Kenya is hosting the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2), in conjunction with the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 12), in Nairobi from 6 to 17 November 2006.

The conference will also include, from 6 to 14 November, the twenty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 25), the twenty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 25), and the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG 2) including an in-session workshop.

News and Events

• UN Secretary-General announces “Nairobi Framework” to help developing countries participate in the Kyoto Protocol
  15 November 2006 -- At the opening of the high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference - Nairobi 2006, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced a UN new plan, the “Nairobi Framework.” Six United Nations agencies have launched an initiative to help developing countries - especially in Africa - participate in the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism.

Decisions adopted by COP 10

• Buenos Aires programme of work on adaptation and response measures (30 kB)
• Capacity-building for developing countries (non-Annex I Parties) (22 kB)
• Capacity-building for countries with economies in transition (13 kB)
• Work of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (6 kB)
• Implementation of the global observing system for climate (10 kB)
• Development and transfer of technologies (13 kB)
• Status of, and ways to enhance, implementation of the New Delhi work programme on Article 6 of the Convention (14 kB)
• Additional guidance to an operating entity of the financial mechanism (12 kB)
• Assessment of funding to assist developing countries in fulfilling their commitments under the Convention (11 kB)
• Continuation of activities implemented jointly under the pilot phase (10 kB)
• Guidance relating to the clean development mechanism (50 kB)
• Incorporation of the modalities and procedures for afforestation and reforestation project activities under the CDM into the guidelines under Articles 7 and 8of the Kyoto Protocol (76 kB)
• Simplified modalities and procedures for small-scale afforestation and reforestation project activities under the CDM (50 kB)
• Issues relating to registry systems under Article 7, paragraph 4, of the Kyoto Protocol (24 kB)
• Issues relating to the technical review of GHG inventories of Annex I Parties to the Convention and the implementation of Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol (13 kB)
• Standard electronic format for reporting Kyoto Protocol units (88 kB)
• Good practice guidance for land use, land-use change and forestry activities under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Kyoto Protocol (429 kB)
• Administrative and financial matters (24 kB)  
• Seminar of Governmental Experts (SOGE) (6 kB)  
• Expression of gratitude to the Government of the Argentine Republic and the people of the city of Buenos Aires (8 kB)

Provisional Agendas

• COP 12 (11 kB)
• COP/MOP 2 (12 kB)
• SBSTA 25 (8 kB)
• SBI 25 (9 kB)
• AWG 2 (6 kB)

Previous COP

• COP 10 (1-12 December 2003, Milan, Italy)
• COP 9 (1-12 December 2003, Milan, Italy)
• COP 8 (23 October - 1 November 2002, New Delhi, India )
• COP-7 (29 October - 9 November 2001, Marrakesh, Morocco)
• COP 6 (16-27 July 2001, Bonn, Germany)