UNITED NATIONS

Friday, 2 December 2011

United Nations Climate Change Conference 2011 COP 17 and CMP 7 Durban, 28 November 9 December 2011

Daily Programme
Contact groups and informal consultations of the Convention and Protocol bodies
COP 13.0014.00 Open-ended informal consultation on the Green Climate Fund report of the Transitional Committee (Parties and Observer States only) Informal consultations on the proposal from Cyprus and the European Union to amend Annex I to the Convention (Open to Parties and observers) King Protea

16.3018.00

Karoo Cycad

CMP 10.0010.45 Informal consultations on issues relating to the clean development mechanism (Parties and Observer States only) Informal consultations on matters relating to compliance under the Kyoto Protocol (Parties and Observer States only) Honey Buchu

11.3012.15

Mangrove

The Daily Programme is available electronically at <unfccc.int>. Participants are kindly reminded to consult the CCTV monitors for any last-minute changes. In order to reduce paper consumption, participants are kindly requested to retain copies of documents throughout the sessions.

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-2SBSTA 10.0011.30 Informal consultations on implications of the inclusion of reforestation of lands with forest in exhaustion as afforestation and reforestation clean development mechanism project activities (Open to Parties and observers) Informal consultations on methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (Parties and Observer States only) Informal consultations on research and systematic observation (Open to Parties and observers) Informal consultations on carbon dioxide capture and storage in geological formations as clean development mechanism project activities (Parties and Observer States only) Informal consultations on the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (Parties and Observer States only) Informal consultations on the revision of the UNFCCC reporting guidelines on annual inventories for Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (Open to Parties and observers) Albizia

11.3013.00

Natal Flame Bush

11.3013.00 15.0016.30

Sweet Thorn Sagewood

15.0015.45

Sweet Thorn

16.3017.15

Albizia

SBI 10.0010.45 10.0011.30 Informal consultation on financial mechanism of the Convention (Parties and Observer States only) Informal consultation on approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change to enhance adaptive capacity (Open to Parties and observers) Contact group on Capacity Building under the Convention (Open to Parties and observers) Contact group on Capacity Building under the Kyoto Protocol (Open to Parties and observers) Informal consultation on national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (Parties and Observer States only) Contact group on Annex I national communications and greenhouse gas inventory (Open to Parties and observers) Contact group on procedures, mechanisms and institutional arrangements for appeals against the decisions of the EB of the CDM. (Open to Parties and observers) Marula Sweet Thorn

10.4511.10 11.1011.30 10.4511.30

Sagewood Sagewood Wild Bush Petunia Wild Bush Petunia Kudu Lily

11.3012.15

12.1513.00

-312.1513.00 15.4516.30 Informal consultation on national adaptation plans (Open to Parties and observers) Informal consultation on approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change to enhance adaptive capacity (Open to Parties and observers) Informal consultation on national adaptation plans (Open to Parties and observers) Marula Sweet Thorn

16.3018.00

Sweet Thorn

SBSTA/SBI 10.00 10.45 Joint informal group on the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures at the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth sessions of the subsidiary bodies, with the objective of developing a work programme under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to address these impacts, with a view to adopting, at the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties, modalities for the operationalization of the work programme and a possible forum on response measures (Parties and Observer States only) Joint informal consultations on development and transfer of technologies (Parties and Observer States only) Joint informal group on forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures at the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth sessions of the subsidiary bodies, with the objective of developing a work programme under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to address these impacts, with a view to adopting, at the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties, modalities for the operationalization of the work programme and a possible forum on response measures (Parties and Observer States only) Joint informal consultations on development and transfer of technologies (Parties and Observer States only) Joint contact group on matters relating to Article 2, paragraph 3, and Article 3, paragraph 4, of the Kyoto protocol (Open to Parties and observers) Joint contact group on development and transfer of technologies (Open to Parties and observers) Bushveld Gardenia

10.4511.30 15.0016.30

Marula Red Adler

15.0016.30 16.3018.00

Marula White Seringa

17.1518.00

Wild Bush Petunia

AWG-KP 10.0010.45 11.3013.00 16.3018.00 AWG-KP Contact group on item 3 (Open to Parties and observers) Spin-off group on chapter I (amendments/numbers) (Parties and Observer States only) Spin-off group on Chapter II (LULUCF) (Parties and Observer States only) King Protea Honey Buchu Sagewood

