The 17th session of Conference of the Parties of UNFCCC (COP17), the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP7), the 35th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBSTA/SBI 35), the 14th session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 14-4) and the 16th session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 16-4) were held in Durban from November 28th to December 9th, 2011.The 2nd edition of Applicable Technology Manual: South-South Cooperation on Science and Technology to Address Climate Change, jointly compiled by MOST, UNDP China, UNEP, UNESCO, the South Center and Third World Network and prefaced by Minister Wan Gang, was issued at the event. The network of International Science and Technology Cooperation Platform for Addressing Climate Change (http://www.actc.org.cn) was also launched.