United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international agreement addressing climate change. In December 1997, the Kyoto Protocol, which commits certain developed nations to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, was adopted under the UNFCCC. Information about biofuels and bioenergy in Denmark.

• Copenhagen, Denmark, is the location of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This meeting may result in a decision to create a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol aimed at international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Contents 1 Events 2 News 3 Issues of the Treaty 4 Organizations

Events

• 30 November - 11 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark: Meeting of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change & Kyoto Protocol. (Themes: climate change, international cooperation)

News

• Activists reveal plan to storm Copenhagen climate summit, 21 July 2009 by The Guardian: "A network of radical green groups is planning to disrupt the international climate change meeting in Copenhagen in December by invading the conference hall and stopping the talks, it has emerged."
  • The anti-globalisation group Climate Justice Action has said it hopes to mobilise up to 15,000 protesters to storm the climate summit, and a large carbon dioxide emitter nearby, while negotiators try to thrash out a replacement for the Kyoto protocol."
  • "Copenhagen will be dominated by false solutions like biofuels and carbon trading," according to Dutch activist Peter Polder.[1]

Issues of the Treaty

Organizations

	Climate change	edit
Carbon/Carbon dioxide (CO2)/Carbon balance: Carbon emissions/Net (carbon) emissions | Carbon footprint | Carbon negative biofuels | Carbon neutrality Carbon offsets | Carbon sequestration/Carbon storage | Life-cycle analysis (Models) | Low carbon | Low Carbon Fuel Standard Land - Desertification | Erosion | Deforestation (REDD) Policy: UNFCCC: Kyoto Protocol (Clean Development Mechanism), Copenhagen COP15 (Copenhagen Accord) | American Clean Energy and Security Act

	International cooperation	edit
International cooperation: International financing | South-South cooperation | Technology transfer International organizations International policy: Multilateral agreements: International Biofuels Forum | Core Agriculture Support Program | Kyoto Protocol: Clean Development Mechanism Bilateral agreements: Brazil-Indonesia Consultative Committee on Biofuels | US-Brazil ethanol partnership United Nations: June 2008 UN food conference

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