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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
Saturday,
6 December
COP-9 delegates continued to convene in contact and informal
groups today. These groups included: good
practice guidance and other information on LULUCF;
on
the programme budget for the biennium 2004-5; national
communications from non-Annex I Parties; research and systematic
observation; a draft decision on Annex I national communications;
capacity-building; among others.
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here to read a full text report on today's events
(Coverage of UNFCCC COP-9 side events)
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Italian
NGOs demonstrating on the negative impacts of climate
change in front of the Fiera Milano this morning
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First
two from left: Development and transfer of technologies contact
group Co-Chairs Terry Carrington (UK) and Kishan Kumarsingh
(Trinidad and Tobago)
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Contact
Group on the Development and Transfer of Technologies
This
group debated whether more financial resources may be needed
for the Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT).
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Group on Research and Systematic Observation
In this
contact group, Parties were unable to reach agreement on guidance
to the GEF. They decided to forward bracketed text to the
SBI plenary.
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EU
participants consult during the meeting
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Contact group Co-Chair Philip
Gwage (Uganda)
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Contact
group Co-Chair Sue Barrell (Australia) |
Contact
group Co-Chairs Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe (Zimbabwe) and
Audun Rosland (Norway)
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Contact
Group on Good Practice Guidance and Other Information on LULUCF
In this
contact group delegates discussed draft conclusions on GPG
for LULUCF and agreed to request SBSTA to invite Parties submissions
on degradation of forests and devegetation by 15 March, 2004,
in order to consider the issue at SBSTA-20.
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The meeting room of the good practice guidance contact group
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US delegates intervening during the meeting
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Group on the Programme Budget for the Biennium 2004-5
This
contact group focused on the level of the secretariat's budget,
Kyoto protocol development activities and the interim allocation.
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John Ashe, Chair of this contact group
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Harald Dovland and Georg Børsting (Norway) reviewing
the budget documents |
Delegates from the EU review verifying information during the
contact group meeting on Annex I national communications
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Contact
Group on a Draft Decision
on Annex I national communications
In
this group, Parties agreed to consult informally on a draft
COP decision and submit views to the Secretariat.
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Jose
Ovalle (Chile) Co-Chair of this contact group |
Patricia Bliss-Guest (GEF) showing an item to Erik Bjørnebye
(Norway)
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Contact
Group on Capacity Building
This
group continued to debate whether or not there should be
a workshop to facilitate an exchange of views and experience
on the implementation of decision 2/CP.7 (capacity building
in developing countries).
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Dechen
Tsering (Bhutan), capacity building contact group Chair |
Philip Gwage (Uganda) and Robert Muyungi (Tanzania), consulting
during the building contact group meeting
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Chair Tsering (right, above) discusses documents with
delegates from the EU
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| DEMONSTRATION
This
morning, in front of the Fiero Milano (location of COP-9),
Italian NGO protestors braved chilly weather to sport beachwear
and also mimicked high profile politicians in order to draw
attention to the severity of Climate Change.
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