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and Rother
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Agenda 21 for years, but could not resist sticking their greedy
little fingers in as many money making pies as they could - leading to
the climate emergency we are experiencing in 2019. What is happening on
your doorstep is happening all over the world on their doorsteps. You do
not need to look further than you local councillors
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Agenda
21 was a blueprint for sustainable development into the
21st Century. Its basis was agreed during the
Earth Summit at Rio in 1992, and signed by 179 Heads of
State and Governments. Since then has enough been done to
halt Global
Warming? Of course not, if anything there has been an
acceleration in inappropriate house building as if the planners and
chief executives were trying to cash in before they had their hands
tied.

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THE
KYOTO PROTOCOL
The
Kyoto Protocol or Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change is an
international treaty on climate change.
Description
The
Kyoto Protocol is actually an amendment to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce
their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other
greenhouse gases, or engage in emissions trading if they
maintain or increase emissions of these gases.

Kyoto
is intended to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases
Objectives
The
objective is the "stabilization of greenhouse gas
concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would
prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the
climate system" UNFCCC-2.
The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has
predicted an average global rise in temperature of 1.4°C
(2.5°F) to 5.8°C (10.4°F) between 1990 and 2100 (see
report). Some current estimates indicate that even
if successfully and completely implemented, the Kyoto
Protocol will not provide a significant reduction in
temperature despite the large cut in emissions. Because
of this, many critics and environmentalists question the
value of the Kyoto Protocol, should subsequent measures
fail to produce deeper cuts in the future.
Proponents
also note that Kyoto is a first step Ucar.edu,
as requirements to meet the UNFCCC will be modified
until the objective is met, as required by UNFCCC
Article 4.2(d).UNFCCC-4
Status
of the agreement
The
treaty was negotiated in Kyoto,
Japan in December 1997, opened for signature on
March 16, 1998, and closed on March 15, 1999. The
agreement came into force on February 16, 2005 following
ratification by Russia
on November 18, 2004. As of September 2005, a total of
158 countries have ratified the agreement (representing
over 61% of global emissions) UNFCCC.int
Duwe,
Matthias. Notable exceptions include the United
States and Australia.
According
to terms of the protocol, it enters into force "on
the ninetieth day after the date on which not less than
55 Parties to the Convention, incorporating Parties
included in Annex I which accounted in total for at
least 55 per cent of the total carbon dioxide emissions
for 1990 of the Parties included in Annex I, have
deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance,
approval or accession.". Of the two conditions, the
"55 parties" clause was reached on May 23,
2002 when Iceland ratified. The ratification by Russia
on 18 November 2004 satisfied the "55 percent"
clause and brought the treaty into force, effective
February 16, 2005.

Kyoto
Protocol participation: dark green indicates countries
signed & ratified the treaty, yellow indicates
states that have signed & hope to ratify treaty.
Notably, Australia
and the United
States have signed but decline to ratify it!
Details
of the agreement
According
to a press release from the United Nations Environment
Programme:
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"The
Kyoto Protocol is an agreement under which
industrialized countries will reduce their
collective emissions of greenhouse gases by 5.2%
compared to the year 1990 (but note that, compared
to the emissions levels that would be expected by
2010 without the Protocol, this target represents a
29% cut). The goal is to lower overall emissions
from six greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane,
nitrous
oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, HFCs,
and PFCs
- calculated as an average over the five-year period
of 2008-12. National targets range from 8%
reductions for the European Union and some others to
7% for the US, 6% for Japan, 0% for Russia, and
permitted increases of 8% for Australia and 10% for
Iceland."
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It
is an agreement negotiated as an amendment to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC,
which was adopted at the Earth
Summit in Rio
de Janeiro in 1992). All parties to the UNFCCC can
sign or ratify the Kyoto Protocol, while non-parties to
the UNFCCC cannot. The Kyoto Protocol was adopted at the
third session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the
UNFCCC in 1997 in Kyoto,
Japan.