-4AWG-LCA 10.0011.30 Informal group on cooperative sectoral approaches and sector-specific actions, in order to enhance the implementation of Article 4, paragraph 1(c), of the Convention (agenda item 3.2.4) (Open to Parties and observers) Informal group on policy approaches and positive incentives on issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (agenda item 3.2.3) (Open to Parties and observers) Informal group on economic and social consequences of response measures (agenda item 3.2.6) (Open to Parties and observers) Informal group on review: further definition of its scope and development of its modalities (agenda item 4) (Parties and Observer States only) Informal group on various approaches, including opportunities for using markets, to enhance the cost-effectiveness of, and to promote, mitigation actions, bearing in mind different circumstances of developed and developing countries (agenda item 3.2.5) (Parties and Observer States only) Informal group on other matters: Parties included in Annex I to the Convention undergoing the process of transition to a market in economy (agenda item 6.(a)) (Open to Parties and observers) Informal group on other matters: Parties included in Annex I to the Convention whose special circumstances are recognized by the Conference of the Parties (agenda item 6.(b)) (Open to Parties and observers) Informal group on finance (item 3.4) (Parties and Observer States only) Informal group on nationally appropriate mitigation commitments or actions by developed country Parties (agenda item 3.2.1) (Parties and Observer States only) Informal group on nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties (agenda item 3.2.2) (Parties and Observer States only) Camel Thorn

10.4511.30

Candelabra

11.3013.00

Sagewood

15.0015.45

Honey Buchu

15.4516.30

Honey Buchu

16.3017.15

Mangrove

17.1518.00

Mangrove

18.0019.30 18.0018.45

Marula Agapanthus

18.4519.30

Agapanthus

List of participants
The provisional list of participants is available in electronic form only at <http://unfccc.int/documentation/document_lists/items/2960.php>. Any corrections should be forwarded to Ms. Vera-Lynn Watson (Registration counter) by noon, at the latest, on Wednesday, 7 December 2011.

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Groups other than the Convention and Protocol bodies

(Closed meetings) 08.0009.00 10.0011.00 13.0014.00 13.0014.00 18.0019.00 Delegation of Dominican Republic on behalf of GRULAC Delegation of Democratic Republic of the Congo on behalf of the Congo Basin Countries Asian Group Delegation of Dominican Republic on behalf of GRULAC Delegation of Colombia on behalf of the Group of Highly Vulnerable Countries White Seringa White Seringa Albizia Karoo Cycad Wild Teak

Meetings of observer organizations

(Closed meetings) 08.3009.30 09.0010.00 09.0010.00 09.0010.00 09.0010.00 09.0010.00 09.0010.00 09.0010.00 13.0014.00 13.0014.00 14.0015.00 Youth non-governmental organizations (YOUNGOs) Business non-governmental organizations (BINGOs) Farmers non-governmental organizations (Farmers) Indigenous peoples organizations (IPOs) Local government and municipal authorities (LGMAs) Research and independent non-governmental organizations (RINGOs) Trade union non-governmental organizations (TUNGOs) Women and gender non-governmental organizations League of Arab States Southern African Development Community (SADC) SBI Chair briefing with observer organizations Levubu River Orange River Hluhluwe River Amanzimtoti River Indwe River Apies River Hex River Blyde River Kudu Lily Hluhluwe River Cape Gardenia

Press briefings
(Media only) 09.3010.00 10.0011.00 11.0011.30 11.0011.30 Gaia Foundation UNFCCC media training workshop for developing country journalists: The CDM and carbon market actors Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network World Bank and Mozambique: Launch of Open Data for Climate Change Initiative Kosi Palm Kosi Palm Kosi Palm Yellowwood

-611.3012.00 Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organization of Amazon Basin (COICA): BELO-Monster : Stop to the destruction of the Amazon and the Peoples Friends of the Earth International Climate Action Network International Third World Network: What's Needed Next Week UNFCCC Abibimman foundation: Presenting the Interfaith Declaration on Climate Change project Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA): Faith and Science on the Same Page European Union Fundacin para la Promocin del Conocimiento Indgena (FPCI) United States of America World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM): Scouts & Girl Guides South Africa Guinea Bissau: Sustainable Pilot Hero Award UNFCCC media training workshop for developing country journalists: Clean technology and status of wind energy in developing countries, including what the new mechanisms can achieve Brazil Japan Kosi Palm

