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Throughout Thursday, several informal groups under the AWG-LCA and the AWG-KP met to discuss issues, including finance, adaptation, mitigation, technology and capacity building, Annex I parties’ emission reductions, the flexibility mechanisms and potential consequences.
 Read the ENB daily report for Thursday, 13 August, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTLM or PDF) or Japanese (in PDF format).
Visit the ENB web coverage for Thursday, 13 August.
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| Stephanie Lee, New Zealand, said that using actual emissions as a starting point more accurately reflects the costs countries face in meeting targets and avoids locking in current inequities. |
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| New Zealand's presentation on the effect of starting points on QELROs. |
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| Katia Simeonova, UNFCCC Secretariat, led delegates in a technical exercise on assigned amounts and translation of commitments into QELROs. |
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In the afternoon, the AWG-LCA convened a mid-week stocktaking meeting. Throughout Wednesday, several informal groups under the AWG-LCA and the AWG-KP met to discuss issues including adaptation, shared vision, mitigation, Annex I parties’ emission reductions, LULUCF and the flexibility mechanisms.
Read the ENB daily report for Wednesday, 12 August, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTLM or PDF) or Japanese (in PDF format).
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| Halldor Thorgeirsson, Secretariat, and AWG-LCA Chair Michael Zammit Cutajar consult during the informal session on shared vision. |
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| Adrian Macey, New Zealand, explained that NAMA trading would be voluntary and units would be issued upfront and reconciled at the end of the period. |
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| André Odenbreit Carvalho, Brazil, stressed environmental integrity, opposed relaxing supplementarity and warned against deferring difficult methodological decisions until after the political decision to create a mechanism. |
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| Freddy Manyika, Tanzania, for the LDCs, said the proposals were inconsistent with the Convention and the BAP and did not consider the needs of LDCs. |
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Throughout Tuesday, several informal groups under the AWG-LCA and the AWG-KP met to discuss issues including technology and capacity building, finance, mitigation, Annex I parties’ emission reductions, potential consequences, LULUCF and flexibility mechanisms.
Read the ENB daily report for Tuesday, 11 August, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTLM or PDF) or Japanese (in PDF format).
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| The facilitators of the session consult with the Secretariat. L-R: Bryan Smith (New Zealand), Marcelo Rocha (Brazil), Maria José Sanz (Secretariat). |
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| Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation |
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| Giannina Santiago, Colombia |
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| Paul Watkinson, EU, called for more precision on technology and capacity building. |
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| Rezaul Karim, Bangladesh, suggested prioritizing items that can be fast-tracked. |
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| AWG-KP Chair John Ashe opened the informal session. |
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| The session was chaired by vice-chair of the AWG-KP Harald Dovland (Norway). |
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| Abdullah Khalid Tawlah, Saudi Arabia |
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| Qian Guoqiang, China, stressed that the purpose of the documents was to facilitate negotiations. |
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| Artur Runge-Metzger, Sweden |
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UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) resources
Official website
Overview schedule
AWG-LCA revised negotiating text
Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair.
Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum.
Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. Other proposed amendments to the Kyoto Protocol.
Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. Draft decisions on other issues identified in paragraph 49 (c) of document FCCC/KP/AWG/2008/8.
Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. A compilation of proposals by Parties for aggregate and individual figures for Annex I Parties.
Further views and proposals relating to a proposal for amendments to the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 3, paragraph 9, and a text on other issues outlined in document FCCC/KP/AWG/2008/8
UNFCCC News
UN resources
Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change
Informal Thematic Debate of the UN General Assembly on Climate Change as a Global Challenge
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - June 2009, 1-12 June 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the UNFCCC Technical Workshop on Increasing Economic Resilience to Climate Change and Reducing Reliance on Vulnerable Economic Sectors through Economic Diversification, 28-30 April 2009, Cairo, Egypt
IISD RS summary report of the Thirtieth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC), 21-23 April 2009, Antalya, Turkey (English: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - March/April 2009, 29 March - 8 April 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS summary report of the UNFCCC Workshop on Integrating Practices, Tools and Systems for Climate Risk Assessment and Management and Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies into National Policies and Programmes, 10-12 March 2009, Havana, Cuba (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference - Poznań, 1-12 December 2008, Poznań, Poland
IISD RS coverage of AWG-LCA 2, second part of the AWG-KP 5, and twenty-eighth sessions of the SBSTA and the SBI of the UNFCCC, 2-13 June 2008, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS climate and atmosphere page
Climate-l - A mailing list for news on climate change policy
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
Climate Change Policy & Practice - News and information on the actions of international organizations in responding to the problem of global climate change
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