Climate actions on the way to Copenhagenby - 20.02.2009 17:52 26 February 2009
Demonstrations at UK Coal Awards (www.climaterush.co.uk) & at UK Coal HQ ( http://www.northernclimaterush.wordpress.com)
13-15 March 2009 COP15 International Mobilisation Network meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark ( http://www.climateaction09.org)
1 April 2009 Fossil/Financial Fools Day Climate Camp in the City, London ( http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/g20)
G20 Meltdown at the Bank of England ( http://www.g20meltdown.org)
Fossil Fools' Day, everywhere ( http://www.risingtide.org.uk/fossilfoolsday2009)
2 April 2009 Demonstrations at G20 Summit, Excel Centre, Docklands, East London 3-5 April 2009 Demonstrations at NATO 60TH Anniversary Summit, Baden-Baden, Germany & Strasbourg, France 24 April 2009 Coal Caravan launch party, Sumac Centre Nottingham ( http://www.climatecamp.org.uk - http://www.earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/21915)
25 April – set off to Shipley Glen 27/28 April – cycle to Yorkshire 29 April – Fairbairn Ings 30 April - 2 May – cycle to North East 3 May – Anti-opencast workshops 4 May (Bank Holiday Monday) – Grand Finale 8-10 July 2009 Demonstrations at G8 Summit, La Maddalena, Italy 11-19 July 2009 Danish Climate Camp, near Copenhagen ( http://www.climateaction09.org)
3-8 August 2009 French Climate Camp, Nantes ( http://www.avenirclimat.info/index.php, www.acipa.free.fr)
3-9 August 2009 Dutch/Belgian Climate Camp 19-24 August 2009 Earth First! Summer Gathering ( http://www.earthfirstgathering.org.uk)
Summer 2009 (dates unconfirmed) UK Camp for Climate Action - London (or nearby) convergence ( http://www.climatecamp.org.uk)
Summer 2009 (between mid-August & early September.) Welsh Climate Camp ( http://www.climatecampcymru.org)
Summer 2009 (dates unconfirmed) Irish Climate Camp September 2009 (dates unconfirmed) Possible COP15 International Mobilisation Network meeting ( http://www.climateaction09.org)
October 2009 (date unconfirmed) Climate Justice Global Day of Action 7-18 December 2009 Demonstrations at COP15 Summit, Copenhagen, Denmark ( http://www.climateaction09.org)
'Official' meetings on the Road to Copenhagen: 31 March to 8 April 2009 First Post-Kyoto Climate Negotiations (UNFCCC Intercessional Meeting), Bonn, Germany The first meeting on the “road to Copenhagen” and first international climate meeting for the Obama administration. Expected Outcome: Broad discussions on respective mitigation goals for developed and developing countries. However, it is unclear whether President Obama will have a climate negotiator and under secretary in place at this time so there will real "negotiating" at this meeting. http://unfccc.int/meetings/items/2654.php
2 April 2009 G20 Meeting, London, England This will likely be President Obama's first large-scale meeting with other world leaders. The agenda will likely look to tackle the financial crisis, but the G20 website mentions the need to "make progress on long-term issues such as climate change and international development." Expected Outcome: Develop a commitment that the global economic recovery will factor in carbon emissions. http://www.g20.org/
24-26 May 2009 World Business Summit on Climate Change, Copenhagen, Denmark The Copenhagen Climate Council is organizing the World Business Summit on Climate Change, which will bring together the business community, top scientists, economists and other leading thinkers. Expected Outcome: Issue recommendations for the next international global warming agreement. http://www.copenhagenclimatecouncil.com/
1-12 June 2009 Second Post-Kyoto Climate Negotiations (UNFCCC Intercessional Meeting), Bonn, Germany Draft negotiating text is expected to be issued before or during this meeting and will likely be very general with all the contentious items placed in brackets, but it will be the basis for actual negotiations. Expected Outcome: Draft negotiating text. http://unfccc.int/meetings/items/2654.php
8-10 July 2009 G8 Summit, La Maddalena, Italy The host, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, does not share the commitment to addressing climate change of previous G8 hosts. Addressing climate at this meeting will be critical for keeping momentum toward Copenhagen. Expected Outcome: G8 Agreement setting the stage for Copenhagen http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_Home.htm
31 August – 4 September 2009 World Climate Conference Three, Geneva, Switzerland The World Climate Conferences (WCC) is the major "scientific" meeting for 2009 and is the third in a series of international meetings, organized by the World Meteorological Organization about global climate issues. The second WCC in 1979 resulted in the creation of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. http://www.wmo.int/pages/world_climate_conference/index_en.html Expected Outcome: Group will address climate prediction, disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change.
August 2009 (date not set) Third Post-Kyoto Climate Negotiations (UNFCCC Intercessional Meeting), Bangkok, Thailand This is the third meeting on the "road to Copenhagen" and, by this point, parities should have set their negotiating positions so the framework for the next international treaty can start to be crafted. Expected Outcome: Nation's set negotiating positions. http://unfccc.int/meetings/items/2654.php
21-25 September 2009 United Nations General Assembly Climate Summit, Copenhagen New York, New York - *UN Secretary General Bon Ki Moon has indicated that he plans to hold a special session with heads of state to address climate change. Expected Outcome: Indications of nation's negotiating position for October 2009 (date not set) Fourth Post-Kyoto Climate Negotiations (UNFCCC Intercessional Meeting/Minister's Meeting), Location to be determined Expected Outcome: Final draft text agreed to. This is the final negotiating session before Copenhagen and may be attended only by environment ministers making it a closed door meeting designed to set the stage for COP 15. 7-18 December 2009 UNFCCC Conference of the Parties 15, Copenhagen, Denmark If there is to be no gap between the Kyoto Protocol and a new agreement, a framework must be agreed to at this meeting. Expected Outcome: New international global warming treaty. http://www.cop15.dk/en
2010 (dates unconfirmed) UNFCCC Conference of the Parties 16, Jamaica
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