COP12/MOP2 in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 6 – 17, 2006.

The 12th Conference of the Parties (COP 12) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began on November 6 in Nairobi. The Framework Convention was agreed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992, and has since been ratified by 189 countries.

Its ultimate objective is the 'stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.'

Greenpeace is there in Nairobi with one message: it's time for action, not words.

Reports

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Renewable Energy and Climate Change

05 November 2007

It is a truism that we cannot continue forever consuming the earth’s finite energy resources. In the long term, the world’s energy system will be supplied completely by renewable energy sources. Unfortunately ‘in the long term’ isn’t good enough.

Updated (Was originally published for the Climate Negotiations in Nairobi, 6-17th November, 2006.)

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A Guide to the Climate Negotiations in Nairobi

02 November 2006

The Climate Negotiations are held in Nairobi, 6-17 November 2006. Unless governments instill some urgency in the post-2012 negotiations as well as seriously dealing with Adaptation, they will be wasting the precious little time we have to act to prevent the worst of climate impacts and the untold human suffering and economic damage it will entail. Delegations have been entrusted with a critical task - to develop and agree an adequate response to the climate challenge we all face.

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How much Climate Change can we bear?

02 November 2006

Scientific knowledge is increasing constantly and improving our understanding of the likely changes that will come from rising global temperatures and the assessment keeps getting worse.

A Greenpeace Briefing for the Climate Negotiations in Nairobi, 6-17th November, 2006.

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America is acting on Climate Change

02 November 2006

The Kyoto Protocol entered into force on February 16 2005 and became international law applicable to the 166 countries that have signed and ratified the treaty but not to those who have not - most significantly the United States.
There is absolutely no indication that the Bush administration will alter its policies on climate change. However, a domestic political will to act is developing in the U.S.

A Greenpeace Briefing for the Climate Negotiations in Nairobi, 6-17th November, 2006.

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