Most
provisions of the Kyoto Protocol apply to developed
countries, listed in Annex I to the UNFCCC.
Financial
commitments
The
Protocol also reaffirms the principle that developed
countries have to pay, and supply technology to, other
countries for climate-related studies and projects. This
was originally agreed in the UNFCCC.
Emissions
trading
Each
Annex I country has agreed to limit emissions to the
levels described in the protocol, but many countries
have limits that are set above their current production.
These "extra amounts" can be purchased by
other countries on the open market. So, for instance,
Russia currently easily meets its targets, and can sell
off its credits for millions of dollars to
countries that don't yet meet their targets, to Canada
for instance. This rewards countries that meet their
targets, and provides financial incentives to others to
do so as soon as possible:
Countries
also receive credits through various shared "clean
energy" programs and "carbon dioxide
sinks" in the form of forests and other systems
that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
A
Washington D.C.-based NGO, in the report pdf.wri.org
"Getting It Right: Emerging Markets for Storing
Carbon in Forests", assumes values of $30-40/ton in
the US and $70-80/ton in Europe. On 18 April 2001, The
Netherlands purchased credits for 4 megatons of carbon
dioxide emissions from Poland, Romania, and the Czech
Republic; this was part of the ERUPT procurement
procedure. These purchase agreements however contained
conditions precedent, e.g. referring to the financing of
the underlying projects. Since several of these
conditions have not been met, the amount of purchased
credits has since then decreased.
Revisions
The
protocol left several issues open to be decided later by
the Conference of Parties (COP). COP6 attempted to
resolve these issues at its meeting in the Hague in late
2000, but was unable to reach an agreement due to
disputes between the European Union on the one hand
(which favoured a tougher agreement) and the United
States, Canada, Japan and Australia on the other (which
wanted the agreement to be less demanding and more
flexible).
In
2001, a continuation of the previous meeting (COP6bis)
was held in Bonn where the required decisions were
adopted. After some concessions, the supporters of the
protocol (led by the European Union) managed to get
Japan and Russia in as well by allowing more use of
carbon dioxide sinks.
COP7
was held from 29 October 2001 – 9 November 2001 in
Marrakech to establish the final details of the
protocol.
The
first Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
(MOP1) was held in Montreal from November 28 to December
9, 2005, along with the 11th conference to the parties
to the UNFCCC (COP11).

Carbon
emissions from various regions
during
the period 1800-2000 AD
Current
positions of governments
Position
of Russia
Vladimir
Putin approved the treaty on November 4, 2004 and Russia
officially notified the United Nations of its
ratification on November 18, 2004. With that, the
Russian ratification is complete. The issue of Russian
ratification was particularly closely watched in the
international community, as the accord was brought into
force 90 days after Russian ratification (February 16,
2005).
President
Putin had earlier decided in favour of the protocol in
September 2004, along with the Russian cabinet Mosnews.com.
As anticipated after this, ratification by the lower (22
October 2004) and upper house of parliament did not
encounter any obstacles.
The
Kyoto Protocol limits emissions to a percentage increase
or decrease from their 1990 levels. Since 1990 the
economies of most countries in the former Soviet
Union have collapsed, as have their greenhouse gas
emissions. Because of this, Russia should have no
problem meeting its commitments under Kyoto, as its
current emission levels are substantially below its
targets.
It
is debatable whether Russia will benefit from selling
emissions credits to other countries in the Kyoto
Protocol.
Position
of the European Union
On
May 31, 2002, all fifteen then-members of the European
Union deposited the relevant ratification paperwork
at the UN. The EU produces around 22% of global
greenhouse gas emissions, and has agreed to a cut, on
average, by 8% from 1990 emission levels. The EU has
consistently been one of the major supporters of the
Kyoto Protocol, negotiating hard to get wavering
countries on board.
In
December, 2002, the EU created a system of emissions
trading in an effort to meet these tough targets. Quotas
were introduced in six key industries: energy, steel,
cement, glass, brick making, and paper/cardboard. There
are also fines for member nations that fail to meet
their obligations, starting at €40/ton of carbon
dioxide in 2005, and rising to €100/ton in 2008.
