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United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Ninth
Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change
Milan,
Italy, 1- 12 Dec., 2003
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UNFCCC COP-9 HIGHLIGHTS
TUESDAY, 2 DECEMBER 2003
Delegates
to COP-9 continued to convene in meetings of the SBSTA and
SBI, and in contact and informal groups on Tuesday. A contact
group on methodological issues met in the evening to address
the review of methodological work under the UNFCCC and Protocol.
Click
here for a full text report on today's events
(Coverage of UNFCCC COP-9 side events)
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Joke
Waller-Hunter, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, spoke on
cost-cutting measures taken by the Secretariat during
this morning's SBI meetingc
e)
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Daniel
Reifsnyder (US), on the budget
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The
SBI discussed financial matters, including the programme budget
for 2004-5 and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF), as
well as: capacity building; UNFCCC Article 6 (education, training
and public awareness); implementation of UNFCCC Article 4.8
and 4.9 (adverse effects); and non-Annex I national communications.
Delegates also heard the report of the Global Environmental
Facility (GEF).
Watch the Secretariat's webcast of the SBI's 2nd COP-9 meeting
this
morning and also its 3rd meeting this
afternoon
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SBI Delegate from Thailand |
SBI delegates from Italy |
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SBI delegates waiting outside the Plenary room for the 3rd meeting
to start
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Franz
Tattenbach (Costa Rica), with Mohammed Al-Sabban (Saudi Arabia)
and Philip Gwage (Uganda), exchanging views after this afternoon's
SBI meeting |
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Tanzania
and Burkino Faso at the closing of the SBI 3rd meeting this
afternoon
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SBSTA
Chair
Halldór Thorgeirsson (Iceland)
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SBSTA
The SBSTA
considered methodological issues, including Land Use, Land
Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), development and transfer
of technology, good practices in policies and measures (P&Ms),
research and systematic observation (R&SO), and cooperation
with relevant international organizations. Pre-sessional
meetings regarding LULUCF under the Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) were reported to be very constructive and optimism was
expressed that the work would be completed during this COP.
Watch the Secretariat's webcast of the SBSTA's 2nd COP-9 meeting
this
morning and also its 3rd meeting this
afternoon |
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Thelma
Krug, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) made
a presentation on Good Practices |
Begum
Hasna Moudud (Bangladesh), intervening during the SBI's 2nd
meeting |
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Heikki Granholm,
UNFCCC Secretariat, introducing the agenda item on Good Practice
Guidance on LULUCF |
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Ian
Fry (Tuvalu), intervening on Good Practices
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SBSTA delegate Mamadou Honadia (Burkina Faso), affirming that
sinks projects should contribute to poverty alleviation through
small-scale community projects in Africa. |
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China cautioning against potential conflict between globally-imposed
socioeconomic and environmental criteria, and national laws. |
Brazil
speaking on Definitions
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Delegates
participating in the SBSTA meeting this morning
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Canada underscored the importance of partnerships between governments
and the private sector |
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Delegates from the US and G77/China consulting during this afternoon's
SBSTA meeting |
SouthSouthNorth Project (SSN) is a network of organizations,
research institutions and consultants grouped into one developmental
organisation with considerable expertise to help public and
private stakeholders develop the necessary confidenceChange
exhibit. |
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Delegates from Brazil and the US chat outside the Fossil of
the Day Award stand. |
This
service was prepared in cooperation with the Climate Change Secretariat
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