Essential background information
- Daily morning briefing at the LOUNGE with Gino van Begin, Regional Director for Europe, and Yunus Arikan, Manager of ICLEI's Cities Climate Center
Please find essential background information for local government representatives attending COP 15 below.
Briefing Sheets
To prepare local government representatives for the international climate negotiations, the following briefing sheets were prepared. Please go to the Local Government Climate Roadmap website to download them.
You can also download the complete briefing sheet package.
- Glossary: download
- Climate Change: download
- The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): download
- Kyoto Protocol - Introduction: download
- Kyoto Protocol – Mechanism for implementation: download
- Conference of the Parties – how can LG actively participate? download
- The road to Copenhagen – international climate negotiations 2007-2009: download
- Local Government Climate Roadmap 2007-2009: download
- Why cities and local governments are key actors - fields of local action: download
- World Mayors and Local Governments Climate Protection Agreement: download
- Key Issues for Local Government on Climate Change: download
- City Climate Catalogue: download
- Negotiation update: After Bangkok UN Climate Talks (October 2009):
COP15: Chances for Changing our Climate? download - COP 15: what can we expect at global level? download
- Local Governments messages on climate change at COP 15 download
Additional briefing sheets: Carbon Trading: download
Local stories - examples for local climate action
The following outstanding and innovative local action cases focus on relevant issues for local governments within the UNFCCC negotiations, such as mitigation, adaptation, technology and finance. They build a strong case for local climate action, proving cities and local governments’ strong commitment to combat climate change.
The media are free to use these local stories and may download content and pictures.