17th Conference of the Parties meeting (COP17)
Start Date: 28/11/2011
End Date:
09/12/2011
Location: Durban, South Africa
Organiser: UNFCCC
Website: http://www.cop17-cmp7durban.com
The top yearly international political conference around climate change.Since the United Nations' Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force in 1995, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC have been meeting annually to assess progress in dealing with climate change.The COP adopts decisions and resolutions, published in reports of the COP. Successive decisions taken by the COP make up a detailed set of rules for practical and effective implementation of the Convention.
UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change
ZEP Event Highlights at COP17 and World Climate Summit
ZEP is participating at a number of key events in and around the COP 17 conference:
- Date
- Event
- Thursday December 1st, 14.00-15.00
- EU Stand CCS Event - South African Climate Change Response Expo
- Thursday December 1st, 18.00-20.00
- EU Pavilion CCS Side Event
- Saturday December 3rd, 10.30-11.30
- CCS Workshop at World Climate Summit
- Saturday December 3rd, 16.15-17.15
- World Climate Summit - Plenary Session IV
- Sunday December 4th, 10.30-11.15
- World Climate Summit - Special Session: Track VII - Communicating Climate Solutions
- Tuesday December 6th, 13.00-15.00
- GCCSI event, Bellona Room, ICC
- Monday December 5th, 13.00-15.00
- ZEP sponsored workshop with Bellona, Bellona Room, ICC
CCS Library
A number of international CCS stakeholders, including ZEP, are pleased to have provided publications on a number of issues related to CCS. You can download them below. Please also refer to the ZEP library for further reference documents.
a. Overview
- ZEP CCS Leaflet ESP FINAL
- ZEP CCS Leaflet UK FINAL
- GCCSI the Global Status CCS 2011
- WRI CCS Guidelines
b. Policy & Regulation
- CCSA Enabling a Low Carbon World
- IEA London Protocol
- IEA Model Regulatory Framework
- IEA CCS Legal
- Shell Structural Approaches to Emissions Mitigation and the Role of Business
- UNIDO CCS in Industrial Applications
- World Bank CCS in Developing Countries
c. Technical/Technology
- ZEP Long Term R&D Report
- IEA UNIDO Technology Road Map
- IEA Natural and Industrial Storage
- IEA Safe Storage
- The University of Edinburgh Health Risks of CO2 Seeps
d. Costs & Finance
- ZEP Overall CO2 Costs Report
- Alstom Paper on CCS Costs
- GCCSI Economic Assessment of CCS
- IEA Cost and Performance of CO2 Capture From Power Generation
- WRI CCS Demonstration in Developing Countries
