Mourad Ahmia is an Algerian career diplomat who has been affiliated with the United Nations and the Group of 77 since 1990. He served in senior diplomatic and professional positions and has published since 2005, under the imprint of Oxford University Press, six volumes of the series entitled The Group of 77 at the United Nations. Mr. Ahmia has been a recipient of numerous awards and distinctions presented by various governments, international organizations, and academic institutions. He is currently the Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Preface by the Editor CHAPTER - I Environment and Sustainable Development: Protection of Global Climate for Present and Future Generations of Mankind CHAPTER - II Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on ClimateChange (INC-FCCC) CHAPTER - III I - Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) and Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) (COP/CMP) II - Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) III - Subsidiary BodiesA - Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) B - Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) ANNEXES Annex I: AcronymsAnnex II: The Member States of the Group of 77

Mourad Ahmia is an Algerian career diplomat who has been affiliated with the United Nations and the Group of 77 since 1990. He served in senior diplomatic and professional positions and has published since 2005, under the imprint of Oxford University Press, six volumes of the series entitled The Group of 77 at the United Nations. Mr. Ahmia has been a recipient of numerous awards and distinctions presented by various governments, international organizations, and academic institutions. He is currently the Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Preface by the Editor CHAPTER - I Environment and Sustainable Development: Protection of Global Climate for Present and Future Generations of Mankind CHAPTER - II Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on ClimateChange (INC-FCCC) CHAPTER - III I - Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) and Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) (COP/CMP) II - Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) III - Subsidiary BodiesA - Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) B - Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) ANNEXES Annex I: AcronymsAnnex II: The Member States of the Group of 77

Mourad Ahmia is an Algerian career diplomat who has been affiliated with the United Nations and the Group of 77 since 1990. He served in senior diplomatic and professional positions and has published since 2005, under the imprint of Oxford University Press, six volumes of the series entitled The Group of 77 at the United Nations. Mr. Ahmia has been a recipient of numerous awards and distinctions presented by various governments, international organizations, and academic institutions. He is currently the Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Preface by the Editor CHAPTER - I Environment and Sustainable Development: Protection of Global Climate for Present and Future Generations of Mankind CHAPTER - II Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on ClimateChange (INC-FCCC) CHAPTER - III I - Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) and Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) (COP/CMP) II - Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) III - Subsidiary BodiesA - Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) B - Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) ANNEXES Annex I: AcronymsAnnex II: The Member States of the Group of 77