There are a series of UNFCCC meetings this year leading up to the Copenhagen Conference of the Parties – the 15th COP. As you know, Copenhagen is where the post-Kyoto agreement is going to be finalized. The first of the five planned negotiating sessions leading up to the COP wrapped up in Bonn last week. (There is also the “Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate” that President Obama is convening in Washington at the end of April.)
The UNFCCC reported that “Progress was made on technology transfer, and agreement reached on the need to boost funding for adaptation. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer said “…more clarity was still needed on industrialized country commitments to produce the scale of finance required for both mitigation and adaptation. He added that real negotiations based on negotiating texts would take place at the next meeting in June.”
Here is a succinct version of de Boer’s press statement.