Current EU projections suggest that by 2008 the EU will
be at 4.7% below 1990 levels.
The
position of the EU is not without controversy in
Protocol negotiations, however. Emission levels of
former Warsaw Pact countries who now are members of the
EU have already been reduced as a result of their
economic restructuring. This may mean that the region's
1990 baseline level is inflated compared to that of
other developed countries, thus giving European
economies a potential competitive advantage over the
U.S.
Position
of the United States
The
United States of America, although a signatory to the
protocol, has neither ratified nor withdrawn from the
protocol. The protocol is non-binding over the United
States until ratified.
On
July 25, 1997, before the Kyoto Protocol was to be
negotiated, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed by a
95–0 vote the Byrd-Hagel Resolution (S. Res. 98),
which stated the sense of the Senate was that the United
States should not be a signatory to any protocol that
did not include binding targets and timetables for
developing as well as industrialized nations or
"would result in serious harm to the economy of the
United States". On November 12, 1998, Vice
President Al Gore symbolically signed the protocol. Both
Gore and Senator Joseph Lieberman indicated that the
protocol would not be acted upon in the Senate until
there was participation by the developing nations CNN.
The Clinton Administration never submitted the protocol
to the Senate for ratification.
The
Clinton Administration released an economic analysis in
July 1998, prepared by the Council of Economic Advisors,
which concluded that with emissions trading among the
Annex B/Annex I countries, and participation of key
developing countries in the "Clean Development
Mechanism" — which grants the latter
business-as-usual emissions rates through 2012 — the
costs of implementing the Kyoto Protocol could be
reduced as much as 60% from many estimates. Other
economic analyses, however, prepared by the
Congressional Budget Office and the Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration (EIA), and others,
demonstrated a potentially large decline in GDP from
implementing the Protocol.
The
current President, George
W. Bush, has indicated that he does not intend to
submit the treaty for ratification, not because he does
not support the general idea, but because of the strain
he believes the treaty would put on the economy; he
emphasizes the uncertainties he asserts are present in
the climate change issue Corn,
David (2001). Furthermore, he is not happy with the
details of the treaty. For example, he does not support
the split between Annex I countries and others. Bush
said of the treaty:
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This
is a challenge that requires a 100 percent effort;
ours, and the rest of the world's. The world's
second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases is China.
Yet, China was entirely exempted from the
requirements of the Kyoto Protocol. India and
Germany are among the top emitters. Yet, India was
also exempt from Kyoto. . . . America's
unwillingness to embrace a flawed treaty should not
be read by our friends and allies as any abdication
of responsibility. To the contrary, my
administration is committed to a leadership role on
the issue of climate change. . . . . Our approach
must be consistent with the long-term goal of
stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the
atmosphere. Whitehouse.gov
President Bush Discusses Global Climate Change.
