Tarawa Climate Change Conference

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The Tarawa Climate Change Conference (TCCC), was held in the Republic of

carbon neutrality. Based on the lessons learned in the COP process, the TCCC proposed a more inclusive format of consultations, involving key partners among major developed and developing nations.[1]

The TCCC was an advocacy and partnership building event embedded in the overall context of global and regional (Pacific) consultations on climate change. Furthermore, the TCCC aimed to be an integral part of the process of regional and global consultations scheduled in 2010.

The ultimate objective of TCCC was to reduce the number and intensity of various fault lines between parties to the COP process, explore elements of agreement between the parties and thereby to support Kiribati's and other parties' contribution to

Cancun
, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010.

Outcome

The

Ambo declaration was adopted at the Tarawa Climate Change Conference on 10 November 2010 by Australia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Fiji, Japan, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Solomon Islands and Tonga. The declaration calls for more and immediate action to be undertaken to address the causes and adverse impacts of climate change. The United States, the United Kingdom and Canada
, who also attended the conference, chose not to be part of the declaration by taking Observer status.

Attending parties

China, Canada, India, the United States, Britain, the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and most Pacific Island countries

TCCC Host

Kiribati

COP16 Host

Mexico

Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)

Maldives, Bangladesh

Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands

Least Developed Countries (LDC)

Lesotho, Solomon Islands

Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)

Grenada

G77

Yemen

Developed countries and EU

United States of America

Developing countries (BASIC)

People's Republic of China, South Africa

Technical support

UNDP, PREVENT Project (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
), other facilitators

Observers

Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), World Bank, Greenpeace/WWF, Pacific Conference of Churches
, Pacific Calling Partnership, Pacific Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (PIANGO)

International media

AAP (Aus), NPR (US), The Guardian (UK) and others

See also

References

  1. ^ Government of Kiribati announces the Tarawa Climate Change Conference Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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