The Kyoto Protocol is threatened

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Durban 2011, has started since Monday, the 28th November and has brought representatives of the world's governments, international organizations and civil society.
Although none of the commitment was respected by Annex 1 countries in terms of finance or emissions reduction objectives, the situation is becoming worse since some countries have raise their intention to no longer be part of the Kyoto Protocol, the only binding agreement we have in the UNFCCC process. This is really unacceptable for the developing countries that are not responsible for the increase of the green house gazes and the global warning; rather they are suffering from the adverse impacts generated on their livelihoods and environment.
We'd like here to recall the principle of Common and Differentiate Responsibilities with regards to how we should avoid the extinction of humanity through climate change. In fact, it's all about that and there is no exception to that, neither in developed nor developing countries.

Bonn June Session on Climate Change

Bonn June negotiations started today, 6 June.
The 34th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) are taking place from 6-16 June. The second part of the fourteenth session of the AWG-LCA and the second part of the sixteenth session of the AWG-KP will take place from 7-17 June. All sessions are being held at the Maritim Hotel in Bonn.

Among crucial issues to discuss, there is the Post 2012 Kyoto Protocol regime, which is the most important for G77+ China.

In her intervention, the Executive Secretary, Christiana Figueres reminded the Cancun Agreement outcomes and highlighted the bad and good news received until now. For more info, see www.unfccc.int

INONDATION A CONAKRY

Les pluies diluviennes qui se sont abattues sur Conakry ont ont des degats notables et parfois des pertes en vie humaine. Voir :

1. http://www.guineenews.org/articles/?num=201072484224

2. http://www.guineeconakry.info/index.php?id=27&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=5998&tx_ttnews[backPid]=5&cHash=1edfbb45fc

Integrating Climate Change Risks into National Development Processes and UN Country Programming

http://www.undp.org/climatechange/integrating_cc_risks.shtml

IPCC Scholarship Programme

The Programme aims at developing the knowledge, skills and capacity of the scholars in order to address climate change impacts and sustainable development. Priorities include research on the impacts of climate change in the most vulnerable regions of the world and the potential for adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development.

http://www.ipcc.ch/ipcc-scholarship-programme/ipcc_scholarshipprogramme.html

96% of chimpanzees could be saved by African action plan

Ninety-six per cent of known populations of eastern chimpanzees, that’s an estimated 50,000 individuals, could be protected with a new action plan, which puts stamping out illegal hunting and trafficking as key to saving one of man’s closest relatives. The nations of East and Central Africa have developed a 10-year plan to save the eastern chimpanzee from hunting, habitat loss, disease, the capture of infants for the pet trade and other threats, IUCN and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today.

http://www.iucn.org/?5486/96-of-chimpanzees-could-be-saved-by-African-action-plan

Negocier et Mettre en oeuvre les Accords Environnementaux Multilateraux: Manuel pour ONGs

Chers lecteurs,
Le lien ci dessous vous menera a un document du PNUE permettant aux ONGs de mieux se preparer dans les negociations internationales sur l'environnement.
www.unep.org/DEC/docs/MEAs%20Final.pdf .

Bonne lecture a vous