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Twenty-Fourth sessions of the
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)
and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) of the UNFCCC
and First session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further
Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG)
and related meetings
15-26 May 2006 | Bonn, Germany |
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Earth Negotiations
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Highlights for
Friday, 26 May 2006
Above
photo: View of the
SBSTA closing plenary.
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SBSTA Chair
Kumarsingh opened the last session of SBSTA 24 to adopt conclusions on development and transfer of technologies, scientific, technical and socioeconomic aspects of mitigation, and the five-year programme of work on adaptation. After several comments from the floor expressing deep disappointment at the lack of progress on defining the activities of the adaptation programme of work, he gaveled the meeting to a close at 10:56 am.
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Above photos L-R: Richard Kinley, Officer-in-Charge,
UNFCCC Secretariat; Halldor Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC
Secretariat; SBSTA Chair
Kishan Kumarsingh, Frank Rauch, UNFCCC
Secretariat and Olga Pilifosova, UNFCCC Secretariat. |
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SBSTA: Closing Statements |
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Co-Chair
Helen Plume (New Zealand) reported on the
discussions on the five-year programme of work on
adaptation, noting that parties had no common
interpretation of the task mandated at this session.
The US said she hoped clear language in the
conclusions would allow for progress in
Nairobi.
Above photos L-R: Contact Group on Adaptation Co-Chair
Helen Plume,
Christo Artusio (US) and Ko Barret (US)
making a closing statement.
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South
Africa, for the G77/China, expressed deep
disappointment that the work on adaptation could not
be completed given that the group was ready to accept
text with very minor amendments. Jamaica echoed this
disappointment, noting the consequences of this delay
for small island developing states.
Above photos L-R: Judy Beaumont (South
Africa); Clifford Mahlung (Jamaica)
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The
Philippines regretted that the political will
expressed at some levels of government is not
reflected by negotiators on the ground. Sudan also
expressed disappointment and said the UNFCCC should
take the lead on adaptation.
Above photos L-R: Joyceline
Goco and Bernarditas Mueller (The
Philippines); Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan (Sudan)
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Chair Kumarsingh noted common agreement on the
need to complete the work on adaptation in Nairobi and
urged parties to internalize the implications of a
failure to do so. The Russian Federation stressed the
importance of simple and unambiguous language on
adaptation.
Above photos L-R: SBSTA Chair
Kishan Kumarsingh gaveled the meeting to
a close at 10:56 am; Delegates from the Russian
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Above photo: Kenyan delegates to SB 24 presented
UNFCCC Secretariat staff with traditional Masaai
clothing.
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ENB INTERVIEWS: Richard
Kinley, Officer-In-Charge, UNFCCC Secretariat
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Above
photos L-R: ENB
SB 24 Climate Change Team interviews
Richard Kinley, Officer-In-Charge, UNFCCC
Secretariat.
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Photos from the CAN Press
Conference:
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“After two weeks of
negotiations, the brakes are off and the process is
moving forward,” said Jennifer Morgan, Director
of WWF’s Global Climate Change Programme. “However,
a serious scale-up in the intensity of work is needed or
the impacts of climate change will quickly overtake this
process if countries are not careful.”
Read
the full WWF statement:
Above
photos L-R: Jennifer
Morgan, (WWF); Steven Guilbeault (Greenpeace)
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Photos from the UNFCCC Press
Conference:
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Read
the full UNFCCC Press release.
Above
photos L-R: John
Hay, UNFCCC Secretariat, Feng Gao, Deputy
Executive Secretary for SBI, Richard
Kinley, Officer-in-Charge, UNFCCC Secretariat; Halldor
Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC Secretariat.
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