UN Climate Change Conference in Nairobi 2006

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UN Climate Change Conference 2006
place Nairobi , KenyaKenyaKenya 
date 6-17 November 2006
Attendees Members of the UNFCCC
Website Profile on unfccc.int

The UN Climate Change Conference in Nairobi took place from November 6th to 17th, 2006 in Nairobi . It was the twelfth UN climate conference and the second successor conference to the Kyoto Protocol . The approximately 6,000 participants included representatives from 189 governments, including 100 environment ministers.

Results

At the time of the conference, 35 industrialized countries and the European Union had committed themselves, in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol, to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 5 percent below the 1990 level between 2008 and 2012. The most important question in connection with the further development after the expiry of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012 was postponed from the conference to 2008. The delegates were able to agree on a five-year program for scientific and technical assistance and on the structure for a fund to finance higher dykes and new weather stations. The declared goal was to fill the fund with 300 million euros by 2012.

The summit participants agreed to review the successes of the Kyoto Agreement up to 2008 in order to set new emission quotas for the period after 2012. Developing and emerging countries such as Brazil , India and the People's Republic of China had previously spoken out against a review of the Kyoto successes in order not to be able to be forced to reduce their greenhouse gases themselves. The review of the agreement, which expired in 2012, was a prerequisite for future international climate protection obligations. Russia had therefore proposed during the conference that new contracting parties should name voluntary quotas. No date has been set for the conclusion of these negotiations.

Binding agreements on specific commitments to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions after 2012 were not reached during the meeting. The United States, the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases, continued to refuse to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

The Federation for Environment and Nature Conservation Germany (BUND) called the results of the summit "frustrating".

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nairobi Climate Change Conference - November 2006. unfccc.int, November 6, 2006, accessed January 18, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c bright spot on the last day. UN climate conference. focus.de, November 17, 2006, accessed on January 18, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c peak of missed opportunities. faz.net, November 18, 2006, accessed January 18, 2016 .
  4. ↑ End of optimism. Greenhouse gases. faz.net, November 6, 2006, accessed January 18, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Climate summit ends with mini compromise. spiegel.de, November 17, 2006, accessed on January 18, 2016 .

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