12.0012.30 12.3013.00 13.0013.30 13.1513.45 13.3014.00 14.0014.30 14.0014.30 14.3015.00 14.3015.00 15.0015.30 15.0015.30 15.3016.00 16.0017.00

Kosi Palm Kosi Palm Kosi Palm Yellowwood Kosi Palm Kosi Palm Yellowwood Kosi Palm Yellowwood Kosi Palm Yellowwood Yellowwood Kosi Palm

18.0018.30 18.3019.00

Yellowwood Yellowwood

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Election of officers of bodies under the Convention and the Protocol Update of nominations received by the secretariat
(as at 1 December 2011)

Bureau of the COP and the CMP

COP President Chair of SBI Chair of SBSTA COP Vice-President COP Vice-President COP Vice-President COP Vice-President COP Vice-President COP Vice-President COP Vice-President COP Rapporteur H.E. Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (South Africa)1 Africa

Bureau of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)

SBI Chair SBI Vice-Chair SBI Rapporteur

Bureau of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)
SBSTA Chair SBSTA Vice-Chair

Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism

Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate Eastern Europe Eastern Europe SIDS SIDS Annex I Annex I Non-Annex I Non-Annex I Non-Annex I Non-Annex I

Elected at the opening of COP 17 and CMP 7 on Monday, 28 November 2011.

-8Compliance Committee - Facilitative Branch

Replacement member Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate Mr. Rafik Hiahemzizou (Algeria) Africa Eastern Europe Eastern Europe WEOG WEOG SIDS SIDS Annex I Annex I Non-Annex I Non-Annex I

Compliance Committee - Enforcement Branch

Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate Eastern Europe Eastern Europe WEOG WEOG SIDS SIDS Annex I Annex I Non-Annex I Non-Annex I

Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee

Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate SIDS SIDS Annex I Annex I Annex I EITs Annex I EITs Non-Annex I Non-Annex I Non-Annex I Non-Annex I

Adaptation Fund Board

In Durban, groups/constituencies to submit nominations for the election of eight (8) members, and their respective alternate members, to the Board at CMP 7. The remaining eight (8) members, and their respective alternate members, will continue to serve in office for one additional and final year on the Board until elections at CMP 8.

-9Consultative Group of Experts

Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Africa Africa Africa Africa Africa Asia Asia Asia Asia Asia GRULAC GRULAC GRULAC GRULAC GRULAC Annex I Annex I Annex I Annex I Annex I Annex I

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Status report on consideration of agenda items as at 1 December 2011

COP agenda item 2 2 (a) 2 (b) Organizational matters Election of the President of the Conference at its seventeenth session Adoption of the rules of procedure Sub-item completed Draft rules of procedure (except rule 42) continue to be applied Consultations by the President Secretariat contact: Ms. Jane Bulmer (+27 768 003 521) Work to proceed on the basis of the provisional agenda in the usual fashion. Consultations by the President in respect of items 11, 12 and 13 with a view to formally adopt the agenda as soon as possible Secretariat contact: Ms. June Budhooram (+27 765 515 596) Consultations by Ms. Andrea Garca Guerrero (Colombia) and Mr. Andrej Kranjc (Slovenia) Secretariat contact: Ms. Nattley Williams (+27 761 843 192) The COP approved the list contained in document FCCC/CP/2011/2 Organization of the work agreed President to consult on any offers to host future sessions. Item taken up and remains open to await the outcome of the AWG-LCA consideration of legal options in its work. Secretariat contact: Ms. Jane Bulmer (+27 768 003 521) Proposal from Cyprus and the European Union: Informal consultations, facilitated by Mr. Stephen de Boer (Canada) Secretariat contact: Ms. Jane Bulmer (+27 768 003 521) Proposal from Mexico and Papua New Guinea: Informal consultations, facilitated by Ms. Paula Caballero Gomez (Colombia) Secretariat contact: Ms. Jane Bulmer (+27 768 003 521) Proposal from the Russian Federation: Informal consultations, Chair to be confirmed Status

