Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009

From 2 to 6 November Barcelona will be the venue for the last preparatory sessions prior to the Convention of Parties (COP15), which will take place in Copenhagen in December. The Barcelona Climate Change Talks from 2 to 6 November will be attended by over 4,000 delegates from many countries and international observers with aim of drawing up a text for a possible agreement at the COP15, which will take place in December in Copenhagen. The objective is to tackle climate change beyond 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol expires.

The prior meetings held so far in 2009 are:

• ____Bonn Climate Change Talks, April, 2009

• ____Bonn Climate Change Talks, June 2009

• ____Bonn Climate Change Talks, August 2009

• ____Bangkok Climate Change Talks, September 2009

Talks have advanced to reach an agreement at COP15 in Copenhagen in December 2009. The text of the talks is divided into 5 blocks:

• ____Shared vision

• ____Adaptation

• ____Mitigation

• ____Financing

____Technology transfer

The Talks will also be the occasion for a series of parallel events related to climate change that will take place in Barcelona.