Video update from the UN climate negotiations: Day 1
In the first video update from the UN Climate negotiations, IIED’s Senior Fellow in the Climate Change group, Saleemul Huq, outlines the two major issues to be discussed at the COP17:
- the fate of the Kyoto protocol and
- the structure and functions of the Green Climate fund, set up in Cancun a year ago.
Read this blog for more information on An American predicament that threatens the Green Climate Fund.
In the video Saleemul Huq also discusses minor issues that will be covered, including:
- climate change adaptation,
- technology transfer and
- reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD).
Saleemul Huq will be producing daily video updates from the Conference.
Read this blog to find out more about IIED's role at the UN Climate negotiations.
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