WGC Speaks at 2nd Dialogue on Article 6 of the Convention


BONN, GERMANY (June 5, 2014)– Reaffirming the importance of climate change education, training, public awareness, public participation, public access to information and international cooperation on these matters for achieving the ultimate objective of the Convention and for the effective implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions, COP 18 adopted the Doha work programme on Article 6 of the Convention and requested the SBI to organize an annual in-session Dialogue on Article 6 of the Convention to enhance work in this area.

On June 5th, 2014 the UNFCCC hosted the 2nd Dialogue on Article 6, focusing on public participation and public access to information with international cooperation being discussed as a cross-cutting theme. This included two presentations from the Women and Gender Constituency, including from Ms. Priscilla Achakpa, of the Women Environmental Programme, Nigeria and Ms. Gotelind Alber, of GenderCC.

You can find these and all other presentations on the UNFCCC Article 6 webpage.