Day #8 - 6 December 2010: SBI in Cancun adopts concept of 'governmental stakeholders'
Yunus Arikan, Manager of Cities Climate Center in the ICLEI World Secretariat, gives a historical synopsis about the effort of local governments to be recognised in the UNFCCC process. He concludes with the final SBI decision at COP 16 which adopts officially for the first time in the UNFCCC history the concept of "governmental stakeholders".