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http://www.un-redd.org/Newsletter15/tabid/7063/Default.aspx  The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, 7-19 December 2009      The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 2009, was hosted by the Government of Denmark. It was comprised of the following sessions: y Fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) y Fifth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 5) y Thirty-first session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 31) y Thirty-first session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 31) y Tenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 10) y Eighth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 8) The Conference was an exceptional event that attracted unprecedented participation and resulted in: y Attendance by 120 Heads of State and Government, raising climate discussions to a new level. More y Record numbers of participants including 10,500 delegates, 13,500 observers, and coverage by more than 3,000 media representatives y Intensive negotiations characterized by over 1,000 official, informal and group meetings among Parties. Observers discussed climate change in more than 400 meetings and media attended over 300 press conferences. y A vibrant programme of over 200 side events. y Over 220 exhibits from Parties, UN, IGOs and civil society y A total of 23 decisions adopted by the COP and the CMP Governments engaged at the highest political level, and the outcome of that engagement was reflected in the Copenhagen Accord. While much attention has focused on the Accord, the Conference in Copenhagen also made good progress in a number of areas including improvements to the clean development mechanism, amending Annex I to the Convention to add Malta, guidance on REDD+, and draft decisions on adaptation, technology, and capacity-building.

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The United Nations Climate Change Conference in

Copenhagen, 7-19 December 2009  

  

 

 

   The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 2009, was hostedby the Government of Denmark. It was comprised of the following sessions:

y Fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15)y Fifth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the

Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 5)y Thirty-first session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 31)y Thirty-first session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological

Advice (SBSTA 31)y Tenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for 

Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 10)y Eighth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative

Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 8)

The Conference was an exceptional event that attracted unprecedentedparticipation and resulted in:

y Attendance by 120 Heads of State and Government, raising climatediscussions to a new level. More 

y Record numbers of participants including 10,500 delegates, 13,500observers, and coverage by more than 3,000 media representatives

y Intensive negotiations characterized by over 1,000 official, informal andgroup meetings among Parties. Observers discussed climate change inmore than 400 meetings and media attended over 300 press conferences.

y A vibrant programme of over 200 side events.y Over 220 exhibits from Parties, UN, IGOs and civil societyy A total of 23 decisions adopted by the COP and the CMP

Governments engaged at the highest political level, and the outcome of thatengagement was reflected in the Copenhagen Accord. While much attention hasfocused on the Accord, the Conference in Copenhagen also made good progressin a number of areas including improvements to the clean developmentmechanism, amending Annex I to the Convention to add Malta, guidance onREDD+, and draft decisions on adaptation, technology, and capacity-building.

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However, the Bali Roadmap negotiations could not be concluded and negotiationswill continue in 2010.

COP 15 and CMP 5 reports 

Report of the Conference of theParties on its fifteenth session.Part One: ProceedingsFCCC/CP/2009/11 

Report of the Conference of the Partiesserving as the meeting of the Parties on itsfifth session. Part One: ProceedingsFCCC/KP/CMP/2009/21 

Report of the Conference of theParties on its fifteenth session.Part Two: Action taken by theConference of the PartiesFCCC/CP/2009/11/Add.1 

Report of the Conference of the Partiesserving as the meeting of the Parties on itsfifth session. Part Two: Action taken by theConference of the Parties serving as themeeting of the PartiesFCCC/KP/CMP/2009/21/Add.1 

Decisions and Resolutions 

COP 15 Decisions andResolutions  

CMP 5 Decisions and Resolutions  

 

Other reports 

SBSTA 31 SBI 31 AWG-KP 10 AWG-LCA 8

FCCC/SBSTA/2009/8 

FCCC/SBI/2009/15 

FCCC/KP/AWG/2009/17 

FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/17 

 

   

Webcast coverage from COP 15  

List of all formal events covered, side-events and press conferences, in

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chronological order  

Welcoming ceremony (7/12/09)Welcoming ceremony of the high-level segment (12/12/09)Opening of the high-level segment (16/12/09)

Informal high-level event(18/12/09)All statements during the high-level segment (listed in alphabetical order)Statements from observer organizations at the high-level segment (18/12/09)

 

 

Danish host country website 

 

 

Side events at COP 15/ CMP 5 

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