2 (c)

Adoption of the agenda

2 (d)

Election of officers other than the President

2 (e) 2 (f) 2 (g) 5

Admission of organizations as observers Organization of work, including the sessions of the subsidiary bodies Dates and venues of future sessions Consideration of proposals by Parties under Article 17 of the Convention

Consideration of proposals by Parties for amendments to the Convention under its Articles 15 and 16

- 11 Secretariat contact: Ms. Nattley Williams (+27 761 843 192) 7 Technology Executive Committee modalities and procedures Contact group, co-chaired by Mr. Carlos Fuller (Belize) and Mr. Zitouni Ould-Dada (United Kingdom) Secretariat contact: Mr. Bert van der Plas (+27 763 569 720) President to conduct informal consultations Secretariat contact: Mr. Henning Wuester (+27 720 458 732)

Green Climate Fund Report of the Transitional Committee

CMP agenda item 2 2 (a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 5 Organizational matters Adoption of the agenda Election of replacement officers Organization of work, including the sessions of the subsidiary bodies Consideration of proposals by Parties for amendments to the Kyoto Protocol Proposal from Kazakhstan to amend Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol

Status

Agenda adopted Consultations in progress (refer to COP sub-item 2 (d)) Organization of the work agreed Item taken up and remains open Secretariat contact: Ms. Marianna Bolshakova (+27 768 073 434) Informal consultations, facilitated by Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu (Nigeria) Secretariat contact: Ms. Amy Steen (+27 763 887 934) Contact group, co-chaired by Ms. Carolina Fuentes Castellanos (Mexico) and Mr. Kunihiko Shimada (Japan) Secretariat contact: Mr. Andrew Howard (+27 763 883 896) Contact group, co-chaired by Mr. Balisi Gopolang (Botswana) and Mr. Helmut Hojesky (Austria) Secretariat contact: Mr. Olof Bystrom (+27 760 422 531)

Issues relating to the clean development mechanism

Issues relating to joint implementation

9 9 (a) 9 (b)

Matters relating to compliance under the Kyoto Protocol Report of the Compliance Committee Appeal by Croatia against a final decision of the enforcement branch of the Compliance Committee in relation to the implementation of decision 7/CP.12 Informal consultations, facilitated by Mr. Amjad Abdulla (Maldives) and Mr. Richard Tarasofsky (Canada) Secretariat contact: Mr. Valentina Germani (+27 727 736 069)

- 12 10 10 (a) 10 (b) Adaptation Fund Report of the Adaptation Fund Board Review of the Adaptation Fund Contact group, co-chaired by Ms. Ruleta Camacho (Antigua and Barbuda) and Mr. Stefan Schwager (Switzerland) Secretariat contact: Mr. Alejandro Kilpatrick (+27 760 858 060)

SBSTA agenda item 2 2 (a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 3 Organizational matters Adoption of the agenda Organization of the work of the session Election of officers other than the Chair Election of replacement officers Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change

Status

Agenda adopted Organization of work agreed Consultations in progress Consultations in progress Informal consultations, co-facilitated by Ms. Marianne Karlsen (Norway) and Mr. Kishan Kumarsingh (Trinidad and Tobago) Secretariat contact: Rojina Manandhar (+27 727 524 680) Report on the joint SBSTA/SBI in-session workshop to consider the outcomes of the Nairobi work programme, to highlight the scientific, technical and socio-economic aspects of impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change most relevant to the SBI (FCCC/SBSTA/2011/CRP.1)

Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries Development and transfer of technologies

Contact group, co-chaired by Mr Peter Graham (Canada) and Ms Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Philippines) Secretariat contact: Ms. Jenny Wong (+27 760 480 744) Contact group, co-chaired by Mr. Carlos Fuller (Belize) and Mr. Zitouni Ould-Dada (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Secretariat contact: Mr. Bert van der Plas (+27 763 569 720) Informal consultations, co-facilitated by Mr. Sergio Castellari (Italy) and Mr. David Lesolle (Botswana) Secretariat contact: Ms. Rocio Lichte (+27 761 746 763)

