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Seventh
Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change Marrakesh, Morocco 29 October to 9 November 2001 |
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Highlights for Thursday, 8 November 2001
The High-Level Segment of
COP-7 continued with statements from 30 ministers and other heads of
delegation, and from observer states, IGOs and NGOs. The SBI met to
conclude its work. High-level talks and technical discussions took place
during the day and into the night on the mechanisms, LULUCF, Protocol
Articles 5 (methodological issues), 7 (communication of information) and 8
(review of information), and input to the WSSD. |
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 ALGERIA stressed that arid and semi-arid zones are on the frontline of vulnerability, and encouraged synergies between the CCD, CBD and UNFCCC. Left photo: Cherif Rahmani, Minister of Land Planning and the Environment (ALGERIA) |
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 On adaptation, PAKISTAN noted the need to broaden the focus on mitigation toward real action on adaptation and vulnerability. Right photo: Imran Ahmad, Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development (PAKISTAN) |
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OTHER STATEMENTS: Observer States: TURKEY said it was looking forward to COP-7's adoption of a decision forwarded from SBI removing Turkey from the Annex II list and recognizing its special circumstances as an Annex I Party. |
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| OPEC highlighted the impacts of climate change response measures on economies that are highly dependent on fossil fuel exports, and said COP-7 should establish the size of the special fund to affected countries. | ||
| NGOs: The INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE said further attention needed to be paid to developing the details on the mechanisms, including on the effect of the compliance regime on credits acquired or sold by businesses with respect to emissions trading, and on transfer and use of credits acquired through CDM project investment. | ||
 The INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' ORGANIZATIONS noted that indigenous peoples represent 350 million people in the world, with many being extremely vulnerable to climate change. She requested a COP decision to grant indigenous peoples a specific status in considering climate change, and said it should create an ad hoc intersessional open-ended working group. |
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NEGOTIATING
GROUPS AND INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS: |
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PROTOCOL
ARTICLES 5, 7 AND 8:
The negotiating group on Articles 5, 7 and 8 met in an afternoon session.
Chair Dovland reported that ministers and other senior officials were
consulting on a LULUCF compromise proposal, and would also consider the
issue of reporting on supplementarity and narrowing of per capita
differences, as well as questions related to reporting and review of Article
3.14 (adverse effects) implementation. |
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 MECHANISMS:
High-level regional and bilateral consultations continued throughout the day
chaired by (left photo L-R) Valli Moosa (South Africa) and Phillipe Roch
(Switzerland) with new draft decisions for a work programme on
mechanisms distributed in the evening. Crunch issues across the mechanisms
that remain to be resolved include eligibility requirements, bankability and
transferability of units, and the issuance and cancellation of RMUs. |
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 In
cooperation with the UNFCCC Secretariat, the ENB will also publish
ENB
on the side -
a special daily report on selected side events from COP-7.
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