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Global temperature in 2001 second warmest on record - UN meteorological agency

19 December 2001
The global average surface temperature in 2001 is expected to be the second warmest on record, nearly half a degree above the average for the past 40 years, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said.

Climate change not just environmental issue, Annan says

7 November 2001
The fight against climate change is not just an environmental issue but also a matter of fundamental development, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a message to ministers and policy-makers gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, to finalize rules for implementing the Kyoto Protocol.
Michael Cutajar, UNFCCC Executive-Secretary

Climate change talks making 'good progress,' UN official says

2 November 2001
The first week of the international climate talks in Marrakech, Morocco, has made "good progress," according to the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Climate change conference to be held in Africa for the first time

10 September 2001
The next round of high-level talks on global warming will take place in Africa for the first time later this year, the Secretariat of the Framework Convention on Climate Change announced today.

Africa must seize new opportunities offered by climate change battle: UN agency

27 July 2001
A new chance to fight poverty, environmental degradation and chronic energy shortages across Africa is fast emerging as a result of the latest negotiations to fight global warming, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today.

Parties to UN climate change treaty adopt agreement on Kyoto Protocol

26 July 2001
Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have formally adopted an operational rulebook for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which sets legally binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

At climate change talks, key negotiator sees progress on several fronts

20 July 2001
A key official involved in the ongoing talks in Bonn on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change said late on Thursday that negotiators had made some progress over the past few days in several areas.

Climate change talks resume in Bonn

16 July 2001
Multilateral negotiations on climate change formally resumed this morning in Bonn following an agreement last night to begin work on resolving outstanding issues before the ministerial meeting on the United Nations climate change treaty begins on Thursday.

Bonn Climate talks to focus on rules for cutting greenhouse gas emissions: UN

13 July 2001
Ministers and diplomats will meet in Bonn over the next two weeks in an effort to finalize the rulebook for implementing the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the treaty's secretariat said today.

40 States support resumed negotiations on climate change, UN says

23 April 2001
Senior officials from 40 countries - including 25 environment ministers - have expressed their support for the resumption of formal talks on climate change due to take place in Germany in July, a United Nations spokesman said today.