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cop8.jpgGovernments from about 180 countries around the world converged in New Delhi for the Eighth Conference of Parties (CoP-8) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Government delegates as well as representatives from inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations, media and business attending  the meet. vigyan1.jpg Venue: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India

Date: October 23 to November 1, 2002small_mapdelhi.jpg

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bulltet.jpg CALENDAR OF EVENTS

bulltet.jpg Do not burden poorer nations, says Vajpayee
bulltet.jpg Full text of Prime Minister Vajpayee's speech
bulltet.jpg EU peeved as CoP-8 draft does not mention Kyoto Protocol
bulltet.jpg Delhi Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainable Development - Informal Proposal by the President
bulltet.jpg Opening statement by Joke Waller-Hunter, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
bulltet.jpg What is climate change? The story so far...
bulltet.jpg A challenge to India's economy
A briefing paper for Members of Parliament
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bulltet.jpg Climate change and its economic
fall-out for India (Down To Earth, October 31, 2001).
bulltet.jpg Read more background information on climate change... 
bulltet.jpg What's up for discussion at CoP-8?
(Click to read pdf file)
bulltet.jpg CoP-8: History, Politics, Issues
bulltet.jpg PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR COP 8
bulltet.jpg FOCUS ON PLEDGES
Accountability issue set to take centrestage at the upcoming CoP-8. (DTE. Oct. 31, 2002).
OTHER SITES


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Climate Change website, Government of India

unfcc.jpg UNFCCC COP 8 official site
An in-depth look at CoP-8
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A CSE newsletter on climate change
CoP-8/UNFCCC Special Edition Number 5, November 1, 2002
Adaptation: Is blackmail the basis for global engagement these days?

bulltet.jpg Special Edition Number 3

bulltet.jpg Special Edition Number 2

bulltet.jpg Special Edition Number 1

bulltet.jpg Climate change and CoP 8 through the eyes of children
Children hog the limelight at CoP 8 with their very own edition of Gobar Times

bulltet.jpg Children’s Camaraderie for Climate Change
Children join hands with CSE to talk of climate change, carbon emissions and global environment governance. October 25, 2002

bulltet.jpg Bring the US back to the climate conclave
CSE media briefing insists on finding a democratic framework with right incentives and disincentives for rich and poor alike. October 22, 2002
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Protestors outside the venue, Vigyan Bhawan