Kenya will host the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2), in conjunction with the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 12), in Nairobi from 6 to 17 November 2006. 

The conference will also include, from 6 to 14 November, the twenty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 25), the twenty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 25), and the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG 2). 

The second workshop under the dialogue on long-term cooperative action to address climate change by enhancing implementation of the Convention (the Dialogue) will be held from 15 to 16 November.

During COP 12 and COP/MOP 2, all plenary sessions, official meetings and press conferences will be webcasted through on-demand streaming.  Selected side events will be available on-demand. 

Webcasts will include English and other languages used at the conference. 

Where available, power point presentations, made during a plenary session, will be available.  Preparations for COP 12 and COP/MOP 2 in Nairobi are advancing well.

The Government of Kenya is working with the UNFCCC secretariat, the United Office at Nairobi (UNON) as well as UNEP to put in place all that is needed for the conference. 

Work on the structures is under way, together with implementation of the conference's IT backbone. 

Many Parties have offered support to the host government. 

The Government of South Africa is assisting in providing temporary structures to expand the capacity of UNON, based on the technology and techniques they have developed for the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in 2002. 

Additional financial support for "Nairobi 2006" has been received from the United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain and Germany. 

More governments have pledged financial support, and others are examining how they, too, could contribute to the organization of a successful conference.