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- Bali Action Plan (BAP)
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Included in the Bali Road Map, agreed at the Conference of the Parties in Bali, Indonesia in 2007 (COP13), introduced AWG-LCA.
- Bali Road Map
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The Bali Road Map was adopted at the 13th Conference of the Parties and the 3rd Meeting of the Parties in December 2007 in Bali. The Road Map is a set of a forward-looking decisions that represent the work that needs to be done under various negotiating ÒtracksÓ that is essential to reaching a secure climate future. It includes the Bali Action Plan, which charts the course for a new negotiating process designed to tackle climate change, with the aim of completing this by 2009. It also includes the AWG-KP negotiations, the launch of the Adaptation Fund, the scope and content of the Article 9 review of the Kyoto Protocol, as well as decisions on technology transfer and on reducing emissions from deforestation.
- Barbados Programme of ActionÊ
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A programme specific to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that comprehensively addresses the economics, environmental, and social development vulnerabilities facing small islands as well as outlining a strategy that seeks to mitigate those vulnerabilities.
- Berlin Mandate
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Adopted at COP-1, the mandate that launched negotiations leading to the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol.
- BINGO
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Business and industry non-governmental organisations.
- Biomass
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The total weight or volume of organisms in a given area or volume.
- Biomass fuels or biofuels
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A fuel produced from dry organic matter or combustible oils produced by plants. These fuels are considered renewable as long as the vegetation producing them is maintained or replanted, such as firewood, alcohol fermented from sugar, and combustible oils extracted from soy beans. Their use in place of fossil fuels cuts greenhouse gas emissions because the plants that are the fuel sources capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
- Bonn agreements
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Informal term for a political deal reached at COP-6 in Bonn, Germany, in 2001, by which governments agreed on the most politically controversial issues under the Buenos Aires Plan of Action. The Bonn agreements paved the way for the Marrakech Accords later in the same year.
- Bonn fund
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A special UNFCCC fund for contributions from the Government of Germany to cover costs of UNFCCC events held in Bonn.
- Brazilian proposal
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A proposal by the delegation of Brazil made in May 1997 as part of the negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol. It included a formula to set differentiated emission reduction targets for Parties based on the cumulative impact of PartiesÕ historic emissions on the global average surface temperature.
- Building Codes
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Ordinances and regulations controlling the design, construction, materials, alteration and occupancy of any structure for safety, welfare and integrity. Building codes include both technical and functional standards.
- Bunker fuels
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A term used to refer to fuels consumed for international marine and air transport.
- Bureau of Meteorology
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AustraliaÕs national weather, climate and water Executive Government Agency. It is responsible for providing services and expertise to assist the Australian region and Antarctic Territory in dealing with environmental natural disasters.