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According
to the information from EIA, USA, recently China
energy-related usage produced 3,541 million metric tons
of CO2, while the U.S. produced 5,796 million
metric tons. DOE
ChinaDOE
USA
In
June 2002, the American Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) released the "Climate Action Report
2002". Some observers have interpreted this report
as being supportive of the protocol, although the report
itself does not explicitly endorse the protocol. Later
that year, Congressional researchers who examined the
legal status of the Protocol advised that signature of
the UNFCCC imposes an obligation to refrain from
undermining the Protocol's object and purpose, and that
while the President probably cannot implement the
Protocol alone, Congress can create compatible laws on
its own initiative.Opencrs.com
The
White House has come under criticism for downplaying
reports that link human activity and greenhouse gas
emissions to climate change and that a White House
official and former oil industry advocate, Philip
Cooney, adjusted descriptions of climate research that
had already been approved by government scientists. The
White House has denied that Philip Cooney watered down
reports. BBC
(2005) In June 2005, State Department papers showed
the administration thanking Exxon
executives for the company's "active
involvement" in helping to determine climate change
policy, including the US stance on Kyoto. Input from the
business lobby group Global Climate Coalition was also a
factor. Guardian
At
the G-8 meeting in June 2005 administration officials
expressed a desire for "practical commitments
industrialized countries can meet without damaging their
economies". According to those same officials, the
United States is on track to fulfill its pledge to
reduce its carbon intensity 18 percent by 2012. Washington
Post Paul Krugman notes that the use of "carbon
intensity" means the target reduction of 18 percent
is still actually an increase in overall emissions.NY
Times
The
position Bush has taken on climate change has shifted
with a gradual increasing acceptance that global warming
is a problem, and that it is partly caused by human
activity. The United States has signed the Asia Pacific
Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, a pact
that allows those countries to set their goals for
reducing greenhouse gas emissions individually, but with
no enforcement mechanism. Supporters of the pact see it
as complementing the Kyoto Protocol whilst being more
flexible whilst critics have said the pact will be
ineffective without any enforcement measures. Nine
north-eastern states and in California, Republican
Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger, along with 187 mayors from US towns
and cities, have pledged to adopt Kyoto style legal
limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Steve
Hounslow, Roger Harrabin (2005)
Position
of Canada
On
December 17, 2002, Canada ratified the treaty. While
numerous polls have shown support for the Kyoto protocol
around 70% IPSOS-NA
Graves, Boucher (2002) (pdf), there is still some
opposition, particularly by some business groups,
non-governmental climate scientists and energy concerns,
using arguments similar to those being used in the US.
There is also a fear that since US companies will not be
affected by the Kyoto Protocol that Canadian companies
will be at a disadvantage in terms of trade.
As
of 2005, the result has been limited to an ongoing
"war of words", primarily between the
government of Alberta (Canada's primary oil and gas
producer) and the federal government. However, there are
fears that Kyoto could threaten national unity,
especially in Alberta.
After
January 2006, the liberal government was replaced by a
conservative minority govenment under Stephen Harper,
who previously has expressed opposition to Kyoto. It is
currently unclear if this will have any effect on the
discussion and Canada's obligations under the treaty.
Position
of China
China
has signed the treaty; as a "developing
country" this does not impose emissions
restrictions on it.
Position
of Australia
Australia
has refused to sign the Agreement due to issues with the
protocol. The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard,
has argued that the protocol would cost Australians
jobs, and that Australia is already doing enough to cut
emissions. The Federal Opposition, the Australian Labor
Party is in full support of the protocol and it is
currently a heavily debated issue within the political
establishment. The opposition claims signing the
protocol is a "risk free" prospect as they
claim Australia would already be meeting the obligations
the protocol would impose. As of 2000, Australia was the
world's eleventh largest emitter per capita of
greenhouse gases.
The
Australian government, along with the United States,
agreed to sign the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean
Development and Climate at the ASEAN regional forum on
28 July 2005.
Position
of India
India
signed and ratified the Protocol in August, 2002. Since
India is exempted from the framework of the treaty, it
is expected to gain from the protocol in terms of
transfer of technology and related foreign investments.
At the G-8
meeting in June 2005, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh pointed out that the per-capita emission rates of
the developing countries are a tiny fraction of those in
the developed world. Following the principle of common
but differentiated responsibility, India maintains
that the major responsibility of curbing emission rests
with the developed countries, which have accumulated
emissions over a long period of time.
Common
but differentiated responsibility
The
position of some industrialized nations on developing
countries has often been criticized in the developing
world. For example, the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change agreed to a set of a
"common but differentiated responsibilities."
The parties agreed that
1.
The
largest share of historical and current global
emissions of greenhouse gases has originated in
developed countries;
2.
Per
capita emissions in developing countries are still
relatively low;
3.
The
share of global emissions originating in developing
countries will grow to meet their social and
development needs. UNFCCC
background
In
other words, China, India, and other developing
countries were exempt from the requirements of the Kyoto
Protocol because they were not the main contributors to
the greenhouse gas emissions during the
industrialization period that is believed to be causing
today's climate change.
