May 2012: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has published the proceedings of a workshop on "Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration," which was held within the framework of IOM’s annual International Dialogue on Migration.
13 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a report titled "Analysis of progress made in, and the effectiveness of, the implementation of the framework for capacity-building in countries with economies in transition in support of the comprehensive third review."
11 May 2012: The Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has concluded its 67th meeting with the adoption of various tools, guidelines and methodologies aimed at improving the CDM’s operation and effectiveness.
20 April 2012: Several institutions of the Central American Integration System (SICA) have co-hosted a Central American Workshop on Gender, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, to prepare a regional roadmap for policies tackling the linkages among gender, climate change and disaster risk management.
14 May 2012: The first official negotiating session since the Durban Climate Change Conference under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol opened on 14 May 2012, in Bonn, Germany.
10 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a technical paper titled "Current knowledge on relevant methodologies and data requirements as well as lessons learned and gaps identified at different levels, in assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change" (FCCC/TP/2012/1 10/05/2012).
10 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released Australia’s submission containing its views on certain aspects of the eligibility of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) in geological formations as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project activities (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/MISC.8/Add.2).
9 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions from Annex I Parties listed in annex 1 to Decision 1/CMP.7, containing information on their quantified emission limitation or reduction objectives (QELROs) for the second Kyoto Protocol commitment period (FCCC/KP/AWG/2012/MISC.1).
9 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions from Canada containing its views on issues relating to agriculture (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/MISC.6/Add.2).
8 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the report of the centralized review of the 2011 annual submission of Hungary (FCCC/ARR/2011/HUN) that indicates that total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased by 3.3% between 1990 and 2009.
8 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a technical paper (FCCC/TP/2012/2) on developed countries’ quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets and its underlying conditions and assumptions.
2 May 2012: The Dominican Republic’s National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism (CNCCMDL) held a policy briefing to agree on the process for preparing and launching a national strategy to strengthen human resources and skills to advance green, low-emission and climate-resilient development.
May 2012: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the provisional agenda of its 35th session, scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 6-9 June 2012.
May 2012: The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) has released the 2012 edition of its regional report the State of Arab Cities on the theme “Challenges of Urban Transition.” The report notes that, although urban slums are decreasing and urban innovations are being introduced, the region still faces major challenges, including high youth unemployment rates and climate change.
11 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the May issue of its Newsletter, which focuses on the Bonn Climate Change Conference that will take place from 14-25 May 2012, in Germany. It provides an overview of the key issues to be addressed by negotiators at the meeting relating to adaptation, mitigation, finance, capacity building and technology.
10 May 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released its regional human development report for Asia Pacific, titled "One Planet to Share – Sustaining Human Progress in a Changing Climate." The report emphasizes that, to achieve a shift to a greener economy, countries in the region will need to change their production patterns, including in the energy, industrial and agricultural sectors.
7 May 2012: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) has reported on an official visit by Margareta Wahlström, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Reduction, to the Philippines. She attended a two-day meeting on "Building a Resilient Mindanao," in Albay.
9 May 2012: Ahead of the first UNFCCC climate change negotiations since the Durban Climate Change Conference concluded in South Africa at the end of 2011, the Economics and Policy Innovations for Climate-Smart Agriculture (EPIC) Programme at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released a note that aims to help participants follow the UNFCCC agenda items relevant to agriculture.
8 May 2012: An Informal Ministerial Roundtable on Climate Change brought together representatives from 30 countries, including from least developed countries (LDCs) and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), to build on the achievements of the Durban Climate Change Conference. The meeting, which was hosted by the EU, also provided an opportunity for Ministers to discuss the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
3 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released two joint submissions from Parties containing their views on issues identified in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 72 and appendix II (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/MISC.1/Add.1) on policy approaches and positive incentives on issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+).
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