Useful Documents
In this section you will find a variety of useful documents related to the Local Government Climate Roadmap, such as briefing sheets and articles explaining the basic facts, political mechanisms and policy approaches in regard to climate change.
UNEP:
Negotiating and Implementing Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Manual for NGOs
This manual distills the knowledge of many leading NGO experts with a wealth of experience in high level negotiations. It identifies some of the key skills that could prove necessary to those who would consider being environmental lobbyists. (200 pages)
Why Clean Energy Public Investment Makes Economic Sense – The Evidence Base
This report finds that green spending creates more jobs per dollar than most other types of stimulus spending, observing that investments in clean energy and energy efficiency programmes increase GDP, incomes, and jobs, while reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and costs, and energy price fluctuations. (114 pages)
Please find other interesting UNEP publications here.
UNFCCC Fact Sheets:
Introduction of the effects of climate change and the international, political mechanisms that were established to tackle it. (1 page)
Basic overview of the main mechanisms of the Protocol, such as Emissions Trading, Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI). (2 pages)
Stepping up international action on climate change. The Road to Copenhagen
The main bodies and topics that are involved in international climate change negotiations. (9 pages)
Overview of the six main greenhouse gases (GHG), as well as national and international commitments and mechanisms to reduce their emission. (8 pages)
Defining the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change, methods to do so, funding opportunities, and the effect on sustainable development. (6 pages)
Why technology is so important
The need for clean technologies to foster mitigation and adaptation efforts, and the important role of governments and businesses in doing so. (8 pages)
Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action
Projects, financing options and policy approaches to reduce deforestation and to support conservation and sustainable forest management. (4 pages)
How to finance a global response to climate change, particularly in developing countries, and the current mechanisms under the UNFCCC. (5 pages)
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Documents:
Comprehensive description and evaluation of several proposals for a post-Kyoto climate regime, particularly regarding their adequacy, modifiability, "developmental equity" and treatment of adaptation. (52 pages)
Bali, Poznan, Kopenhagen – Dreisprung zu einer neuen Qualität der Klimapolitik?
Comprehensive overview of outcomes of UN climate negotiations in Nairobi in 2006 and in Bali 2007, and resulting challenges for the negotiations leading up to the UN climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009. (56 pages - in German)
Germanwatch
Globaler Klimawandel: Ursachen, Folgen, Handlungsmöglichkeiten
Comprehensive overview of the reasons, consequences and opportunities for action in regard to global climate change. (52 pages - in German)
Chatham House
The Vulnerability of Energy Infrastructure to Environmental Change
Briefing paper, published incooperation with the US Department of Energy's Global Energy & Environment Strategic Ecosystem (GlobalEESE). (12 pages)
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD)
Explaining climate negotiators' viewpoints on REDD-Plus, including further links on the topic. Also available in French and Spanish. (11 pages)
Alternative Kommunalpolitik
Die Kommunen wollen mit ins Boot
Why and how local authorities should mobilize and advocate for their recognition in a strong and comprehensive post-2012 climate agreement. (2 pages - in German)
Europa Kommunal:
Members' journal of the council of European municipalities and regions
Explaining the political process of the LG Climate Roadmap. (5 pages - in German)
European Union - Committee of the Regions
The EU's Assembly of Regional and Local Representatives
Regions and cities on the road to Copenhagen (September 2009)
This brochure gives an overview of the recent and ongoing activities of the Committee of the Regions and our Commission on Sustainable Development towards COP 15. (12 pages)
Deutsche Umwelthilfe
Handlungsmöglichkeiten für mehr soziale Gerechtigkeit durch kommunalen Umweltschutz (40 pages - in German)
A documentation on what cities and local governments can do to in terms of local climate actions to support social climate justice.