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8th
Session of WG-III and 24th Session
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
22-28 September 2005, Montreal,
Canada
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Earth
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Highlights
for Monday, 26 September 2005
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The twenty-fourth session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-24) opened on Monday, 26 September, in Montreal, Canada. In the morning, delegates heard opening addresses, adopted the IPCC-23 draft report, approved the actions of WGIII-8 on the Special Report on Carbon Capture and Storage, and commenced discussions on the IPCC programme and budget for 2006-08. In the afternoon, delegates heard progress reports on: the activities of Working Groups I, II and II; the AR4 Synthesis Report; the Task Group on Data and Scenarios Support for Impact and Climate Analysis
(TGICA), and the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme
(NGGIP). Delegates also commenced discussion of the election procedures for the IPCC and Task Force Bureaus. A Financial Task Team
met at lunch time to consider the IPCC programme and budget for 2006-08.
Above photo
L-R: The dais during the opening session with Haldor
Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC, Klaus Töpfer, Executive
Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Stéphane Dion, Environment
Minister of Canada, Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC Chair,
Hong Yan, Deputy Secretary General of the
World Meteorological Organisation, and Renate Christ,
IPCC Secretary.
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OPENING
OF THE SESSION
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Stéphane Dion,
Environment Minister of Canada,
outlined Canada’s preparations for COP
11/COP-MOP 1, stressing the importance
of issues such as adaptation, carbon markets, and technology,
to a successful outcome.
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IPCC Chair Pachauri presented the key work to be completed at this
meeting, including elections of the IPCC and Task Force
Bureau, and stated that work
on the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) is at a critical juncture.
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Klaus Töpfer, UNEP Executive Director, highlighted the
importance of the CCS Special Report, noting that CCS has an important to play in
addressing climate change.
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Hong Yan, WMO Deputy Secretary-General, highlighted the
importance of the recent IPCC/TEAP Special Report on
Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System,
and encouraged IPCC to work with WMO members to disseminate
it.
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Haldor
Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC,
emphasized the relevance of the CCS Special
Report, the Special
Report on the Ozone Layer, and the AR4 to policy making, and
stressed the importance of
effective and balanced outreach activities in this regard. |
The NETHERLANDS noted that outreach discussions could have budgetary
implications, while Chair Pachauri said a Financial Task
Team
would be established on the programme and budget to continue
work throughout the meeting.
Above photo: Ronald
Flipphi (The Netherlands) |
APPROVAL OF THE IPCC-23 DRAFT
REPORT
IPCC Secretary Renate Christ presented the IPCC
Programme and Budget for 2006-2008, highlighting that the
annual rate of contributions for recent years was around, or
slightly above, annual expenditures, but below the annual
budget approved by the Panel.
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APPROVAL OF
WGIII-8 ACTIONS
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Working
Group III
Co-Chair Ogunlade Davidson (Sierra Leone) introduced
the Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) of the CCS Special Report and the Adjustments to
the Technical Summary and Chapters for consistency with the
approved SPM. WG III Co-Chair Bert
Metz (The Netherlands) highlighted that the constructive contributions
of WGIII-8 delegates had improved the SPM. IPCC-24 delegates approved the
CCS Special Report.
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THE
GAMBIA supported GERMANY's proposal for the development of a special report on
renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, and
inclusion of this issue on the agenda for IPCC-25.
Above photo: Bernard Gomez (The Gambia)
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Bill Hare, Greenpeace, emphasized the relevance of an
IPCC special report on renewable energy and energy efficiency
technologies now that the CCS Special Report is finished.
Above photo: Bill Hare (Greenpeace)
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AUSTRALIA,
the UK, and the NETHERLANDS suggested that the timing and substance
of the AR4 mean that it is not
appropriate to consider a report on renewable energies and energy
efficiency at this time.
Above photo L-R: Spencer Edwards, Ian Carruthers,
and Geoff Love (Australia)
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| PROGRESS
REPORTS
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Susan Solomon (US), Working Group I Co-Chair,
noted that the IPCC Ozone Special Report is now in the
printer and that the Uncertainty Guidance Note for
authors is available on the IPCC website.
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Osvaldo Canziani (Argentina), Working Group II
Co-Chair, said progress included
the submission of the WG II first order draft and the
commencement of its expert review, and the initial
drafting of the Technical Summary and the Summary for
Policymakers. |
Bert Metz (the Netherlands), Working Group III
Co-Chair,
presented the WG III progress report, noting that the
CCS Special Report should be ready by the end of
2005. |
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Richard Moss (US), TGICA Co-Chair highlighted the problems posed by lack of data in specific regions or
sectors, and by the need for training and capacity building in
developing countries.
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Taka Hiraishi (Japan), Task Force on National Greenhouse
Gas Inventories Co-Chair, presented on both the
progress report on the 2006 Guidelines and Emission Factors
Database, and on further work on aerosols.
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| ELECTION
PROCEDURES
David Warrilow (
United Kingdom
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Kenya
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election of the IPCC Bureau and Task Force Bureau. IPCC
Secretary Christ introduced and explained the draft document, to
be discussed line-by-line. After requests from several delegates
for copies of the revised text, the discussion was postponed
until Tuesday.
Right photo L-R: Co-Chairs David Warrilow (
United Kingdom
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Kenya
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