26-29 October

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 31st Plenary Session.

The meeting will approve the outline of the Fifth Assessment Report in sessions of each of the three main Working Groups.

Bali, Indonesia

26-28 October 2009

UNFCCC CDM DNA Forum

The DNA Forum is being held on the sidelines of the Carbon Forum Asia meeting in Singapore.

Singapore

27 October 2009

U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee begins hearings on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (Boxer-Kerry).

The committee will hold three days of hearings into the legislation before moving to the "markup" stage "as soon as possible after the hearings".

Washington, D.C.

28 October 2009

EU-China Near-Zero Emissions Coal Final Workshop.

The EU-China Near Zero Emissions Coal (NZEC) agreement was signed at the EU-China Summit under the UK’s presidency of the EU in September 2005 as part of the EU-China Partnership on Climate Change. The EU and China also hope the NZEC project can act as a possible model for other bilateral and multilateral technology cooperation projects in the context of Copenhagen.

Beijing, China

29-30 October 2009

EU Council meeting

European leaders are expected to discuss all aspects of the UNFCCC negotiations, taking account of the Environment Council's decisions earlier in October, and agree on an EU position for the Copenhagen talks.

Brussels, Belgium

2-6 November 2009

Resumption of AWG-KP 9 and AWG-LCA 7 meetings from 28 September-9 October.

The previous meeting held in Bangkok will be resumed in Barcelona.

Barcelona, Spain

4 November 2009

Fourth meeting of the California Air Resources Board Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee.

The meeting will discuss plans to allocate emissions allowances among covered installations participating in California's AB-32 emissions trading scheme.

Sacramento, California

8-9 November 2009

Eighth Meeting of the Enforcement Branch of the UNFCCC Compliance Committee.

Barcelona, Spain

16 November 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama visits China's president Hu Jintao.

The two leaders are expected to discuss climate change and their country's respective positions ahead of the Copenhagen talks in December.

Beijing, China

24 November 2009

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss climate change issues.

The Indian leader is expected to outline India's plans for an energy-efficiency cap-and-trade scheme to underline his country's efforts to slow the increase in GHG emissions.

Washington, D.C.

6 December 2009

EU Working Party on International Environment Issues (WPIEI) meeting on climate change.

Meeting to discuss the EU position in advance of the UNFCCC negotiations in Copenhagen.

Copenhagen, Denmark

7 December 2009

Meeting of EU General Affairs & External Relations Council.

Meeting to prepare for European Environment Council meeting on December 10-11. This group is made up of representatives at ministerial level of EU member states who are empowered to make commitments on behalf of their governments.

Brussels, Belgium

7-18 December 2009

15th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol

COP15/MOP5: deadline for formal negotiations on post-2012 climate change policy to reach conclusion

Copenhagen, Denmark

10-11 December 2009

EU Environment Council meeting

This meeting is scheduled to take place half-way through the UNFCCC talks in order to adjust EU positions if necessary in light of the progress of the talks.

Brussels, Belgium

22 December 2009

EU Environment Council meeting.

The Environment Council of the EU will meet to discuss the outcomes of the UNFCCC negotiations in Copenhagen.

Luxembourg

1 January 2010

EU ETS aviation operators begin to monitor emissions and collect data.

Aviation emissions data must be reported for the "pre-trading" period of 2010-2011. Aviation officially joins the EU ETS on January 1 2012.

Brussels, Belgium

1 February 2010

CDM Executive Board Validation and Verification Manual Workshop.

This is the last of four workshops that will be held to gather feedback prior to a revision and upgrade of the Manual.

Bonn, Germany

31 May - 11 June 2010

2010 Meeting of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies

TBC

1 June 2010

Deadline for regulation on timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning Phase III EU ETS

Brussels, Belgium

30 June 2010

The European Commission publishes its final cap for the first year of Phase III of the EU ETS.

The Commission will also adopt regulations covering auctions of allowances and issue further proposals on measures to protect sectors vulnerable to carbon leakage.

Brussels, Belgium

1 July 2010

Industrial, energy and transport sectors included in New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme

The New Zealand government has proposed a six-month delay to the start date for these sectors as it passes amendments to the NZ ETS.

Wellington, New Zealand

31 December 2010

European Commission issues its estimate of the total quantity of EUAs to be auctioned in Phase III.

Brussels, Belgium

31 March 2011

Deadline for aviation operators to apply for free allocation of EUAs from European Commission.

Aircraft operators must also submit a verified report showing the tonne kilometres flown during 2010.

Brussels, Belgium

July 2011

Proposed launch of Australian ETS

The Australian government has delayed the launch of the scheme from its original 1st July 2010 start date.

Australia

30 September 2011

European Commission's report on sectors that are exposed to international competition Phase III EU ETS

Brussels, Belgium

8-19 November 2011

16th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and 6th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol

The meeting is likely to be held in the Latin American or Caribbean region.

TBC

6-17 June 2011

2011 Meeting of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies

TBC

28 November - 9 December 2011

17th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and 7th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol

South Africa has offered to host the meeting.

31 December 2011

Deadline for conditional EC proposal to include maritime emissions

If no international agreement which includes international maritime emissions in its reduction targets through the IMO has been approved by the Member States or no such agreement through the UNFCCC has been approved by the Community by this deadline, the Commission should make a proposal to include international maritime emissions according to harmonised modalities in the Community reduction commitment, with the aim of the proposed act entering into force by 2013.

Brussels, Belgium