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UN climate change conference - Nairobi 2006

Kenya is hosting the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2), in conjunction with the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 12), in Nairobi from 6 to 17 November 2006. Negotiations are aimed at pushing forward the international agenda on climate change which began over a decade ago when most countries joined the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) to fight global warming and to adapt to inevitable temperature increases. See the official site of the meeting. Related Choike reports: Climate change, Desertification, Rio+10: Earth Summit 2002. Versión en español NGOs warn Africa on the dangers of biofuels and genetic engineering in the fight against climate change A number of NGOs have written an Open letter to the African nation delegates urging them to call for rejection of large-scale Biofuels or Genetic Modification (GM) technology as possible ways to achieve fast growth or more efficient fuel conversion under the Clean Development Mechansism (CDM). They point out that dependence on Biofuels and GM technology may in fact exacerbate the problems of climate change, environmental degradation, social inequality and poverty, particularly in Africa. [see more] Kyoto moves forward despite slow pace Modest agreements were reached at the UN climate conference 2006 that ended in Nairobi but further Kyoto action is urgently needed to avoid a gap between current and future commitment periods after 2012, when current targets are due to end said Friends of the Earth International. [see more] Greenhouse gas targets elusive after climate talks International talks on climate change held at a conference in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, ended without having established a solid timetable for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions after the Kyoto Protocol expires. [see more]

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