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Parties & Observers of the UNFCCCAnnex I Parties include the industrialized countries that were members of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) in 1992, plus countries with economies in transition (the EIT Parties), including the Russian Federation, the Baltic States, and several Central and Eastern European States. Annex II Parties consist of the OECD members of Annex I, but not the EIT Parties. They are required to provide financial resources to enable developing countries to undertake emissions reduction activities under the Convention and to help them adapt to adverse effects of climate change. In addition, they have to "take all practicable steps" to promote the development and transfer of environmentally friendly technologies to EIT Parties and developing countries. Funding provided by Annex II Parties is channelled mostly through the Convention’s financial mechanism. Non-Annex I Parties are mostly developing countries. Certain groups of developing countries are recognized by the Convention as being especially vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, including countries with low-lying coastal areas and those prone to desertification and drought. Others (such as countries that rely heavily on income from fossil fuel production and commerce) feel more vulnerable to the potential economic impacts of climate change response measures. The Convention emphasizes activities that promise to answer the special needs and concerns of these vulnerable countries, such as investment, insurance and technology transfer. The 48 Parties, classified as least developed countries (LDCs) by the United Nations, are given special consideration under the Convention on account of their limited capacity to respond to climate change and adapt to its adverse effects. Parties are urged to take full account of the special situation of LDCs when considering funding and technology-transfer activities. Source & © http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/items/2704.php Related publication:
Other Figures & Tables on this publication: Figure SPM-1. (WGI) Changes in Greenhouse Gases from Ice-core and Modern Data Figure SPM-2. (WGI) Radiative Forcing Components Figure SPM-3. (WGI) Changes in Temperatures, Sea Level and Snow Cover between 1850 and 2010 Figure SPM-4. (WGI) Global and Continental Temperature Change Figure SPM-5. (WGI) Multi-model Averages and Assessed Ranges for Surface Warming Figure SPM-6. (WGI) AOGCM Projections of Surface Temperatures Figure SPM-7. (WGI) Projected Patterns of Precipitation Changes Figure SPM-1. (WGII) Changes in physical and biological systems and surface temperature 1970-2004 Figure SPM-2. (WGII) Key impacts as a function of increasing global average temperature change Figure SPM-1. (WGIII) Emissions of different greenhouse gases 1970-2004 Figure SPM-3a. (WGIII) Distribution of regional per capita greenhouse gas emissions Figure SPM-3b. (WGIII) Distribution of regional greenhouse gas emissions per unit of income Figure SPM-4. (WGIII) Global greenhouse gas emissions for 2000, 2030 and 2100 Figure SPM-5a/5b. (WGIII) Estimated global economic mitigation potential Figure SPM-6. (WGIII) Estimated economic mitigation potential in 2030 as a function of carbon price Global greenhouse gas emissions 1970-2004 Table SPM-5. (WGIII) Characteristics of post-TAR stabilization scenarios [Table TS 2, 3.10]a Table SPM-1. (WGIII) Global economic mitigation potential in 2030 estimated from bottom-up studies. Table SPM-2. (WGIII) Global economic mitigation potential in 2030 estimated from top-down studies. Figure SPM-2. (WGII) Key impacts as a function of increasing global average temperature change Figure SPM-6. (WGIII) Estimated economic mitigation potential in 2030 as a function of carbon price The Emission Scenarios of the IPCC Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) Box SPM-2 (WGIII) Mitigation potential and analytical approaches Box SPM-3 (WGIII) Assumptions in studies on mitigation portfolios and macro-economic costs |
