Subnational Governments on the Road to International Climate Change Negotiations

The 34th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took place on the 6-17 June in Bonn, Germany, and nrg4SD was actively and successfully involved in the sessions.

A combined session of the permanent Advocacy Task Force and the Financing Climate Action Working Group (FCA-WG) took place on 7 June alongside the UNFCCC discussions in order for members to assess and discuss the key issues of relevance to subnational governments around post-2012 arrangements. This was possible thanks to the technical support of Mr. Emmanuel Legrand, Deputy Director for Investments in CDC Climat and the in-depth contributions of the delegations from Brittany, Catalonia, Rhône-Alpes, Quebec and Wallonia who were taking part in these intersessional meetings.

The Financing Climate Action Working Group (FCA-WG) amended and adopted an advocacy paper prepared by the Secretariat on this occasion. This advocacy paper recalls the important contribution of subnational governments to global climate action and outlines areas for subnational input on the basis of COP16/CMP6 Cancun Agreements.

Download nrg4SD Advocacy Paper 'Subnational Governments: Key Actors in Climate Action – A Contribution towards COP 17/CMP 7' >