Research and systematic observation

- 13 7 Forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures at the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth sessions of the subsidiary bodies, with the objective of developing a work programme under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to address these impacts, with a view to adopting, at the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties, modalities for the operationalization of the work programme and a possible forum on response measures2 Matters relating to Article 2, paragraph 3, of the Kyoto Protocol Joint SBSTA/SBI forum, co-chaired by the Chair of the SBSTA, Richard Muyungi (Tanzania) and the Chair of the SBI, Mr. Robert Owen-Jones, (Australia). Facilitators: Mr. Jos Romero (Switzerland) and Crispin dAuvergne (St. Lucia) Secretariat contact: Ms. Hanna Hoffmann (+27 766 324 667)

Joint SBSTA/SBI contact group, co-chaired by Mr. Eduardo Calvo Buendia (Peru) and Mr. Jos Romero (Switzerland) Secretariat contact: Ms. Hanna Hoffmann (+27 766 324 667)

9 9 (a)

Methodological issues under the Convention Emissions from fuel used for international aviation and maritime transport Revision of the UNFCCC reporting guidelines on annual inventories for Parties included in Annex I to the Convention Consultations by the Chair Secretariat contact: Mr. Bernd Hackmann (+27 760 785 560) Informal consultations, facilitated by Ms. Riitta Pipatti (Finland) and Mr. Nagmeldin Elhassan (Sudan) Secretariat contact: Ms. Astrid Olsson (+27 727 258 645) SBSTA took note of the report

9 (b)

9 (c)

Annual report on the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention Methodological issues under the Kyoto Protocol Carbon dioxide capture and storage in geological formations as clean development mechanism project activities

10 10 (a)

Contact group, co-chaired by Mr. Pedro Martins Barata (Portugal) Ms. Andrea Garcia Guerrero (Colombia) Secretariat contact: Mr. Lambert Schneider (+27 791 895 872) Parties agreed to continue consideration of this item at SBSTA 37

10 (b)

Implications of the establishment of new hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 (HCFC-22) facilities seeking to obtain certified emission reductions for the destruction of hydrofluorocarbon-23 (HFC-23) Implications of the inclusion of reforestation of lands with forest in exhaustion as afforestation and reforestation clean development mechanism project activities Materiality standard under the clean development mechanism

10 (c)

Informal consultations, facilitated by Mr. Eduardo Sanhueza (Chile) Secretariat contact: Mr. Wojciech Galinski (+27 760 785 256) Draft conclusions proposed by the Chair (FCCC/SBSTA/2011/L.18)

10 (b)

Decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 93.

- 14 10 (e) Annual report on the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories and other information reported by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention that are also Parties to the Kyoto Protocol under Article 7, paragraph 1, of the Kyoto Protocol Other matters Report on the session SBSTA took note of the report

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No matters were raised Draft report prepared (FCCC/SBSTA/2011/L.17)

SBI agenda item 2 2 (a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 3 3 (a) Organizational matters Adoption of the agenda Organization of the work of the session Election of officers other than the Chair Election of replacement officers

Status

Agenda adopted Organization of the work agreed Consultations in progress Consultations in progress

National communications and greenhouse gas inventory data from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention Status of submission and review of fifth national communications from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention Compilation and synthesis of fifth national communications from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention Compilation and synthesis of supplementary information incorporated in fifth national communications from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention that are also Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and submitted in accordance with Article 7, paragraph 2, of the Kyoto Protocol Further implementation of Article 12, paragraph 5, of the Convention3 Report on national greenhouse gas inventory data from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention for the period 19902009 Annual compilation and accounting report for Annex B Parties under the Kyoto Protocol for 2011 SBI took note of the report SBI took note of the report

3 (b)

3 (c)

Contact group, co-chaired by Ms. Alma Jean (St. Lucia) Mr. Kiyoto Tanabe (Japan) Secretariat contact: Ms. Katia Simeonova (+27 720 265 764) 3 (b) Draft texts (conclusion and COP decision) 3 (c) Draft texts (conclusion and CMP decision) and 3 (d) Draft text (conclusion) version 2 available @ 9:00 hrs on 2 December.

