1 August 2008: The fifty-fourth Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and associated events is taking
place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 1-10 August 2008. On 8 August, a workshop
on collaboration among Large and Small States through International
Organizations to Respond to Climate Change will be held to examine the
Commonwealth Climate Action Plan, which was adopted on 24 November 2007 in
Kampala, Uganda at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

In
the Action Plan, the Heads of Government underscore the threat that climate
change represents to some Commonwealth countries, in particular small island
States, and how it can hinder efforts towards achieving the Millennium
Development Goals. They also recognize the cost of inaction and support the
work of the UNFCCC in reaching a collective and comprehensive agreement. The
Heads of Government call for: increased financing for adaptation; additional
incentives for developing countries; facilitated development, diffusion and
deployment of affordable environmentally-friendly technologies; and energy
efficiency and conservation. They also stress the importance for measures that
tackle climate change to support the positive economic and social
transformation of developing countries and commit to actively participate,
through the UNFCCC, to negotiations to agree on a comprehensive post-2012
global agreement. [Conference website] [Commonwealth
Climate Action Plan]