Conservation International will be participating in the UNFCCC climate negotiations (SBSTA/SBI 34, LCA 14, and KP 16) in Bonn, Germany this June. Our engagement will include providing technical support to Parties, meeting with intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental partners, and participating in side events.
In Bonn, UNFCCC negotiators from nearly 200 countries will be working to build off of the Cancun Agreements as they prepare for the 17th Conference of the Parties in Durban, South Africa at the end of this year. Their aim: agreement on a comprehensive set of actions to address climate change. Both political and technical negotiations will take place in Bonn as parties try to line up the larger issues while also deciding on the details that will enable implementation in areas such as reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+) and adaptation.
UNFCCC Official Agendas
LCA Agenda (PDF)
KP Agenda (PDF)
SBSTA Agenda (PDF)
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CI's Participation
TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2011
Progress on addressing REDD+ Safeguards
This event will showcase how Ecuador and the UN-REDD Programme are progressing in ensuring compliance and providing information on safeguards.
Conveners: Ecuador, Conservation International (CI)
18:15 – 19:45, Wind Room
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2011
REDD+ Roundtable: Issues for 2011
TNC, WCS, RA, CI, UCS, IPAM, EDF, WHRC, and World Vision International provide guidance on how issues such as REDD+ financing, reference levels, MRV, and safeguards can be addressed
Conveners: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS),The Nature Conservancy (TNC),Rainforest Alliance (RA), Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC), World Vision International, Conservation International (CI)
15:15 – 16:45, Rail Room
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2011
Adaptation and African Pastoralism: Knowledge Systems, Meteorology and Policy Making
UNESCO and IPACC present a panel on adaptation, traditional knowledge, meteorology and policy making. Climate adaptation works on different scales and requires an interface of different systems of knowledge. African pastoralists, meteorologists and policy makers create synergies between their perspectives.
Conveners: Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee (IPACC), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),Conservation International (CI)
20:00 – 21:30, Solar Room
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15
Supporting the development of national and regional REDD+ frameworks in Peru
Cl, with local partners, is supporting the development of REDD+ in Peru at both the national and regional level. This event will present our methods, processes and results used to consolidate REDD+ in the San Martin region, including development of a near real-time forest monitoring system.
Convener: Conservation International
20:00 – 21:30, Solar Room
The Conservation International Delegation
- Angel Parra, Technical Advisor, Forest Carbon Projects and REDD Initiatives
- Christen Chen, Manager, Asia Policy, Singapore
- Jean-Philippe Palasi, Director, EU Policy
- Joanna Durbin, Director, Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance
- John Musinsky, Senior Director, CABS Regional Analysis
- Johnson Cerda, Indigenous Advisor
- Kana Yamashita, Program Manager, Japan
- Manuel Oliva, Director, US Climate Policy
- Milagros Sandoval, Coordinator, Environmental Policy, Peru
- Paulo Prado, Director, Environmental Policy, Brazil
- Preeya Rampersaud, Coordinator, Environmental Policy, Guyana
- Rebecca Chacko, Director, Climate Policy
- Ricardo Ulate, Regional Climate Change Advisor, Costa Rica
- Rowena Boquiren, Socioeconomic and Policy Unit Leader, Philippines
- Sarshen Marais, Coordinator, CAP, South Africa