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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
Tuesday, 23 May 2006
Above
photo L-R: AWG Chair Michael Zammit
Cutajar (Malta) with Henning Wüster (UNFCCC Secretariat)
updated delegates on progress made during the AWG plenary.
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Contact groups
and informal consultations continued throughout Tuesday on issues
including the Adaptation Fund, arrangements for intergovernmental
meetings, deforestation, privileges and immunities, and the Special
Climate Change Fund. In addition, an in-session workshop was held on
mitigation in relation to agriculture, forestry and rural
development. In the evening, the AWG reconvened for a plenary
session following informal discussions over the past few days.
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DEFORESTATION:
The contact group
convened for its closing session to finalize
consideration of text already agreed at informal
consultations held the previous day on the scope of an
upcoming workshop. Parties agreed to the conclusions
and decided to forward them to SBSTA for adoption.
Above photos L-R: Co-Chair Audun Rosland
(Norway), Jenny Wong, UNFCCC Secretariat, and Co-Chair
Hernán
Carlino (Argentina);
NGOs holding up the text agreed in the Contact Group
on Deforestation.
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| Above photos L-R:
Delegates clapping at the successful conclusion of the
Contact Group on Deforestation; delegates
congratulating Co-chairs Rosland (Norway)
and Carlino (Argentina). |
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ADAPTATION
FUND:
Delegates
met informally in the morning and in a contact group
in the afternoon to discuss a Co-Chairs’ text that
compiles parties views on operation of the Fund, and
to add new options to the text, but not to negotiate
wording. This compilation text is intended to form the
basis of negotiations at SB 25.
Above
photos L-R: Daniele Violetti, UNFCCC
Secretariat; Co-Chair Marcia Levaggi
(Argentina); Co-Chair Karsten Sach (Germany)
and Maria Netto, UNFCCC Secretariat; the
Secretariat distributing new draft text in the Contact
Group on the Adaptation Fund.
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Above photos L-R: Delegates drafting text from the
Contact Group on the Adaptation Fund; Bonnie
Biagini (GEF), in discussion with a
delegate.
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ARRANGEMENTS
FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS: On
Tuesday evening, delegates convened in the contact
group and exchanged views on draft text relating to
the organization of COP 12 and COP/MOP 2, future
sessional periods, review of arrangements for COP 11
and COP/MOP 1, and organization of the
intergovernmental process.
Above
photos L-R: Saudia Arabia consulting with Iran; Richard
Kinley, Officer-In-Charge, UNFCCC Secretariat,
with Co-Chairs Aloisia Wörgetter (Austria) and
Sandea De Wet (South Africa).
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Ad Hoc Working Group: |
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Summarizing
discussions during informal consultations held over
recent days, Chair Zammit Cutajar explained that the
focus of the group is the establishment of further
commitments by Annex I parties by amending Annex B. He
indicated that other issues discussed so far have
included: legal matters; a deadline for the AWG; the
need for information on scientific and socioeconomic
issues before establishing new targets; a
"reality check" on emissions trends; a
workshop in Nairobi; assessment of the Protocol’s
implementation; and a work schedule. Above
photos L-R: View
of the AWG session; AWG Chair Michael Zammit
Cutajar (Malta) |
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The EU said the Chair’s list could be
useful in framing the work and identified “what”
and “where” as the key procedural questions.
The G-77/China and the African Group said an agreement on
timetables is necessary given the time required for
ratification.
Above
photos L-R: Conor O'Raghallaigh (Ireland)
speaking on behalf of the EU; Alf Wills (South
Africa) speaking on behalf of the G77/China.
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Calling for scientific analysis, Mutsuyoshi
Nishimura (Japan), stated that “a political deal will not solve the
problem.”
Above
photos L-R:
Mutsuyoshi
Nishimura (Japan); Sergey Tulinov (Russian
Federation)
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Lisa
Jacobson (left),
representing Business Councils for Sustainable
Development, urged agreement on the second commitment
period no later than 2008 and a long-term framework
consistent with the investment cycle, as well as using
the CDM and other market mechanisms. A representative
of the Business Groups (center), urged parties to
pursue a long-term framework and underscored market
incentives, scientific research, adaptation and
technology. Jennifer Morgan (WWF),
speaking for CAN International, expressed deep concern
at the lack of urgency and stressed the need for an
intense work programme with intersessional sessions
and a deadline.
Above
photos L-R: Lisa Jacobson, Business Council for
Sustainable Energy;
Jennifer Morgan (Climate Action Network
International) |
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photos L-R: Richard Kinley Officer-In-Charge,
UNFCCC Secretariat, Feng Gao, Deputy Executive
for SBI, UNFCCC Secretariat, Horacio
Peluffo UNFCCC Secretariat; Khalid Mohammed Abuleif and Mohammed
Salem Sorour Al-Sabban (Saudi Arabia) |
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| Workshop
on Mitigation: Agriculture, Forestry and Rural
Development |
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An
in-session workshop on mitigation relating to
agriculture, forestry and rural development was
convened on Tuesday. SBSTA Chair Kishan Kumarsingh
explained that the current workshop is the first in a
series of five workshops expected to examine
scientific, technical and socioeconomic aspects of
mitigation for better implementation of the
Convention. He noted that the workshop was framed
around proposals by parties and would represent
diverse perspectives from both developed and
developing countries.
Above
photo L-R: View of the presentations during the
workshop. |
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| Above
photo L-R: Hikka Summa (European
Commission) highlighted
the contribution of the EU’s common agricultural
policy and rural development policy in addressing
climate change; Frank O'Mara (Ireland),
noted the options for mitigating farm livestock
greenhouse gas emissions in the EU; Gert
Schultz (Denmark) emphasized
biomass utilisation in the power sector. |
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photo: The dais during the workshop chaired by SBSTA
Chair Kishan Kumarsingh (center). |
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