The Tarawa Climate Change Conference (TCCC), was held in the Republic of

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from 9 to 10 November 2010. The purpose of the conference was to support the initiative of the

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of Kiribati, Anote Tong, to hold a consultative forum between vulnerable states and their partners with a view of creating an enabling environment for multi-party negotiations under the auspices of the UNFCCC. The conference was the successor event to the

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held in November 2009 in the Maldives, when eleven climate vulnerable countries signed the Bandos Island declaration pledging to show moral leadership and commence greening their economies by voluntarily committing to achieving

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. Based on the lessons learned in the COP process, the TCCC proposed a more inclusive format of consultations, involving key partners among major developed and developing nations. The TCCC was an advocacy and partnership building event embedded in the overall context of global and regional (Pacific) consultations on climate change. Furthermore, the TCCC aimed to be an integral part of the process of regional and global consultations scheduled in 2010. The ultimate objective of TCCC was to reduce the number and intensity of various fault lines between parties to the COP process, explore elements of agreement between the parties and thereby to support Kiribati's and other parties' contribution to COP16 to be held in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010.

Outcome

The Ambo declaration was adopted at the Tarawa Climate Change Conference on 10 November 2010 by

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and

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. The declaration calls for more and immediate action to be undertaken to address the causes and adverse impacts of climate change. The

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, the

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and

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, who also attended the conference, chose not to be part of the declaration by taking Observer status.

Attending parties

China, Canada, India, the United States, Britain, the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and most Pacific Island countries

TCCC Host

COP16 Host

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Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)

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Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

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Least Developed Countries (LDC)

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Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)

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G77

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Developed countries and EU

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Developing countries (BASIC)

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Technical support

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, PREVENT Project (

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), other facilitators

Observers

UNFCCC Secretariat,

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, PIFS, SPREP,

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(SPC),

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/ WWF, Pacific Conference of Churches, Pacific Calling Partnership, Pacific Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (PIANGO)

International media

AAP (Aus), NPR (US), The Guardian (UK) and others

References

External links

The Ambo Declaration text

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