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| Protocol pointers Key players in the field of climate change got on update on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s plans to implement the Kyoto Protocol at a February 6-7 workshop. REC Country Office Macedonia organised the event, held in Skope, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Macedonian Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning (MoE). The workshop was part of a joint project between UNDP and REC dedicated to developing a national strategy for implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Macedonia. The project aims to help the country participate in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a tool by which industrialised countries can curb their carbon emissions by carrying out reduction projects in developing countries. The REC-UNDP project also seeks to ensure public participation in the process of drafting the Macedonian national strategy. Dragoljub Matovski, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, and officials from the REC and UNDP counted among the event’s 60 participants. During the workshop, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol were introduced and presentations on the CDM and status of its implementation were made. According to Zsuzsanna Ivanyi, acting head of the REC’s Climate Change Programme, the collaboration among the Macedonian environment ministry, the REC, UNDP and the Italian Ministry of Environment and Territory should jumpstart further partnerships in the region promoting the protocol’s implementation. The Kyoto Protocol, an international
and legally binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gases emissions worldwide,
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