Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer leaves UNFCCC - Klimaschutzprojekte - UNFCCC - CO2-Handel.de - Das Info-Portal zum Emissionshandel und Klimaschutz

Sie sind hier: Home » Klimaschutzprojekte » UNFCCC

Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer leaves UNFCCC (18.02.2010)

Mr. Yvo de Boer has announced today that he will resign his position as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as of 1 July 2010. Mr. de Boer will be joining the consultancy group KPMG as Global Adviser on Climate and Sustainability, as well as working with a number of universities.

Yvo de Boer Image: unep Working with my colleagues at the UNFCCC Secretariat in support of the climate change negotiations has been a tremendous experience”, said Mr. de Boer who has led the organisation since September 2006. “It was a difficult decision to make, but I believe the time is ripe for me to take on a new challenge, working on climate and sustainability with the private sector and academia,” he explained.

I have always maintained that while governments provide the necessary policy framework, the real solutions must come from business,” said Yvo de Boer. “Copenhagen did not provide us with a clear agreement in legal terms, but the political commitment and sense of direction toward a low-emissions world are overwhelming. This calls for new partnerships with the business sector and I now have the chance to help make this happen”, he added.

Mr. de Boer will remain in his current position until 1st July and help negotiations move forward ahead of the Climate Change Conference in Mexico in November this year. “Countries responsible for 80% of energy related CO2 emissions have submitted national plans and targets to address the climate change. This underlines their commitment to meet the challenge of climate change and work towards an agreed outcome in Cancun”, he said.

Mr. de Boer (1954) was appointed Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC in September 2006. Before that he was extensively involved in European Union environmental policy as deputy Director General of the Dutch Environment Ministry. Mr. de Boer has also served as Vice-chair of the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development, acted as an advisor to the Government of China and the World Bank and worked closely with the World Business Council on Sustainable Development.

Source: UNFCCC

Mehr in dieser Rubrik » Klimaschutzprojekte » UNFCCC

Christiana Figueres takes the helm at UNFCCC (08.07.2010)
Second all-Africa Carbon Forum to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 3–5 March 2010 (13.11.2009)
CDM Executive Board suspendiert Société Générale de Surveillance SGS (14.09.2009)
Ukraine hosts JI meeting about Kyoto Protocol market mechanism (10.09.2009)
UNFCCC Executive Secretary praises Japan's emission reduction plans (08.09.2009)
UNFCCC/CDM International Photo and Video Contest 2009 (07.09.2009)
UNFCCC emissions data visualized on Google Maps (10.07.2009)
UNFCCC Reports available and New Methodologies submitted (08.05.2009)
UNFCCC: Report and highlights of the CDM EB 46 meeting at Bonn (27.03.2009)
JI mechanism passes milestone with accreditation of first project verifier (23.02.2009)
Pre-sessional meetings and workshop on March 26./27. at Bonn (16.02.2009)
EB 45 - Report of the meeting available (16.02.2009)
CDM Executive Board: International emissions offsetting under Kyoto Protocol has critical role (12.02.2009)
UNFCC: EB 45 at Bonn - Proposed agenda and annotations available (29.01.2009)

Alle Nachrichten aus dieser Rubrik