COP16 Development and Climate Days

We are pleased to announce that we will host the Development and Climate Days conference in collaboration with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the Regional and International Networking Group (RING) at COP16. The overall theme of the event will be developing country science and scientists.

Development and Climate Days event will take place from 4 to 5 December at the Cancun Caribe Park Royal Grand in Cancun Mexico. As in the past years, this event will involve formal presentation of work on adaptation to climate change, and climate change as a development challenge. It will also create a platform of networking opportunities; provide opportunities to disseminate relevant literature and reports and to showcase videos of community based adaptation innovative work. There will also be a Film festival as part of a parallel event to the D&C days.

Development and Climate days at COP15

In recognition of the significance of COP15 in the context of the UNFCCC negotiations and the massive civil society and government presence in Copenhagen, D&C days was expanded to become a four day event with each day run according to the following themes: land, water and natural resources; justice, ethics and humanitarian issues; planning adaptation; and trade; finance and the private sector. In Copenhagen, approximately 800 participants attended the four-day event, including representatives of governments, international organizations, academia, research institutes, business and non-governmental organizations.

See development and climate days background for more about its aims and what has been accomplished so far. A summary of the COP15 event is available on the IISD Reporting Services website.