Montréal 2005:
The United Nations Climate Change Conference

Canada is proud to welcome the world to a landmark event in the global effort to address

Stéphane Dion, Minister of the Environment, Opens the Historic Conference on Climate Change in Montréal

climate change, as it hosts the United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Montreal from Nov. 28 to Dec. 9, 2005.

The Conference is serving as the first ever meeting of the 156 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol since 1997, and at the same time serving as the 11th Conference of the 189 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Montréal 2005, is expected to bring as many as 10,000 people to the city, including international delegates, official observers from government, industry, business, the scientific community, and other groups interested in action on climate change. The parallel events are expected to attract 2,000 to 3,000 people alone, and up to 1,000 journalists from around the world will cover the conference. As such, it will be the largest such meeting since the Kyoto Climate Conference in 1997 and is expected to be one of the largest meetings ever held in Canada, and the largest non-sporting event in Montréal, since EXPO 67.

Under the Kyoto Protocol, which took effect 16 February, 2005, more than 30 industrialized countries, including Canada, are bound by concrete and legally binding emission reduction targets during the period 2008-2012. At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal, parties to the Kyoto Protocol are expected to adopt a set of decisions critical to complete the "rule book" of the Protocol including, for example, on steps to strengthen the clean development mechanism, a tool designed under the Protocol to support sustainable development projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries. Montreal 2005 will certainly lay the foundation for future climate policy, now that the Kyoto Protocol is in force.

As an ISO9001 and ISO14001 registered company, Viconics is proud that this milestone international event is held in our fair city, and restate our lasting committed to adopting a leadership role in contributing to an environmentally conscious global community.