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Twentieth
Session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change
Bonn,
Germany, 16-25 June 2004
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United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
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Highlights:
Thursday 24 June 2004 |
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Above
photo: Contact Group Co-Chair William Agyemang-Bonsu
(Ghana) brought Ian
Fry (Tuvalu) (left) and Mikhaill Gytarsky (Russian
Federation) (right) to shake hands during the
concluding deliberations of the Contact Group on
LULUCF.
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SBI
PLENARY: |
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Delegates
to SB-20 continue to meet in numerous SBSTA and SBI Contact Groups
to finalize work on draft conclusions and decisions.
In the afternoon the SBI convened a short plenary and
adopted the draft conclusions on Article 6 of the
Convention, capacity-building, implementation of
Article 4 paragraphs 8 and 9, arrangements of intergovernmental
meetings and administrative and financial matters. |
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Above
photo: SBI Chair Daniela Stoycheva (Bulgaria) gaveling
the session to a close after adopting numerous Agenda
items.
Left
photo: Raul
Estrada (Argentina)(center) making a statement during
the plenary session on SBI.
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Above photo:
Contact Group Chair Dechen Tsering reported the final deliberations of the Contact
Group on Capacity-building.
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Above photo:
Delegate from Japan expressing their
country's support on the outcome of the
deliberations in the Contact Group on Capacity-building.
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Above photo:
Contact Group Chair Karsten Sach (Germany) reported on the
successful conclusion of the Contact Group on arrangements for
intergovernmental meetings.
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CONTACT GROUPS:
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Above
photos: Delegates from the Russian Federation, Canada and the
EU in informal consultations during the Contact Group on
LULUCF (left), delegates drafting text on the Common Reporting
Format (CRF) for LULUCF accounting. |
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Above
photo: Ian Fry (Tuvalu) in informal discussions regarding LULUCF
with Bill Hohenstein (US)
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Above
photo: Contact Group Co-Chairs William Agyemang Bonsu (Ghana) and
Audun Rosland (Norway)
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Above photo: Dais of the Contact
Group on implementation of activities under decision 5/CP.7 Co-Chaired
by Mohamed Mahmoud Ould El-Ghaouth (Mauritania) (center left ) and
Paul Watkinson (France) (center right).
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Above
photo L-R: Saudi Arabia and China comparing text at on
adaptation and mitigation.
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Above
photo: G77/China in informal consultations after the conclusion of
the Contact Group on adaptation.
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Above photo: Contact Group on
Mitigation Co-Chaired by Kok Seng Yap (left) and David Warrilow (UK)
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Special Session on the Pseudo
Contact Group on long term and fully binding commitments:
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During
a pseudo Contact Group attended by numerous delegates and observers,
UNFCCC Secretariat staff member Claudio Forner proposed marriage to ENB
writer Dagmar Lohan. Many tears of joy were shed as delegates expressed
the view that this was possibly the most productive session of SB-20.
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This
service was prepared in cooperation with the Climate Change Secretariat
Links
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Workshop agenda.
ENB Summary report of the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) on
National Communications from Non-Annex I Parties (HTML,
PDF,
TXT).
ENB summary report of the Inter-Regional Workshop of the
Consultative Group of Experts On Initial National Communications
From Parties Not Included In Annex I to the Convention (HTML,
PDF,
TEXT).
UNFCCC report of the
Workshop of the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) on National
Communications from non-Annex I Parties Improvement of the
preparation of national communications of non-Annex I Parties.
UNFCCC Workshop on the use
of the guidelines for the preparation of national communications
from non-Annex I Parties.
ENB summary report of COP-9 (HTML,
PDF,
TEXT).
ENB summary report of UNFCC Workshop on the Preparation of
National Communications from Parties Not Included in Annex I to
the Convention (HTML,
PDF,
TEXT)
ENB coverage of climate and
atmosphere meetings.
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