TRAININGS: SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CDM/JI PROJECTS IN CIS
Dear Colleagues,
Project team of the ?ACIS project «Support to Kyoto Protocol Implementation in CIS» is organizing the second regional training course on supporting development of sustainable and renewable energy and CDM/JI projects in CIS with review of the EU legislation and policy, the state-of-the-art Technologies and Carbon Financing. The regional training course “Energy efficiency/Renewable Energy and CDM/JI projects” will take place at the conference hall of the Grand Park Esil Hotel in Astana from 17 to 18 November 2009 (address: 8 Beibitshilik str. http://www.grandparkesil.kz.).
We kindly invite everybody and request to fill out the attached application form and send to the Climate Change Coordination Centre to the following e-mail address: info@climate.kz or fax: 717 2 32 47 38.
International experts launch Energy Efficiency Workshops across Kazakhstan in September
Irbaris LLP with the support of Kazakhstan’s Climate Change Coordination Centre (known as C4) is delivering a series of workshops to raise awareness of energy efficiency and accelerate the country’s progress towards a low carbon – high growth economy. The project – “Building Energy Efficiency Capability in Kazakhstan” – is funded by the UK Foreign Office through the British Embassy, Astana.
SECOND NATIONAL COMMUNICATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN TO THE UNFCCC
Dear colleagues,
The Kazakhstan delegation presented its Second National Communication (SNC) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change during the sessions of Subsidiary Bodies held in Bonn, Germany. SNC was developed by national experts in the frames of the UNDP/GEF project implementation. Climate Change Coordination Centre took active part in its preparation and presentation. SNC describes tendencies of climate change in Kazakhstan, includes the policy and measures, GHG emissions forecasts and etc.
SNC of the Republic of Kazakhstan could be downloaded from our website.
SESSIONS OF SUBSIDERY BODIES OF UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION
On June 1, 2009 Subsidiary bodies of UN Framework Convention on climate change will start in Bonn, Germany. The following groups will function: Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action and Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol. Climate Change Coordination Centre will take part at the work sessions of Subsidiary Bodies and Working Groups as observer organization and will render expert support the official delegation of Republic of Kazakhstan. Climate Change Coordination Centre expresses its thanks to the British Embassy in Kazakhstan for the financial support for two experts of CCCC.
Climate Change Coordination Centre express its deepest and sincere condolence with passing away of Mr. Vladimir Tarasenko, the Head of the delegation of the Belarus Republic at UNFCCC SBSTA/SBI Meetings. He was the main ideologist of the Kyoto Protocol and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Belarus, excellent expert and a good friend. We commiserate with his friends and relatives.