The
resumed Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP-6 Part II) to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
opened on Monday, 16 July, in Bonn, Germany. Delegates met in the
morning for an opening Plenary session to address organizational
matters. In the afternoon and evening, Parties convened in the
negotiating groups to discuss: finance, technology transfer,
adaptation, capacity building, and adverse effects; mechanisms; and
land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF).
Above photo: The dias during opening plenary
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OPENING PLENARY:
Above photo L-R: Michael Zammit Cutajar UNFCCC Executive
Secretary, Jan Pronk COP-6 President , Richard Kinley Secretary of
the COP
Jan
Pronk's Opening address COP-6 President Jan Pronk opened the resumed COP-6,
noting that participants are meeting to resolve outstanding issues
from the first part of COP-6 in The Hague in November 2000. He said
these negotiations would be based on bracketed texts brought forward
from The Hague. In addition, an unbracketed consolidated negotiating
text he had developed would serve as a tool to assist negotiators.
President Pronk drew attention to the many
consultations on procedure and substance since November 2000. He said
negotiations at the diplomatic level would be held from Monday until
Thursday morning, 19 July. High-level ministerial discussions would
begin Thursday evening, following a ceremonial session of the COP
Plenary.
IRAN (Left), speaking for the G-77/CHINA, drew attention to new developments
since COP-6, including the US administration's announcement. He
stressed that delegates are in Bonn to complete their unfinished work,
and highlighted the need to clearly differentiate between UNFCCC and
Protocol issues under negotiation.
LULUCF:Co-Chair
Dovland encouraged the LULUCF negotiating group to exchange views on
Protocol Article 3.4 (additional activities). BRAZIL, for the
G-77/CHINA, said President Pronk's consolidated negotiating text
represented a reconsideration of Annex I Party commitments, and
highlighted concerns that the definition of additional activities
under Article 3.4 creates a precedent for unlimited enlargement of
the Protocol's scope in the future.
FINANCIAL
ISSUES:
The negotiating group on financial issues, including capacity
building, technology transfer, adaptation, UNFCCC Article 4.8 and
4.9 and Protocol Articles 2.3 and 3.14 (adverse effects), met in the
afternoon to consider the negotiating text on capacity building and
the text on guidance to the financial mechanism. It reconvened in
the evening to discuss the text on adverse effects.
MECHANISMS:The
mechanisms group met in the evening, to discuss text on the
modalities and procedures for the CDM. Delegates sought areas for
agreement by comparing Pronk's proposed text with negotiating text
carried forward from The Hague. They agreed to commence discussions
on the three separate decisions on mechanisms, noting that this
would not prejudice whether there would be one or three decisions.
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