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SB-18
Highlights,
Thursday, June 12th
Delegates
to UNFCCC SB-18 convened in a SBSTA plenary meeting, and in
contact and informal groups on Today. |
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SBSTA
Chair Halldór Thorgeirsson from Iceland (center)
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Subsidiary
Body
on
Scientific and Technological
Advice
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SBSTA
Chair Halldór Thorgeirsson from Iceland
Audun Rosland, Norway
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Harald
Dovland, Norway
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The
SBSTA considered and adopted conclusions and draft decisions
on methodological issues, including good practice guidance
and other information on LULUCF, emissions resulting from
fuel used in international aviation and maritime transportation,
review of methodological work under the UNFCCC and Protocol,
issues relating to reporting and review of Annex I greenhouse
gas inventories, and issues relating to Protocol Articles
5 (methodological work), 7 (communication of information),
8 (review of information). They also adopted conclusions on
the development and transfer of technologies, research and
systematic observation, and cooperation with relevant international
organizations.
Regarding good practice guidance on LULUCF, Contact group
Co-Chair Audun Rosland (Norway) introduced the draft conclusions
(FCCC/SBSTA/2003/L.3), which the SBSTA approved without amendment.
The conclusions take note of the IPCC's work on: good practice
guidance on LULUCF; definitions on degradation and devegetation;
and the factoring out of natural and indirect human effects
on carbon stock change. In the conclusions, the SBSTA requests
the Secretariat to prepare a paper on draft common reporting
formats, and decides to continue consideration of issues relating
to harvested wood products.
Listen
to:
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Helen Plume (New Zealand)
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Greg Terrill (Australia) |
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Raúl Estrada-Oyuela (Argentina)
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Tibor
Farago (Hungary) and Janos Pasztor (Secretariat)
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Greg
Terrill speaks with Argentinean delegate
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The
Plenary during the SBSTA meeting |
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Co-Chair
Karstan Sach (Germany)
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Methodological
issues: land use, land-use change and forestry/clean development
mechanism.
Regarding
Sinks in the CDM, parties considered the Co-Chair’s
draft conclusions and commented on the Co-Chairs’ draft
negotiating text on modalities and procedures for afforestation
and reforestation (A&R) project activities under the CDM.
Parties the agreed to the draft conclusions. The G-77/CHINA,
with BRAZIL and CANADA, noted that some issues will need to
be addressed further in the draft negotiating text. He also
raised the need to define non-permanence and further consider
uncertainty. SENEGAL, supported by CHILE, said that modalities
for small-scale CDM projects should be developed.
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LULUCF
Co-Chair Thelma Krug (Brazil) with Claudio Forner (Secretariat)
and Maria Netto (Secretariat)
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Delegates
during the LULUCF meeting
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LULUCF Panel
left to right: Erik Haites (Secretariat), Co-Chairs
Karstan Sach (Germany) and Thelma Krug (Brazil); Maria Netto
(Secretariat) and Claudio Forner (Secretariat) |
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Asfaha
Beyene (Secretariat), Chair John Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda)
and Joke
Waller-Hunter,
UNFCCC Executive Secretary
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The
Programme Budget Group
Delegates
met informally throughout the day to discuss the budget.
Consultations were led by John Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda).
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Asfaha
Beyene (Secretariat)confers with a delegate |
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The
Secretariat hands out the draft conclusions |
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Malte
Meinshausen (Greenpeace International)
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FOSSIL
OF THE DAY AWARD
NGOs
held a Fossil of the Day Awards Ceremony during which Saudi
Arabia was awarded 3rd Place, the US received the 2nd Place
award, and Canada was given the 1st Place award, for its "various
interventions against any
environmental and social safeguards."
For
more information, visit: http://www.fossil-of-the-day.org |
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Nasimul Hague (Climate Action Network, Bangladesh) presented
the Fossil of the Day awards. |
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A
crowd of onlookers booed the award recipients |
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