Local Governments in the UNFCCC Process
As an international local government association, ICLEI is involved in many advocacy and policy-making activities. Since 1995, ICLEI is an observer organization to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
ICLEI acts as Focal point of Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) constituency to coordinate the local government observers at UNFCCC intergovernmental climate negotiations in order to ensure effective communication with the UNFCCC Secretariat.
ICLEI acts as Focal point of Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) constituency to coordinate the local government observers at UNFCCC intergovernmental climate negotiations in order to ensure effective communication with the UNFCCC Secretariat.
LGMA Interventions at UNFCCC meetings
- LGMA intervention at the opening plenary the Ad hoc Working Group on further commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) (Tianjin, Oct 2010)
- LGMA intervention (French) at the opening plenary of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) (Tianjin, October 2010)
- LGMA intervention (English / French) at the opening plenary of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) (Bonn, August 2010) or watch the webcast (starting from the minute 3.08.56)
- LGMA intervention at the closing plenary of the Ad hoc Working Group on further commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) (Bonn, August 2010)
- LGMA intervention at the opening plenary of the Ad hoc Working Group on further commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) (Bonn, June 2010)
- LGMA intervention at the opening plenary of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) (Bonn, June 2010)
- LGMA intervention at the closing plenary of the Ad hoc Working Group on further commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) (Bangkok, Oct 2009)
- LGMA intervention at the closing plenary of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) (Bangkok, Oct 2009)
ICLEI submissions to UNFCCC
- Amendments from ICLEI and UCLG related to Subnational and Local Governments in the Non-Papers of the AWG-LCA (02 Nov 2009)
- ICLEI's submission for inclusion in the negotiating text of the Long-Term Cooperative Action under the Convention (24 April 2009)
- ICLEI's submission on Ideas and proposals on paragraph 1 of the Bali Action Plan Item 3 (a–e) of the provisional agenda, as elements for a UNFCCC COP Decision (09 Dec 2008)
UNFCCC Side Events webcasts
ICLEI has held a number of official side events at the UNFCCC meetings which are available as webcasts online:
- Barcelona: Local Government Climate Roadmap - "From Bali to Poznan to Copenhagen" (4 Nov 2009)
- Bonn: Local Government Climate Roadmap - "From Bali to Poznan to Copenhagen" (9 June 2009)
- Bonn: Local Government Climate Roadmap - "From Bali to Poznan to Copenhagen" (2 April 2009)
- Bali: ICLEI - Local Governments and Climate Action (12 Dec 2007)
Related Documents
- World Mayors and Municipal Leaders Declaration on Climate Change (English)
- World Mayors and Municipal Leaders Declaration on Climate Change (French)
- COP 10 - Local Government Declaration (Spanish)
- COP 8 - Summary of Proceedings from the perspective of Local Government (2002)
- Declaration presented to the 3rd Meeting of the COP to the UNFCCC in Kyoto, Japan, December 1997
- Local Government Implementation of Climate Protection, 1997
- Declaration from Second Municipal Leaders' Summit on Climate Change, Berlin, Germany, 1995
- Municipal Leaders' Declaration on Climate Change and the Urban Environment, New York, USA, 1993