Support
for Kyoto
Advocates
of the Kyoto Protocol claim that reducing these
emissions is crucially important; carbon dioxide, they
believe, is causing the earth's atmosphere to heat up.
This is supported by attribution analysis.
The
governments of all of the countries whose parliaments
have ratified the Protocol are supporting it. Most
prominent among advocates of Kyoto have been the
European Union and many environmentalist
organizations. The United Nations and some individual
nations' scientific advisory bodies (including the G8
national science academies) have also issued reports
favoring the Kyoto Protocol.
An
international day of action is planned for 3 December
2005, to coincide with the Meeting of the Parties in
Montreal. The planned demonstrations are endorsed by the
Assembly of Movements of the World
Social Forum. Globefox.com
A
group of major Canadian corporations have recently
called for urgent action regarding climate change, and
have suggested that Kyoto is only a first step.CBC
On
3 January 2006, after the Montreal accords a group of
people assembled a petition with the goal to reach 50
million signatures supporting Kyoto Protocol and its
goal by January 2008 - the starting date set by the
Kyoto Protocol to show average 5% reduction in
emissions. This petition was set out to give civil
support and ratification to the international fight
against Global Warming on a base of world wide active
cooperation. Many US and Australian citizens are signing
the petition and thus criticise their leaders choices on
this matter. People
of the World ratifying Kyoto Protocol
People
of Earth Group
Grassroots
support in the US
In
the US, there is at least one student group Kyoto Now!
which aims to use student interest to support pressure
towards reducing emissions as targeted by the Kyoto
Protocol compliance.
As
of November 15, 2004, nine Northeastern US states are
involved in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
RGGI,
which is a state level emissions capping and trading
program. It is believed that the state-level program
will indirectly apply pressure on the federal government
by demonstrating that reductions can be achieved without
being a signatory of the Kyoto Protocol.
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Participating
states: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Delaware.
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Observer
states and regions: Pennsylvania, Maryland,
District of Columbia, Eastern Canadian Provinces.
As
of December 2, 2005, 192 US cities representing more
than 40 million Americans support Kyoto after Mayor Greg
Nickels of Seattle started a nationwide effort to get
cities to agree to the protocol.
Opposition
to Kyoto
The
two major countries currently opposed to the treaty are
the USA and Australia. Some public policy experts who
are skeptical of global
warming see Kyoto as a scheme to either retard the
growth of the world's industrial democracies or to
transfer wealth to the third world in what they claim is
a global socialism initiative. Contrariwise, some argue
that the protocol does not go far enough to curb
greenhouse emissions (Niue, The Cook Islands, and Nauru
added notes to this effect when signing the protocol UNFCCC
kpstats PDF).
Cost-benefit
analysis
It
is possible to try to evaluate the Kyoto Protocol by
comparing costs and gains, though there are large
uncertainties. Economic analyses disagree as to whether
the Kyoto Protocol is more expensive than the global
warming that it avoids; the recent Copenhagen consensus
project analysis found it to have an overall benefit,
though less than an "optimal" carbon tax.
Defenders of the Kyoto Protocol argue however that while
the initial greenhouse gas cuts may have little effect,
they set the political precedent for bigger (and more
effective) cuts in the future. Also, they demonstrate
commitment to the precautionary principle. UoGuelph
pdf
Asia
Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
The
Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and
Climate is an agreement between six Asia-Pacific
nations: Australia,
the People's
Republic of China, India,
Japan, South
Korea, and the United
States. It was introduced at the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), regional forum on July
28, 2005. The pact allows those countries to set their
goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
individually, but with no enforcement mechanism.
