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Friday, April 22, 2016

New York

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will convene leaders in New York to sign the Paris Agreement marking the first step toward its implementation following adoption by 196 countries in Paris.

Paris Climate Summit

Monday, November 30, 2015 to Friday, December 11, 2015

Paris

Amidst soaring public support for action, the major UN climate negotiations of the year are expected to produce the world's first comprehensive global climate agreement.

ADP 2.11 Intersessional

Monday, October 19, 2015 to Friday, October 23, 2015

Bonn, Germany

The last UNFCCC session before the universal climate agreement is due to be struck in Paris in December under the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) track.

CAN Position: Mitigation elements for a COP decision on pre-2020 ambition in Paris >

Check out CAN's recommendations for how countries can agree to scale up climate action in the short term under the UNFCCC this year.

Islamic Climate Declaration calls for fossil fuel phase out >

Islamic leaders from 20 countries today launched a bold Climate Change Declaration to engage the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims on the issue of our time.

Latest News

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Featured Publications

CAN Letter: Civil Society Recommendation on criteria for selection of UNFCCC Executive Secretary, April 2016 Friday, April 29, 2016 - 10:19 ~Dear H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon and members of Bureau of COP UNFCCC, We, Climate Action Network (CAN), a worldwide network of over 950 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in more than 110 countries, are... read more	CAN Submission: Input to WIM Executive Committee, Financial Instruments to address Loss and Damage, March 2016 Monday, March 14, 2016 - 14:34 ~Loss and damage are the adverse effects of climate change that go beyond people’s capacity to cope and adapt to climate change impacts (Warner, van der Geest and Kreft 2013; LDC 2012). Loss and damage impacts range... read more
CAN Letter: Participation of civil society in SBSTA Agriculture Workshop, March 2016 Friday, March 11, 2016 - 13:05 ~~Dear Mr. Fuller, I am writing to you on behalf of the Climate Action Network (CAN) as many of the members of the CAN are working on the climate, agriculture and food security nexus. Many of them,... read more	CAN Submission: Input to SCF Forum on Financial Instruments for Loss and Damage, February 2016 Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 17:48 ~~Climate Action Network (CAN) International sees an important role for the SCF Forum to discuss financial instruments to address loss and damage and is grateful for the opportunity to provide inputs on the scope and... read more