Attending UN World Climate Change Conference?

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Nusa Dua Resort in Bali will be hosting no less than 10,000 people by the end of this year. The 10,000 people are participants who will attend United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) due to be held on December 3-14, 2007. The huge sum is amounted from 2,000 members of UN official delegation from 189 countries, 2,000 participants from the media and 6,000 others are general participants such as members of society, scholars, companies, etc.

Based on an information note issued by the Executive Secretary of UNFCCC on February 13, 2007, Indonesia is officially appointed to be the host of the upcoming thirteenth session of Conference of the Parties (COP 13) for UNFCCC and the third Meeting of the Parties (MOP 3) for Kyoto Protocol. During January 23-29, the Secretary had previously conducted a review on the country’s preparedness.

Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement to conduct UNFCCC, which was adopted during the third COP in Kyoto, Japan, on December 11, ten years ago. By February 16, 2005, the protocol began its enforcement. Data released by UNFCCC showed that, by June 2007, Kyoto Protocol has been signed by 172 countries. Indonesia ratified UNFCCC through Law No. 6/1994. The country signed the Kyoto protocol on June 29, 1998, and ratified it on December 4, 2004 through Law No. 17/1998. Valid since March 21, 1994, UNFCCC is taken as an international political commitment.

UNFCCC contains noble aim of sustainable development particularly on global climate. Its main goal is to stabilize the concentration a certain level of glass house gas emission caused by climate-endangering human activities. To date, deforestation occurred in developing countries has released 1,700 million tons of CO2 per year, or fourth of total world’s glass house gas emission. The number is far too dangerous compared to effort being done to absorb carbonate through aforestation and reforestation, which resulted a mere 30 million tons per year.

Concerning the problem, Indonesia has planned to urge on four important issues to be brought during UNFCCC. These will include:

Implementation of program on climate change adaptation.
Reducing Emission from Deforestation in Developing Country (REDD).
Transfer of technology.
Sustainability of commitment to implement CDM in Kyoto Protocol.

Source: www.menlh.go.id/unccc/web
Kompas, July 20, 2007

In preparation for this important conference, the UN FCCC will conduct a series of meetings:

31 Jul - 01 Aug 2007	General Assembly thematic debate on climate change	New York City, United States
27 Aug - 31 Aug 2007	Intersessional: AWG 4 and the Dialogue. The fourth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG 4) and the fourth workshop under the dialogue on long-term cooperative action to address climate change by enhancing implementation of the Convention.	Vienna, Austria
03 Sep - 08 Sep 2007	LEG Stocktaking Meeting 12th Meeting of the LDC Expert Group	Bangkok, Thailand
04 Sep - 07 Sep 2007	Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee, Eighth Meeting Meeting of the Compliance Committee	Bonn, Germany
10 Sep - 12 Sep 2007	Workshop on adaptation planning and practices under the Nairobi Work Programme	Rome, Italy
12 Sep - 14 Sep 2007	Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism, Thirty Fourth Meeting	Bonn, Germany
24 Sep - 25 Sep 2007	9th Meeting of the Consultative Group of Experts	Cairo, Egypt
17 Oct - 19 Oct 2007	Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism, Thirty Fifth Meeting Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee, NinthMeeting	Bonn, Germany
25 Nov - 30 Nov 2007	Joint Implementation Supervisory committee, Tenth Meeting Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism, Thirty Sixth Meeting DNA Forum Twelfth meeting of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer Consultations on Adaptation Fund	Bali, Indonesia

More details from UNFCCC site. And here are more news about this Climate Conference and a list of relevant links.

If you are coming to Bali on these dates, for the conferences or for vacations, hotel rooms will be difficult to get. So, Book Early. Also, the presence of Heads of States and other dignitaries, along with their entourage, means tighter securities at the airport, hotels, and public places in Bali.

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