UNFCCC Accra climate change talks 2008

AWG-LCA 3
AWG-KP 6

The third session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 3) and the first part of the sixth session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 6, part I) will be held from Thursday, 21 August to Wednesday, 27 August 2008 in Accra, Ghana. The venue for the sessions is the Accra International Conference Center (AICC). Further information will be made available in due course.

Suggested dress code:

In consultation with the Host Country and responding to numerous queries from participants, the Climate Change secretariat would like to propose that the dress code for participants at the upcoming conference be adapted to take into account the tropical weather in Ghana.

Mr. Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, has exempted secretariat staff from wearing jackets and ties after the opening ceremony. The secretariat invites participants to follow suit. The secretariat hopes that amending the dress code will allow participants to conduct discussions in a more comfortable environment, as well as limit the use of air conditioning and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions.