Dear friends,

Following our successful application for observer membership with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which entitles us to send delegations to all major climate change events within the UN framework, the Bureau is planning on putting together a delegation that will represent IFLRY at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.

The Conference will take place from the 7th to the 18th of December at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is expected to attract more than 10.000 delegates, observers and journalists. The Conference formally includes the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15) and the 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 5). The main goal of the conference is to agree a framework for global action on climate change beyond 2012 (please see www.cop15.dk or www.unfccc.int for details).

The goal of the IFLRY delegation is to network with officials, journalists and NGOs at the Convention and to advocate liberal ideas on the issues dealt with at the Convention. There will be regular team meetings and (social) side events for IFLRY delegates at the Convention.

Find the full call and the nomination forms in our Documents Center. Member Organizations can nominate as many representatives as they wish. The nomination form should be submitted by the 15th of October.

The form as well as all questions and comments should be sent to climatechange@iflry.org .

Liberal regards,

Stephan Korte
IFLRY Climate Change Programme Manager