Climate Change COP in Nairobi

Climate Change Convention Meeting Opens in Nairobi

Above: COP 12 President Kivutha Kibwana, GEF CEO and Chairperson Monique Barbut, and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer

NAIROBI, KENYA, November 14, 2006. Up to 7,000 delegates from around the world are in Nairobi, Kenya for the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC). The conference, which runs from November 6 to 17, 2006, is the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa and is being held in conjunction with the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.

GEF at the COP

GEF CEO speaks at High Level Segment of Climate Change Convention Meeting

NAIROBI, KENYA, November 15, 2006. GEF CEO and Chairperson Monique Barbut addressed the Joint High-level Segment of the COP 12 and COP/MOP 2 at the United Nations Climate Change Convention Conference today in Nairobi, Kenya. Ms. Barbut spoke of the challenges in linking adaptation to development and reaffirmed GEF’s commitment to helping vulnerable countries adapt to climate change.
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Other GEF Events

GEF Press Conference November 15, 2006
CEO Presentation at High-level Round Table on Technology Transfer (134kb) November 14, 2006
Side Event on Adaptation November 8, 2006
Report of the GEF November 6, 2006