Policy: Nairobi outcomes

Agreements reached so far at the UN FCCC COP 12 in Nairobi (6-17 Nov)

• reaffirmed goal of agreeing an extension of Kyoto "as early as possible" to ensure a smooth transition to a new set of rules starting in 2013
• help poor nations, especially in Africa, win new funds from the CDM
• agreed principles for running an Adaptation Fund financed by a levy on CDM projects that is meant to help poor nations, especially in Africa, to adapt to climate changes.
• five-year programme to look at the impact of climate change, the vulnerability of the world and ways to adapt to changes such as floods, heatwaves, or droughts. Experts will make recommendations by end-2008.
• further study of proposals to help nations slow deforestation, which accounts for about 20 per cent of emissions of greenhouse gases
  
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