The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, COP 17 / CMP 7

Date: 
28 Nov 2011 - 09 Dec 2011
Location: 
Durban
Type: 
Conference
Host: 
External

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Durban 2011, will bring together representatives of the world's governments, international organizations and civil society. The discussions will seek to advance, in a balanced fashion, the implementation of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, as well as the Bali Action Plan, agreed at COP 13 in 2007, and the Cancun Agreements, reached at COP 16 last December.

The Durban Conference will comprise sessions of : 

 - The Conference of the Parties (COP),
 - The Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP),
 - The Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI),
 - The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA),
 - The Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto     
    Protocol (AWG-KP)
 - The Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA.)

The Conference will be hosted by the Government of South Africa and will take place at the International Convention Centre (ICC) & Durban Exhibition Centre (DEC). Host country website.