Countdown to Copenhagen
WECF present at Copenhagen Climate Summit, December 2009
| Country: | Denmark |
| Donors / Program: | WECF Germany, the Netherlands, France |
| WECF Partners: | |
| Issues: | nuclear energy, biofuels, sustainable energy |
| Duration: | 11/2009 - 12/2009 |
December 2009 WECF will be present at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, the largest conference on Climate Change since Kyoto, where international agreements will be made to combat climate change.
All eyes will be on Copenhagen in December when the international community gathers for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to seal a new agreement on emission targets.
The WECF delegation not only co-organises five side events during the COP 15 but will also emphasise throughout the conference the need for a Copenhagen outcome which is equitable and respects the rights and needs of women, indigenous people and the poor.
Women in Europe for a Common Future will also work together with the Global Forest Coalition and other members of the Women and Gender Caucus to elaborate more specific policy advice on the need to integrate gender in the Copenhagen outcomes.
Apart from that WECF is involved in a two day training for partners and will be visible as well on other caucuses in which the members of our networks are participating, including the CAN – Climate Action Network Meetings, the gender and women’s meetings as well as the climate justice meetings.
According to WECF, at the climate process women have to be involved as equal stakeholders. Another issue WECF focusses on is combatting climate change with sustainable energy –especially on household level – as it can provide a much needed contribution to improving livelihoods in poor communities.
Household and community level projects under the Kyoto-Protocol-Mechanism CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) - better adapted to the local realities - reconcile the needs of reducing poverty whilst mitigating climate change. But so far the barriers for these kind of household level small scale projects are too high to become reality. WECF and partners therefore develop suitable sustainable energy solutions for the different needs in the Central Asia and Caucasus region and look into the different possibilities of upscaling these projects.
More information on WECF's position in Copenhagen
WECF shares positions with the Climate Action Network Europe/ECCA and International, gendercc – women for climate justice and non profit CDM organization atmosfair
List of WECF & Coalition for Climate Justice events at the COP 15
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