Here is useful information on UN Climate Change organizations and programs

• LINKS to UN organizations and programs
  

• COPENHAGEN ACCORD - UNEP, UNDP Analysis
  

• RIO DECLARATION
  

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LINKS to UN Organizations and Programs

HERE is the link to the Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change, including links to the UN Partners on Climate Change. This includes the IPCC, UNEP, WMO, UNFCCC, and UNDP.

Key:

IPCC = Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

UNEP = United Nations Environment Programme

WMO = World Meteorological Organization

UNFCCC = United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNDP = United Nations Development Program

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HERE is more information on this Climate Portal on the negotiating process for climate talks.

HERE is the "Bali Road Map" documentation, and HERE is a summary description.

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COPENHAGEN ACCORD - UNEP, UNDP Analysis

HERE from UNEP is a graph illustrating the pledges made for the Copenhagen Accord from the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference, and the difference between those pledges and the required emissions reductions in order to achieve the stated 2 degree C temperature goal of the Accord.

• The total height of the bars represents the global emissions in a Business As Usual (BAU) scenario. It is only possible to calculate the global BAU for 2020. Therefore, no number for 2050 is shown.

• Light yellow sections illustrate the global emission reductions if current low reduction pledges are implemented.

• Dark yellow sections illustrate the global emissions reductions if current high reduction pledges are implemented.

• Red sections represent the remaining gap between the current pledges and the emission levels needed to reach the 2°C goal.

• The emission levels needed to achieve the 2˚C goal are illustrated by the green sections.

 

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HERE is the UNDP analysis of the Copenhagen Conference:

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UNDP Cop15 Summary

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RIO DECLARATION

The very important 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, from the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, has 27 principles. Here is an excerpt: 

...With the goal of establishing a new and equitable global partnership
through the creation of new levels of cooperation among States, key sectors of
societies and people,

Working towards international agreements which respect the interests of
all and protect the integrity of the global environmental and developmental
system,

Recognizing the integral and interdependent nature of the Earth, our
home,

Proclaims that:

Principle 1 
Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development.
They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.

Principle 2 
States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the
principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own
resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and
the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or
control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas
beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.

Principle 3 
The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet
developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations.

Principle 4 
In order to achieve sustainable development, environmental protection
shall constitute an integral part of the development process and cannot be
considered in isolation from it.

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