Bangkok Climate News Updates (April 2011) Publisher: TWN ISBN: 978-967-5412-53-0 Year: 2011   No. of pages: 40 21 cm x 30 cm

About the Book

This is a collection of 10 News Updates prepared by the Third World Network for and during the recent United Nations Climate Change Talks – the Sixteenth Session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 16) and the Fourteenth Session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC AWG-LCA 14), as well as workshops pursuant to the Cancun Agreements – in Bangkok, Thailand from 3 to 8 April 2011.

Contents

1    US Says No to “Top-down” Rules for Targets and Compliance

2.   Annex 1 Pledges Insufficient, Developing Countries Doing More

3    Developing Countries Questions Pledges of Annex 1 Parties                     

4    Tumultuous Start to Bangkok Climate Talks                                                                                      

5.   Developing Countries Taking Mitigation Actions Despite Lack of Support  

6.   Uncertainty over Direction of Bangkok Climate Talks

7.   Developing Countries Demand Political Commitment to the Kyoto Protocol                                   

8.   Discussions Ongoing to Chart Way Forward for Climate Talks

9.   Agenda for Working Group on Long-term Cooperation Adopted

10. New Direction in Kyoto Protocol Talks

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