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About RINGOs
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RINGOs are
organizations engaged in independent research and analysis aimed at
developing sound strategies to address both the causes and
consequences of global climate change. They form a constituency in
their own right to contribute to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC), in a
parallel way to ENGOs (Environment), BINGOs (Business and Industry),
LGMAs (Local governments and municipal authorities) and the IPOs
(Indigenous peoples organizations). During the COP and SB meetings of
the UNFCCC the RINGOs organize meetings to discuss the developments
of the negotiations. RINGOs have also been represented at
workshops organized by the UNFCCC Secretariat. RINGO activities are
co-ordinated by a steering committee. If you are interested in
participating in the RINGO constituency you can contact the RINGO Focal Point, hosted at the Centre for European Policy
Studies in Belgium.
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Distinguishing
criteria of the RINGO constituency are:
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All organisations are not-for-profit.
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Committed to addressing climate change in a
constructive manner.
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Actively involved in seeking ways to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts.
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RINGOs are independent to the extent that it is
not expected that all organisations would ascribe to the same view on
any one particular issue. The contribution would lie in providing a
range of views that may or may not be complementary.
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Agree to regularly participate in side meetings
of the RINGO constituency during CoP and SB meetings.
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Work to play a bridging role: between science
and policy; business and environmental organisations; North and
South; etc.
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The
RINGO steering committee is composed of:
Marylin
Averill, University of
Colorado at Boulder
Heleen de
Coninck, Energy Research Centre of
the Netherlands (ECN)
Leonidas
Osvaldo Girardin, Bariloche
Foundation
Axel
Michaelowa, Hamburg
Institute of International Economics
Deborah Murphy,
International Institute for
Sustainable Development (IISD)
Bernhard
Schlamadinger, Climate
Strategies
Taishi
Sugiyama, Central
Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
(CRIEPI).
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Statement by
the RINGOs at COP13/MOP3, 2007, Bali
Statement by the
RINGOs at COP12/MOP2, 2006, Nairobi
Statement by the RINGOs at
COP11/MOP1, 2005, Montreal
Statement by the RINGOs
at the Seminar of Government Experts, May 2005, Bonn
Statement
by the RINGOs at COP 10, 2004, Buenos Aires
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RINGOs at COP 10
Statement by the RINGOs at
COP 9, 2003, Milan
Guidelines
for participation of NGOs at meetings of the UNFCCC
Letter from the RINGOs to the UNFCCC Secretariat,
February 2003
Letter from the
Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC to the RINGOs, December 2002 (part 1 and part 2)
Statement
by the RINGOs at CoP 8, 2002, New Dehli
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