Supporters of the pact see it as complementing the Kyoto
Protocol whilst being more flexible whilst critics have
said the pact will be ineffective without any
enforcement measures. See article Asia Pacific
Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
DESERTIFICATION
COP HISTORY
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COP
1: Rome, Italy,
29 Sept to 10 Oct 1997
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COP
9: Buenos
Aires, Argentina, 21 Sept to 2 Oct 2009
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COP
2: Dakar,
Senegal, 30 Nov to 11 Dec 1998
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COP
10: Changwon,
South Korea, 10 to 20 Oct 2011
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COP
3: Recife,
Brazil, 15 to 26 Nov 1999
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COP
11: Windhoek,
Namibia, 16 to 27 Sept 2013
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COP
4: Bonn,
Germany, 11 to 22 Dec 2000
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COP
12: Ankara,
Turkey, 12 to 23 Oct 2015
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COP
5: Geneva,
Switzerland, 1 to 12 Oct 2001
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COP
13: Ordos City,
China, 6 to 16 Sept 2017
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COP
6: Havana,
Cuba, 25 August to 5 Sept 2003
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COP
14: New Delhi,
India, 2 to 13 Sept 2019
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COP
7: Nairobi,
Kenya, 17 to 28 Oct 2005
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COP
15: 2020
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COP
8: Madrid,
Spain, 3 to 14 Sept 2007
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COP
16: 2021
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CLIMATE
CHANGE COP HISTORY
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1995
COP 1, BERLIN, GERMANY
1996
COP 2, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1997
COP 3, KYOTO, JAPAN
1998
COP 4, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
1999
COP 5, BONN, GERMANY
2000:COP
6, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
2001
COP 7, MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
2002
COP 8, NEW DELHI, INDIA
2003
COP 9, MILAN, ITALY
2004
COP 10, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
2005
COP 11/CMP 1, MONTREAL, CANADA
2006
COP 12/CMP 2, NAIROBI, KENYA
2007
COP 13/CMP 3, BALI, INDONESIA
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2008
COP 14/CMP 4, POZNAN, POLAND
2009
COP 15/CMP 5, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
2010
COP 16/CMP 6, CANCUN, MEXICO
2011
COP 17/CMP 7, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
2012
COP 18/CMP 8, DOHA, QATAR
2013
COP 19/CMP 9, WARSAW, POLAND
2014
COP 20/CMP 10, LIMA, PERU
2015
COP 21/CMP 11, Paris, France
2016
COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1, Marrakech, Morocco
2017
COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 2, Bonn, Germany
2018
COP 24/CMP 14/CMA 3, Katowice, Poland
2019
COP 25/CMP 15/CMA 4, Santiago, Chile
2020
COP 26/CMP 16/CMA 5, to be announced
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BIODIVERSITY
COP HISTORY
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COP
1: 1994 Nassau,
Bahamas, Nov & Dec
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COP
8: 2006
Curitiba, Brazil, 8 Mar
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COP
2: 1995
Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov
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COP
9: 2008 Bonn,
Germany, May
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COP
3: 1996 Buenos
Aires, Argentina, Nov
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COP
10: 2010
Nagoya, Japan, Oct
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COP
4: 1998
Bratislava, Slovakia, May
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COP
11: 2012
Hyderabad, India
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EXCOP:
1999 Cartagena, Colombia, Feb
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COP
12: 2014
Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, Oct
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COP
5: 2000
Nairobi, Kenya, May
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COP
13: 2016
Cancun, Mexico, 2 to 17 Dec
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COP
6: 2002 The
Hague, Netherlands, April
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COP
14: 2018
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 17 to 29 Nov
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COP
7: 2004 Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, Feb
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COP
15: 2020 Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Climate
Change, Conferences
of the Parties (COPs)
COP1,
COP2,
COP3,
COP4,
COP5,
COP6,
COP7,
COP8,
COP9,
COP10,
COP11
COP12,
COP13,
COP14,
COP15,
COP16,
COP17,
COP18,
COP19,
COP20,
COP21
COP22,
COP23,
COP24,
COP25,
COP26,
COP27,
COP28, COP29, COP30, COP31
COP 32, COP33, COP34, COP35, COP36, FINI - JUDGMENT DAY
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