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This analytical report is the first step to enhance collaboration between the areas of climate change, forests, combating desertification, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. According to the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the conservation and restoration of forests can considerably reduce emissions at a low cost and with potential co-benefits for adaptation and sustainable development. Further co-benefits can be achieved when steps to combat land degradation and conserve biodiversity are included in forest conservation and restoration.

This manual aims to help governments, researchers and others interested in the international climate change negotiations navigate through the complex web of activities undertaken by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP) to advance the implementation of the Convention. The handbook is structured along two parts. Part I focuses on the process side of the international climate change negotiations, while Part II provides an overview of the activities related to the implementation of the UNFCCC.

This analytical report is a guide to the Unite Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The document presents the Convention and explains its evolution. Additionally, it discusses the main issues related to climate change and shows how the Convention and its Protocol respond to these challenges.

This analytical report, prepared in the tenth anniversary year of the adoption of the Convention, provides an overview of the international climate change process as of May 2002. It focuses on the institutions and procedures of the Convention and the Protocol, on the participants in the climate change process, and on how the on-going negotiations are conducted.

This analytical report is an attempt to provide an overview of the Climate Change Convention’s and Protocol evolution, as well as to explain both agreements in plain language. It also provides an overview of the commitments that countries have taken on. Also available in Turkish.

This technical document explains what climate change is about and what action is being taken at the global level in order to contrast it. It provides a detailed overview of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol in plain language. 

This activity report describes progress achieved in combating climate change since 1994 and presents some of the wide range of actions, policies and approaches as reported in national communications from Parties to the Convention.

This analytical report provides an overview of the evolution of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, and outlines the commitments that countries have taken on so far. It also highlights several of the building blocks already understood to be needed for an ambitious post-2012 climate change framework – the type of international framework that can bring about emission reductions whilst generating essential and significant funding for adaptation.

This UNFCCC fact sheet introduces the Kyoto Protocol, including a list with projected greenhouse gas emissions for Annex I Parties of the Convention.

This activity report is the third in a series, produced to inform parties, organizations, and those interested in adaptation about the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. It looks at the progress made during the first Phase of the programme and gives an outlook to the second Phase and surrounding issues.

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.