3 (d) 3 (e)

3 (f)

FCCC/SBI/2011/L.26

National communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention

Including consideration of 1/CP.16, paragraphs 40 and 46.

- 15 4 (a) Work of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention Further implementation of Article 12, paragraph 5, of the Convention Provision of financial and technical support Contact group, co-chaired by Ms. Alma Jean (St. Lucia) Mr. Kiyoto Tanabe (Japan) Secretariat contact: Mr. William Kojo Agyemang-Bonsu (+27 72 9931 490) 4 (a) Draft texts (conclusion and COP decision) 4 (c) Draft text (conclusion) and 4 (d) Draft text (conclusion) available @ 15:00 hrs on1 December.

4 (c) 4 (d)

5 5 (a)

Financial mechanism of the Convention Report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties and additional guidance to the Global Environment Facility Least Developed Countries Fund: support for the implementation of elements of the least developed countries work programme other than national adaptation programmes of action Other matters Contact group, co-chaired by Ms. Ana Fornells de Frutos (Spain) Mr. Lavaasa Malua (Samoa) Secretariat contact: Mr Alejandro Kilpatrick (+27 760 858 060) 5 (a) and 5 (b) draft texts (conclusions and decisions) and 5 (c) draft text (conclusion) available @ 11:30 hrs on 1 December in meeting room of consultations.

5 (b)

5 (c) 6 6 (a) 6 (b) 7 7 (a)

Matters relating to Article 4, paragraphs 8 and 9, of the Convention Progress on the implementation of decision 1/CP.10 Matters relating to the least developed countries National adaptation plans A process to enable least developed country Parties to formulate and implement national adaptation plans, building upon their experience in preparing and implementing national adaptation programmes of action4 Modalities and guidelines for least developed country Parties, and other developing country Parties to employ the modalities formulated to support national adaptation plans5 Approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change to enhance adaptive capacity6 - Activities to be undertaken under the work programme FCCC/SBI/2011/L.25 FCCC/SBI/2011/L.22

Informal consultations chaired by the Chair of the SBI, Mr. Robert Owen-Jones (Australia) Secretariat contact: Mr. Paul Desanker (+27 763 512 928) Draft texts (conclusion and COP decision) available since 1 December @ 18:00 hrs (version 1 December).

7 (b)

Informal consultations chaired by the Chair of the SBI, Mr. Robert Owen-Jones (Australia) Secretariat contact: Ms. Miwa Kato (+27 763 512 928) Draft texts (conclusion and COP decision) version 2 December will be made available at a time TBC.

4 5 6

1/CP.16, paragraph 15, 17, 18. 1/CP.16, paragraphs 1518. 1/CP.16, paragraphs 2629.

- 16 9 Matters relating to Article 3, paragraph 14, of the Kyoto Protocol Joint SBSTA/SBI contact group, co-chaired by Mr. Eduardo Calvo Buendia (Peru) and Mr. Jos Romero (Switzerland) Secretariat contact: Ms. Hanna Hoffman (+27 766 324 667) Joint SBSTA/SBI forum, co-chaired by the Chair of the SBSTA, Richard Muyungi (Tanzania) and the Chair of the SBI, Mr. Robert Owen-Jones, (Australia). Facilitators: Mr. Jos Romero (Switzerland) and Crispin dAuvergne (St. Lucia) Secretariat contact: Ms. Hanna Hoffman (+27 766 324 667)

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Forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures at the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth sessions of the subsidiary bodies, with the objective of developing a work programme under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to address these impacts, with a view to adopting, at the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties, modalities for the operationalization of the work programme and a possible forum on response measures7 Development and transfer of technologies

11

Joint SBSTA/SBI contact group, co-chaired by Mr. Carlos Fuller (Belize) and Mr. Zitouni Ould-Dada (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Secretariat contact: Mr. Bert van der Plas (+27 763 569 720) Draft text (conclusion) available since 1 December @ 15:00 hrs (Version 2 of 1 December at 13:00).

