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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
Thursday,
4 December
Today during the COP-9, delegates convened in plenary and
met in contact and informal group meetings throughout the
day. The contact groups included: Good Practice Guidance and
Other Information on Land
use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF); Methodological
Work Under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol; the
Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC); among others.
- Click
here to read a full text report on today's events
(Coverage of UNFCCC COP-9 side events)
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Muriel
Dube, Head of the South African Delegation, called for
demonstrable leadership from Annex I Parties in this
morning's plenary
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Joke
Waller-Hunter, UNFCCC Executive Secretary
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PLENARY
During
the 2nd Plenary meeting of COP-9 today, delegates reviewed
the implementation of commitments and other provisions of
the Convention, discussed national communications and heard
the Report of the Executive Board of the clean development
mechanism. During the 3rd Plenary meeting this afternoon,
discussions continued on the last item cited above and the
5th meeting of the SBI followed.
Watch
the Secretariat's webcast of the COP-9
plenary meetings this
morning and this
afternoon,
as well as the 5th meeting of the SBI.
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Left to right: Miklós
Persányi, COP-9 President; Richard Kinley, Secretariat;
Chad Carpenter, Secretariat
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COP-9 Plenary Room this morning
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Italy
intervening on behalf of the EU
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NGO Representative |
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Hans
Jurgen Stehr, CDM Executive Board
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Mohamed Arrouchi (Morocco) intervening on behalf of G77/China
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Delegate from Russia |
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Steve Thorne, Climate Action Network |
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Group on Good Practice Guidance and Other Information on Land
use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF):
This contact
group discussed harvested wood products and the common reporting
format, as well as other issues related to the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Good Practice Guidance.
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Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe (Zimbabwe) contact group Co-Chair
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Contact
group Co-Chair Audun Rosland (Norway)
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Delegate
reviews information during the contact group on good practice
guidance meeting |
Jim Penman (UK) and Brian Challenger (Antigua and Barbuda),
contact group Co-Chairs |
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Contact
Group on Methodological Work Under the Convention and the
Kyoto Protocol
This
group discussed proposed elements for further discussion of
a possible SBSTA work programme. |
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SBSTA
Chair Halldór Thorgeirsson (Iceland) conducted the
informal consultations in this contact group
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Contact
Group on the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC TAR)
Delegates
in the IPCC TAR contact group debated whether or not to forward
a draft decision to the COP.
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David Warrilow (UK) and Trigg Talley (US) |
POC-9:
Parties Overcome Competition (Photo on
immediate right):
An alternative event taking place at COP, where delegates pick
a card of another delegation and meet with them over a drink
to increase dialogue and decrease competition between different
parties. This event is sponsored by the Italian NGO Committee
at COP-9 (Italian Association Against Climate Change).
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Delegate
picks a "POC-9" card |
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Reception
hosted by Indigenous peoples at the end of the day
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