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Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009

12/7/2009

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) will be a turning point in the fight to prevent climate disaster. The science demands it, the economics support it, future generations require it. Today, negotiators, ministers and world leaders assembled in the Danish capital to give the people of all nations a strong answer to this common, global threat of climate change.

From December 7 to 18, the government of Denmark and UNFCCC will convene the climate talks in Copenhagen. While the final outcome of the conference is still a subject of speculation, there are some hard facts about the two week meeting: more than 20 000 participants are expected to turn up; around 100 heads of states confirmed their presence; and 3000 journalists have been accredited.

Some scientists have described it as the most important conference the world has ever seen.More than 100 heads of state and government have said they will attend the last day or two, making Copenhagen the largest and most important summit ever held on climate.

President Barack Obama's decision to attend the conclusion of the two-week conference, after phone consultations with other heads of state, was taken as a signal that an agreement was getting closer.

"Never in the 17 years of climate negotiations have so many different nations made so many firm pledges together," Yvo de Boer, the U.N.'s top climate official said. "It's simply unprecedented."

Environmentalists have warned that emissions commitments were dangerously short of what U.N. scientists have said were needed to keep average temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius. All countries together should emit no more than 44 billion tons of carbon dioxide by 2020 to avoid the worst consequences of a warming world.

UNDP’s mission will be to support the strong presence of the United Nations system to ensure our future role in implementing the climate change response. We’ll organize and take part in events on adaptation to climate change, financing for low-carbon development, reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), gender and climate change, the role of the sub-national governments in addressing climate change, and others. Our messages will be focusing on the links between poverty and climate change.

For additional information you may wish to visit the following links:

http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/climatechange/gateway/

http://en.cop15.dk/

Reduce child mortality

As with other health-sector indicators, BiH performs relatively well on mortality rates for both young children and infants. But ‘relatively well’, is not good enough for a modern country aspiring to join the European Union. The National MDG framework sets ambitious targets for 2015, which assume reductions in mortality rates of between 30 and 45%.