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Capacity-building under the Convention

The Chair of the SBI, Mr. Robert Owen-Jones (Australia), along with Mr. Maas Goote (Netherlands), to conduct consultations with interested Parties Secretariat contact: Ms. Alla Metelitsa (+27 720 754 291) The Chair of the SBI, Mr. Robert Owen-Jones (Australia), along with Mr. Maas Goote (Netherlands), to conduct consultations with interested Parties Secretariat contact: Ms. Alla Metelitsa (+27 720 754 291)

13

Capacity-building under the Kyoto Protocol

14

Report of the administrator of the international transaction log under the Kyoto Protocol Amendment of the Kyoto Protocol in respect of procedures and mechanisms relating to compliance

FCCC/SBI/2011/L.23 The Chair of the SBI, Mr. Robert Owen-Jones (Australia), to conduct consultations with interested Parties Secretariat contact: Ms. Valentina Germani (+27 727 736 069) Contact group, co-chaired by: Mr. Yaw Bediako Osafo (Ghana) Mr. Kunihiko Shimada (Japan) Secretariat contact: Ms. Marianna Bolshakova (+27 768 073 434)

15

16

Procedures, mechanisms and institutional arrangements for appeals against the decisions of the Executive Board of the clean development mechanism

Pursuant to decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 93.

- 17 17 17 (a) 17 (b) 17 (c) 18 19 Administrative, financial and institutional matters Budget performance for the biennium 2010 2011 Continuing review of the functions and operations of the secretariat Implementation of the Headquarters Agreement Other matters Report of the session

The Chair of the SBI, Mr. Robert Owen-Jones (Australia), to conduct consultations with interested Parties Secretariat contact: Mr. Kevin St. Louis (+27 763 657 432)

No matters were raised Draft report prepared FCCC/SBI/2011/L.24

AWG-KP agenda item 2 2 (a) 2 (b) Organizational matters Adoption of the agenda Organization of the work of the session

Status

Agenda adopted Organization of the work agreed Contact group on agenda item 3 chaired by Ambassador Adrian Macey (New Zealand), Chair of the AWG-KP Secretariat contact: Ms. Karen Smith (+27 791451080) The Contact group on item 3 has agreed to resume the work of two spin-off groups as follows: Spin-off group on Chapter I (Amendments/numbers), co-facilitated by Mr. Leon Charles (Grenada) and Mr. Jrgen Lefevere (EU) Secretariat contact: Ms. Katia Simeonova (+27 720265764) Spin-off group on Chapter II (LULUCF), cofacilitated by Mr. Marcelo Rocha (Brazil) and Mr. Peter Iversen (Denmark) Secretariat contact: Ms. Maria Sanz Sanchez (+ 27 720164951) Other groups may resume work at a later stage, as needed.

Consideration of further commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol

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Other matters Report of the session

No other matters were raised Draft report prepared FCCC/KP/AWG/2011/L.2

- 18 AWG-LCA agenda item 2 2 (a) 2 (b) 3 Organizational matters Adoption of the agenda Organization of the work of the session Preparation of an outcome to be presented to the Conference of the Parties for adoption at its sixteenth session to enable the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention through long-term cooperative action now, up to and beyond 2012 Agenda adopted Organization of the work agreed Contact group on agenda items 3, 4, 5 and 6 chaired by Mr. Daniel A. Reifsnyder, Chair of the AWG-LCA (United States of America) Secretariat contact: Ms. Olga Pilifosova (+27 720 418 477) The contact group launched informal work on: A shared vision for long-term cooperative action (agenda item 3.1), facilitated by Ms. Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe (Zimbabwe), Vice Chair of the AWG-LCA Secretariat contact: Mr. Florin Vladu (+27 720 774 073) 4 Review: further definition of its scope and development of its modalities Nationally appropriate mitigation commitments or actions by developed country Parties (agenda item 3.2.1), co-facilitated by Ms. Karine Hertzberg (Norway) and Mr. Jos Alberto Garibaldi Fernandez (Dominican Republic) Secretariat contact: Ms. Katia Simeonova (+27 720 265 764) Nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties (agenda item 3.2.2), co-facilitated by Ms. Karine Hertzberg (Norway) and Mr. Jos Alberto Garibaldi Fernandez (Dominican Republic) Secretariat contact: Mr. William Kojo Agyemang-Bonsu (+27 729 931 490) Policy approaches and positive incentives on issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (agenda item 3.2.3), facilitated by Mr. Antonio Gabriel La Via (Philippines) Secretariat contact: Ms. Maria Sanz-Sanchez (+27 720 164 951) Cooperative sectoral approaches and sectorspecific actions, in order to enhance the implementation of Article 4, paragraph 1(c), of the Convention (agenda item 3.2.4), facilitated by Mr. George Wamukoya (Kenya) Secretariat contact: Ms. Katia Simeonova (+27 720 265 764) Various approaches, including opportunities for using markets, to enhance the cost-effectiveness of, and to promote, mitigation actions, bearing in mind Status

