UNITAR Events @ COP15 Copenhagen
| Date |
Meeting/Event |
Monday 7 Dec-
to Friday 18 Dec |
Official Exhibit
One UN Training Service Platform on Climate Change - UN CC:Learn
Contact: Anita Beck/Sharon Oseku
|
Wednesday 9 Dec
IseeT Kiosk
|
IseeT Kiosk Demonstration Series
ACCCA and ICT Demo
Contact: Pauline Buffle
|
Thursday, 10 Dec
13:30-15:00
Room: Halfdan Rasmussen |
Official Side Event (UNDP,UNEP,UNITAR and UNFCCC)
One UN: Partnering with Countries to Build Capacity and Readiness for Dealing with Climate Change
Contact: Achim Halpaap/Mahenau Agha
|
Saturday 12 Dec
14:00-15:00
IseeT Kiosk |
IseeT Kiosk Event Series
Presentation on ACCCA and ICTs
Contact: Pauline Buffle
|
Saturday 12 Dec-
to Sunday 13 Dec
Hilton Hotel |
Meeting of the C3D Network
Contact: Moussa Diakhite/Sharon Oseku
|
Monday, 14 Dec
10:30-12:30
EU Pavilion
18:15-19:45
Room: Liva Weel
|
Official Side Event (convened by Czech Republic, UNECE, and UNITAR)
Strengthening Capacities for Effective Public Participation in Climate Change Governance: Linking Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration, the Aarhus Convention and Article 6 of the UNFCCC
Contact: Achim Halpaap
Official Side Event (UNDESA, UNHABIAT, UNEP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNITAR)
Cities, Population Dynamics and Climate Change: A UN System Perspective
on the Role of Sub-National Authorities
Contact: Achim Halpaap/Lilia Naas/May East
|
Tuesday, 15 December
20:00-21:30
Room: Victor Borg
|
Official Side Event (convened by Armenia and International PRTR Coordinating Group, currently chaired by UNITAR)
Cutting the carbon knot: Pollutant Registers as a Tool for Strengthening GHG Reporting and Raising Public Awareness to Promote GHG Emission Cuts
Contact: Achim Halpaap
|
Wednesday, 16
to Thursday 17 Dec
IseeT Kiosk
|
IseeT Kiosk Demonstration Series
UN CC:Learn Demo
Contact: Anita Beck
|
Thursday, 17 Dec
15:00-16:00
IseeT Kiosk
all day
IseeT Kiosk
|
IseeT Event Series
Introducing the One UN Training Service Platform - UN CC:Learn
Contact: Achim Halpaap
IseeT Demonstration Series
ACCCA and ICT Demo
Contact: Pauline Buffle
|
The imminent threat of a changing global climate poses a major challenge for human development. For example, species are threatened to become extinct, extreme weather events are increasing, sea levels are rising, and agricultural systems are disturbed.
Several UNITAR Programmes and Offices are engaged in supporting governments, organizations, and stakeholders in developing capacity to respond to the global climate change challenge:
- UNITAR’s Climate Change Programme comprises the core of UNITAR’s activities in this area. It assists developing countries in participating in and implementing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- The Local Development Programme strengthens the capacity of local authorities in the area of climate change through its CIFAL network
- The Environmental Governance Programme strengthens capacities for effective governance and public participation in environmental decision-making, including climate change governance
- The New York Office offers training for diplomats at UN Headquarters in the area of climate change diplomacy and international negotiations
- The Hiroshima Office training series on Sea and Human Security includes training on climate change, variability, and early warning
- The Diploma Course of the International Law Programme in International Environmental Law comprises a module on Atmosphere, Freshwater, and Soil
- UNOSAT provides geographic information derived from satellite imagery that can assist identifying climate change related transformations in land cover
- The Public Finance and Trade Programme offers e-learning on the subject of Climate Change: Risk and Opportunities for the Finance Sector
