The first round of UN climate change negotiations since the Cancun summit in December, being held in Bangkok from April 3-8, will start on the work plan agreed at Cancun for 2011. The aim of the meeting is to build on the Cancun agreements and to work towards establishing a new global climate change regime, to complement or replace the Kyoto Protocol, whose first commitment period expires in late 2012. Senior officials from governments and international and non-governmental organisations meeting in Bangkok hope to make progress on the crucial issue of establishing the Green Climate Fund, which will assist poor countries in adapting to the impacts of climate change and in developing their economies in a sustainable, climate friendly way. They will also discuss mechanisms to transfer technology to developing countries and enhanced action on adaptation. Learn More
