European Commission launches public consultation for input to climate report

Tuesday, 24 March 2009 11:52

The European Commission launched (23 March) a public consultation to gather relevant contributions from European organizations in preparation for its Fifth National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

All developed countries are required to submit these Communications to the UNFCCC secretariat by 1 January 2010. The Communication being prepared by the Commission will cover the activities undertaken by the European Community to implement the UNFCCC since the Fourth National Communication in 2006.

Examples include legislation adopted by Council and the European Parliament, climate-relevant strategies elaborated by the Commission and developing country assistance programmes on climate change funded from the Commission's budget. The Commission's Communication will not address national activities by the EU Member States, who as UNFCCC Parties in their own right are required to submit National Communications of their own.

The public questionnaire put online aims to gather additional information from stakeholders that could be included. Responses are invited from European organizations with a relationship to the climate change agenda. The consultation will run for six weeks.
(Source: The European Commission)