Doha Climate Graveyard - Doha Climate Gateway

Doha Climate Graveyard A Southern reflection of the climate change negotiations at Doha and beyond Doha Climate Gateway th The 18 session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the and the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 8) took place from 26. [...] It is very interesting that the COP 18 was hosted in a The real Voice of the South country which is the largest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. [...] The parties have decided to move forward the Second Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol for another eight- year period (2013-2020) although the number of countries are lower than the first KP period restrict the trading and retirement of units generated from the flexible market mechanisms to close the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) move forward with the. [...] One of the key positive outcomes of the COP 18 is the adoption of the eight-year Doha work programme on Article 6 of the Convention which is based on the principles of sustainable development. [...] The loss and damage was the carrot of the negotiations during the COP 18.