The 2012 inter-sessional meeting
of the UNFCCC will take place in Bonn, Germany from May 14–25. The Bonn meeting
is the first session post-Durban’s COP 17. Negotiators are expected to launch
the Durban Platform and plan their work to negotiate a new climate regime which
is expected to be completed by 2015 for it to take effect from 2020.
The inter-sessional will also
discuss technology and adaptation support developing countries require to build
their own sustainable energy futures and to adapt successfully to existing
climate change. Other critical issues
for the Bonn meeting are the question of finance, the Green Climate Fund and
how to expand funding support for developing nations to and beyond US$100
billion per year by 2020.
Negotiators will
also work on finalizing other decisions for their adoption at COP 18 in Doha in
December 2012 and this includes the second commitment period of the Kyoto
Protocol.
TWN-Africa staff, Kwesi Obeng will blog the inter-sessional from Bonn.
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