With governments preparing to gather in Bali, Indonesia to discuss the future of the Kyoto Protocol, the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report has warned that the world should focus on the development impact of climate change that could bring unprecedented reversals in poverty reduction, nutrition, health and education.
The Report was launch at 12:00 noon GMT on 27 November 2007 in Brasilia, Brazil. Amongst the attendees were Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Leire Pajin, Secreatary of State for International Cooperation Spain, Kemal Derviş, UNDP Administrator, and Kevin Watkins, Lead-author of the Report and Director of the Human Development Report Office.
Statement by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President of Brazil
Presidência da República Secretaria de Imprensa
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Statement by Kemal Derviş
Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
UNDP
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Statement by Kevin Watkins
Lead-author of the Report and Director of the Human Development Report Office
UNDP
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7-18 December 2009
UN Climate Change Conference
Copenhagen, Denmark
The sessions (COP 15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is open to Parties of the Convention and Observer States (Governments), the United Nations System and observer organizations duly admitted by the Conference of the Parties. In addition, accredited press is allowed to cover the proceedings of the Convention.
26 October - 13 November
One Planet, One Chance: an exhibition
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
An exhibit of giant black beanbags (the Nine Planets Wanted! Installation), commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and originally designed for an international audience of decision and policy-makers gathering at the United Nations General Assembly in 2007, allows visitors to physically experience abstract data related to global warming and take measure of the inverse relationship between responsibility for climate change and vulnerability to its impact. Each of the bags represents a comparison of global carbon emissions among a select group of countries, from the United States to Burkina Faso. It draws key facts and figures from the UNDP Human Development Report 2007/2008 in an unprecedented and provocative way.
5 June 2009
World Environment Day
Mexico City, Mexico
World Environment Day is the principle vehicle through which the UN system stimulates world-wide public awareness on environmental issues and enhances political action. This year‘s theme is "Your planet needs you: U.Nite to combat climate change".
1-12 December 2008
United Nations Climate Conference
Poznan, Poland
A major forum that brings together the COP14 (the 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), along with the 4th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.
3 September to 6 October 2008
One Planet, One Chance
UN General Assembly Lobby, New York
"One Planet, One Chance" is an exhibit on the topic of climate change, and is located in the lobby of the United Nations General Assembly. Part of the campaign surrounding the 2007/2008 Report, this exhibit presents startling facts and figures of climate change and allows visitors to visualize the different impacts that countries have on global CO2 emissions.
21-25 April 2008
Consultation with Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation
UN Headquarters, New York
On the occasion of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, UNDP Environment and Energy Group and GEF Small Grants Programme host a unique panel to discuss the implications of climate change on indigenous peoples.
11 Dec 2007
UN Climate Change Conference: Human Development Report
Bali, Indonesia
Climate change and human development: charting a new course through international cooperation
Panel Debate Theme: The threat posed by climate change to the world's poor and strategies for mitigation and adaptation
3 - 14 December 2007
UN Climate Change Conference
Bali, Indonesia
The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, brings together representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, and the media. The two week period includes the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, its subsidiary bodies as well as the Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol. A ministerial segment in the second week will conclude the Conference.
