Media Advisory – Webcast Notice: Civil society reflections on the key country dynamics, LULUCF, CDM and the big march.
3 December 2011
UNFCCC CLIMATE TALKS IN DURBAN:
NGO BRIEFING ON THE NEGOTIATIONS
Civil society reflections on the key country dynamics, LULUCF, CDM and the big march.
[Durban, South Africa] Climate Action Network – International will host a media briefing, webcast live, to outline civil society expectations for a successful outcome of UN climate talks in Durban beginning this week.
International NGO experts will discuss civil society reflections on the new texts of the week, look into the big picture of the first week especially the key country dynamics, discuss the negotiations related to CCS in CDM, investigate LULUCF and highlight the role and reason for the march happening today.
The briefing takes place at the UNFCCC conference venue, on Saturday, December 3, at 12:30 local time (10:30 GMT), Kosi Palm (ICC MR 21 ABCG) NGO Press Conference Room.
It will be webcast live at: http://bit.ly/CANwebcasts
NGO experts on the panel will include: Lamine Ndiaye of Oxfam; Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientist, Eva Filzmoser of CDM Watch and Melanie Coath of RSPB.
What: Briefing on the UNFCCC climate negotiations in Durban
Where: Kosi Palm (ICC MR 21 ABCG) NGO Press Conference Room, UNFCCC conference venue, Durban
Webcast Live via www.unfccc.int, or at: http://bit.ly/CANwebcasts
When: 12:30 local time (10:30 GMT), Saturday, December 3, 2011
Who: Lamine Ndiaye – Oxfam
Alden Meyer – The Union of Concerned Scientists
Eva Filzmoser –CDM Watch
Melanie Coath – Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Climate Action Network (CAN) is a global network of over 700 NGOs working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. For more information go to: www.climatenetwork.org
For more information please contact:
David Turnbull, CAN International, +27 (0) 78 889 6827 (local mob)
Every day at 18:00 local time CAN gives the Fossil of the Day to the Parties that obstruct the negotiations the most. You can watch the Fossil ceremony at the CAN booth in the DEC building and get the press releases every day at: http://www.climatenetwork.org/fossil-of-the-day
###
