Cancun UN Climate Change Conference Accreditations

From 29 November to 10 December 2010 the United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Cancun, Mexico. The Conference will include the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and associated meetings COM/MOP 6, SBSTA 33, SBI 33, AWG-LCA 13 and AWG-KP 15. Many side events and parallel meetings will also take place, including IIED/IISD/SEI‘s Climate and Development Days; CGIAR/IFAD‘s Agriculture and Rural Development Day; UNEP FI‘s World Climate Summit; and CIFOR‘s Forest Day.

As an Observer Organization, Boston University can provide accreditation to members of the BU community and research partners to attend the Cancún meetings. The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is Boston University’s Designated Contact Point to the UNFCCC. The deadline for nominations is September 27, 2010.

Boston University faculty, students and collaborators interested in attending these meetings and in need of accreditation please direct your inquiries to Dr. Miquel Muñoz (miquel@bu.edu) before  September 24.

For more information on the meetings, visit: http://cc2010.mx/en/faqs/ and www.unfccc.int.