manual is a reference tool designed to assist Annex I Parties in the implementation of their commitments related to the accounting of emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. To provide a context for the requirements and procedures for accounting of emissions and assigned amount, this manual begins in chapter II with a brief introduction to the Kyoto Protocol, with particular emphasis on the requirements and systems that are critical to this accounting. Chapter III describes how emissions are reported and assigned amount is accounted. Chapter IV explains the requirements for participation in the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms. The remainder of the manual provides detailed information on the accounting and reporting requirements.

This policy document looks at the nine different areas covered in the Nairobi work programme. The programme, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), aims to assist countries that are party to the Convention, particularly developing countries, to improve their understanding and assessment of impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, and to make informed decisions thereon.

This activity report looks at the status of implementation of the Nairobi work programme. The programme, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), aims to assist countries that are party to the Convention, particularly developing countries, to improve their understanding and assessment of impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, and to make informed decisions thereon.

This fact sheet introduces the scientific evidences and effects related to climate change and briefly presents the development and the features of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol.

This analytical report seeks to provide ministers with an overview of the current state-of-play on selected climate change issues. As implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) advances, and Parties prepare for entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, a remarkable range of actions has been set in motion and real progress is being achieved. Private sector corporations, local authorities, international institutions, non-governmental organizations and others are working in partnership with Parties on a host of initiatives.

This analytical report is a collection of fact sheets brought together in an information kit which seeks to summarize in simple language the most up-to-date findings of the IPCC and the most recent developments under the Convention and Protocol. Also available in German.

This fact sheet introduces the UNFCCC Secretariat, including its mandate and main activities.

This fact sheet prepared by the UNFCCC contains a glossary of bodies created under the Convention.

This UNFCCC fact sheet introduces the Nairobi Framework, adopted in 2006 and launched by then-Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The Framework aims to help developing countries, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa, to improve their level of participation in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and enhance the CDM’s geographical scope.

This fact sheet gives an overview of environmentally sound technologies for mitigation and adaptation. It presents ways of fostering technology development, discusses the different roles of government and business and explains mechanisms for technology cooperation under the UNFCCC.

This fact sheet addresses the issue of climate change finance. The review provides an analysis and assessment of investment and financial flows in 2030 that will be needed to meet worldwide mitigation and adaptation requirements. The results should be seen as indicative only. They should be seen as broad contours of what would be needed rather than exact figures.

This fact sheet presents various approaches to reduce emissions from deforestation in developing countries under the UNFCCC and the Bali frameworks.

This analytical report presents findings of the work of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer on its elaboration of a strategy paper for the long-term perspective beyond 2012. It includes sectoral approaches to facilitate the development, deployment, diffusion and transfer of technologies under the Convention.

This activity report summarises the work of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT) in 2009. It also presents a rolling programme of work of the EGTT for 2010–2011 including recommendations for enhancing the implementation of the technology transfer framework and other activities which the EGTT believes can contribute to advancing the development and transfer of technologies under the Convention.

This analytical report showcases the concrete results of the action implemented by partners through their Action Pledges under the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP). The objective of this work programme is to assist all Parties, in particular developing countries, to improve their understanding and assessment of impacts, vulnerability and adaptation, and to make informed decisions on practical adaptation actions and measures to respond to climate change on a sound scientific, technical and socioeconomic basis, taking into account current and future climate change and variability.

This UNFCCC fact sheet explains the need for mitigation, lists current mechanisms for emission reduction and highlights commitments made under the Convention.

This fact sheet presents the current status of climate change science and stresses that urgent action needs to be taken. The IPCC assesses worldwide climate change science in three working groups and in the context of three broad categories: 1) the physical science, 2) climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability and 3) mitigation of climate change. It is politically significant that all governments agreed to the conclusions of the scientists, making the assessment a solid foundation for sound decision-making.

This activity report explains how over the past 30 years, UNESCO has actively contributed to building the global knowledge base on climate change and reports on UNESCO’s International Seminar on Climate Change Education 2009.

This analytical report highlights that women and girls around the world are excluded from participation in science and technology (S&T) by poverty, lack of education and aspects of their legal, institutional, political and cultural environments. Marking the start of an ongoing initiative, it aims to spur serious discussion and action in national and international scientific and academic communities, especially regarding the pressing needs to increase women’s participation in S&T careers and enable sex-disaggregated data collection and rigorous research development, along with increasing public awareness of gender issues.

This activity report outlines the threats posed by climate change to natural and cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The report features 26 examples – including the Tower of London, Kilimanjaro National Park and the Great Barrier Reef – case studies that are representative of the dangers faced by the 830 sites inscribed on the World Heritage List.