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UNFCCC urges governments to further reduce emissions
BANGKOK, April 6 (TNA) - Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres has urged governments to further reduce their country's emissions.
In her opening address at the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bangkok, Figueres said the negotiations would push the governments to complete the work agreed upon in Cancun and ensure success in Durban.
Co-hosted by the Thai Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the conference held at the United Nations Conference Center will last until April 8, and is attended by over 2000 delegates, being the first negotiating session following the 16th Conference of the Parties in Cancun.
According to the report, Figueres said the governments have two main tasks in 2011. The first is to reduce emissions to keep the rise of the world temperature below two degrees Celsius and to resolve the fundamental issues surrounding the future of the Kyoto Protocol. The second is to establish institutions to help developing countries tackle climate change by channeling funds and technology towards them.
Also present at the session were Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP), Noeleen Heyzer, and Thai Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Suwit Khunkitti.
The conference which will end on Friday, comprises, among others, the fourteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention, the sixteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol, and the Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board meeting. (TNA)
In her opening address at the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bangkok, Figueres said the negotiations would push the governments to complete the work agreed upon in Cancun and ensure success in Durban.
Co-hosted by the Thai Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the conference held at the United Nations Conference Center will last until April 8, and is attended by over 2000 delegates, being the first negotiating session following the 16th Conference of the Parties in Cancun.
According to the report, Figueres said the governments have two main tasks in 2011. The first is to reduce emissions to keep the rise of the world temperature below two degrees Celsius and to resolve the fundamental issues surrounding the future of the Kyoto Protocol. The second is to establish institutions to help developing countries tackle climate change by channeling funds and technology towards them.
Also present at the session were Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP), Noeleen Heyzer, and Thai Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Suwit Khunkitti.
The conference which will end on Friday, comprises, among others, the fourteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention, the sixteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol, and the Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board meeting. (TNA)
