ADB will provide technical assistance to oil companies to develop, implement and monitor their carbon neutral goals and provide training to other energy companies on zero-carbon emission strategies.

Meeting participants are addressing the Fifth Assessment Report, IPCC processes and procedures, and IPCC governance and management.

Meeting alongside the Climate Change Tianjin Talks in China, the REDD+ Interim Partnership addressed its work plan and stakeholder participation.

UNFCCC receives submissions on finance, EITs and near-term climate mitigation under the agenda item on the preparation of an outcome to be presented to COP 16 in Cancun.

Norway and Guyana establish the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF), with the aim of supporting Guyana’s policies for limiting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and progress in governance-related indicators.

The SBI and SBSTA submissions address education, training and public awareness, capacity building, and scientific findings and research outcomes.

The report highlights that men and women perceive and experience climate variability differently and suggests appropriate adaptation strategies.

The article, published in Tropical Forest Update, argues that REDD+ can support all forest values if well designed.

Organized by the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) together with the Senegalese Government, the Regional Forum on the ECOWAS Solar Energy Initiative (ESEI) will hold its first regional workshop to discuss the development of a regional strategy for large-scale solar energy deployment across West Africa. The strategy will be executed under the guidance of ECREEE in cooperation with the ECOWAS member States. The workshop will bring together representatives from West African Ministries of Energy and Environment, as well as international experts.

The Tianjin BASIC ministerial meeting addressed fast-start finance, equity and climate-related trade measures.