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 Highlights
from Wednesday, 13 September
Contact groups
met throughout the day to consider: adverse effects; technology
transfer; capacity building; land use, land-use change and forestry
(LULUCF); policies and measures; the mechanisms; and guidelines
under Protocol Articles 5 (methodological issues), 7 (communication
of information) and 8 (review of information). The Joint Working
Group on Compliance convened to continue discussions on the Co-Chairs'
text. Informal consultations on guidance to the financial mechanism
were also held.
Photo: The
Joint Working Group on Compliance met in an evening session
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Working Group on Compliance |
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Left
to Right: Co-Chair Tuiloma Neroni Slade (Samoa), Secretariat, and
Co-Chair Harold Dovland (Norway)
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Delegates
in the Joint Working Group
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On submission
of questions for implementation, the Russian Federation said
it was not clear what the role of the Executive Board would be and
supported retaining brackets.
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On
the submission of questions of implementation, Brazil, with Saudi
Arabia and Egypt (right), bracketed text permitting
the compliance committee to receive questions indicated in Protocol
Article 8.
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Glen Wiser, on behalf of CIEL and WWF (left), offered delegates
an analysis of the recent text, CRP.7 and requested permission
for its distribution.
On appeal,
Samoa (right) questioned the necessity of and appeal, as
it would delay the process and merely afford Parties the opportunity
to have their case heard twice.
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Acting
Chair Anthony Adegbulugbe (center) discussing the text on technology
transfer
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The US, with
the EU, proposed deleting "equitable" when referring to
the process of technology transfer. Opposed by the G-77/China, the
EU proposed replacing "environmentally sound technologies"
with those "that respect the local environment. The US objected
to the G-77/China proposal to delete reference to "integrated
approaches" to technology transfer. Left: The US (left)
with EU representatives
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Delegates
in the technology transfer group
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On establishing
a fund for climate-related disaster relief, the EU and the US highlighted
that such a fund could add significant complexity to the provision
of funding due to the difficulty in distinguishing between natural
and human-induced climate disasters. Left: SBI Chair John
Ashe and Jeff Miotke, US negotiator on adverse effects.
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Delegates completed
discussions on the elements for a draft decision on best practices
in policies and measures. The draft SBSTA conclusions on P&M
were amended and, inter alia, references to Article 2.1 and
to a consultative process were deleted. Left: Chair Jose
Romero
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The
COP-6 table where information for participants is available, including
information on travel to the Hague. During COP-6, Parties have been
invited by the president-designate, Minister Jan Pronk, to participate
in the Youth Programme by including young people in their delegation.
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Delegates
discussing text before the convening of afternoon sessions
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In
the corridors...
Some observers have
detected a growing feeling of frustration and unease as time for negotiation
in Lyon starts to run out. Wednesday's stand-off in the mechanisms group
on whether to include LULUCF in the CDM, loss of momentum on the technology
transfer text, and an outcome in the P&Ms meeting that some found disappointing,
all contributed to a sense of concern at the apparent lack of progress.
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