UNFCCC carbon mechanisms statements


Introduction

This page includes statements, speeches and presentations delivered by the UNFCCC that relate to the Kyoto Protocol´s clean development mechanism (CDM), joint implementation (JI) and the new market mechanism (NMM) under development. If you would like to request information not seen below, please send an email to CDM-info@unfccc.int.

Video statements and speeches  
Written statements, speeches and presentations

Date and locationEventSpeaker
Lima, Peru, 1 December 2014 The CDM Forum Presentation and moderation of the event
by Hugh Sealy, Chair of the CDM Executive Board
Bogotá, 3 September 2014

Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum

Foro Latinoamericano y del Caribe del Carbono 

Keynote address by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC.
Windhoek, 2 July 2014 African Carbon Forum Statement by John Kilani, Director, Sustainable Mechanisms programme, UNFCCC
Cologne, 28 May 2014 Carbon Expo 2014 Statement by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Bangkok, 24 September 2013 Carbon Forum Asia Statement by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Abdijan, 3 July 2013 African Carbon Forum Statement by John Kilani, Director, Sustainable Mechanisms programme, UNFCCC
Barcelona, 29 May 2013 Carbon Expo 2013 Statement by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
San Francisco,17 April 2013 Navigating the American Carbon World 2013 Statement by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Melbourne,Nov. 2012 Australasia Carbon Expo Statement by John Kilani, Director, Sustainable Mechanisms programme, UNFCCC
Washington D.C, 1 Oct. 2012 Carbon Forum North America Statement by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Cologne, 30 May 2012 Carbon Expo 2012 Statement by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
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John Kilani, Director of the secretariat's Sustainable Development Mechanisms programme, delivered this video message for a ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand on 23 September 2015 marking the launch of the Asia-Pacific Regional Collaboration Centre (RCC).


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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres delivered this video keynote address at the Latin American and the Caribbean Carbon Forum, held 3-5 September 2014 in Bogotá, Colombia. She highlights the importance of carbon markets and the CDM in securing an ambitious 2015 agreement and ultimately reaching climate neutrality.


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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres delivered this video keynote address at Carbon Expo 2014, held 28-30 May 2014 in Cologne, Germany. She highlights the role carbon markets have to play in an ambitious 2015 agreement. She also urges the business and industry representatives as well we private investors to lead and be heard by their respective governments.


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UNFCCC head Christiana Figueres delivered this video keynote address at Carbon Expo Australasia, held 2-4 December 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. She focuses on climate science, the need for drastic action, the outcomes of COP19 regarding mitigation and the latest global action on carbon pricing. She urges Australia to join this greater movement to make polluting more expensive.


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UBrainTV Interview with John Kilani, Director, Sustainable Development Mechanisms, United Nations Climate Change Secretariat. Dr. Kilani explains how the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) works while responding to CDM critics. He also talks about his future vision.


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Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC delivering a video statement (in Spanish) for the 2013 edition of the Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum. In it she discusses the certainties and uncertainties in the carbon market and in broader climate action.

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