Continued discussion of legal options with the aim of completing an agreed outcome based on decision 1/CP.13, the work done at the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties and proposals made by Parties under Article 17 of the Convention

- 19 6 Other matters different circumstances of developed and developing countries (agenda item 3.2.5), facilitated by Mr. Giza Gaspar Martins (Angola) Secretariat contact: Mr. Niclas Svenningsen (+27 766 604 543) Economic and social consequences of response measures (agenda item 3.2.6), facilitated by Mr. Crispin dAuvergne (Saint Lucia) Secretariat contact: Ms. Hanna Hoffmann (+27 766 324 667) Enhanced action on adaptation (agenda item 3.3), facilitated by Mr. Kishan Kumarsingh (Trinidad and Tobago) Secretariat contact: Ms. Annett Moehner (+27 727 554 706) Finance (agenda item 3.4), facilitated by Mr. George Brsting (Norway) and Ms. Suzanty Sitorus (Indonesia) Secretariat contact: Mr. Yolando Velasco (+27 720 791 547) 6 (b) Parties included in Annex I to the Convention whose special circumstances are recognized by the Conference of the Parties Technology development and transfer (agenda item 3.5), facilitated by Mr. Jukka Uosukainen (Finland) Secretariat contact: Ms. Wanna Tanunchaiwatana (+27 727 770 103) Capacity-building (agenda item 3.6), facilitated by Mr. Maas Marinus Goote (Netherlands) Secretariat contact: Ms. Alla Metelitsa (+27 720 754 291) Review: further definition of its scope and development of its modalities (agenda item 4), facilitated by Ms. Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe (Zimbabwe), Vice Chair of the AWG-LCA Secretariat contact: Mr. Florin Vladu (+27 720 774 073) Continued discussion of legal options with the aim of completing an agreed outcome based on decision 1/CP.13, the work done at the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties and proposals made by Parties under Article 17 of the Convention (agenda item 5), facilitated by Ms. Maria del Socorro Flores Liera (Mexico) Secretariat contact: Ms. Jane Bulmer (+27 768 003 521) Other matters: Parties included in Annex I to the Convention undergoing the process of transition to a market economy and Parties included in Annex I to the Convention whose special circumstances are recognized by the Conference of the Parties (agenda item 6 (a) and (b)), facilitated by Mr. Kunihiko Shimada (Japan) Secretariat contact: Ms. Nattley Williams (+27 761 843 192)

6 (a)

Parties included in Annex I to the Convention undergoing the process of transition to a market economy

- 20 7 8 Additional matters Report of the session No other matters were raised Draft report prepared FCCC/AWGLCA/2011/L.3

All material related for the fourth part of the fourteenth session of the AWG-LCA is available electronically on the UNFCCC website at <http://unfccc.int/6560>.

Preliminary schedule of meetings for Saturday, 3 December 2011

This preliminary schedule is designed to give participants an overview of the sessions for planning purposes. The information is indicative and subject to change, depending on the requirements of the negotiating process. Please consult the Daily Programme of the day in question for final details, and the CCTV monitors for any last-minute changes.

COP a.m. a.m. p.m. Informal stocktaking plenary Informal consultations on the proposal from the Russian Federation to amend Article 4, paragraph 2(f), of the Convention Informal consultations on the proposal from Papua New Guinea and Mexico to amend Articles 7 and 18 of the Convention

CMP a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. Informal stocktaking plenary Informal consultations on issues relating to joint implementation Informal consultations on the adaptation fund Informal consultations on the proposal from Kazakhstan to amend Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol

SBSTA a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. Informal consultations on the Nairobi work programme Contact group on methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries Informal consultations on carbon dioxide capture and storage in geological formations as clean development mechanism project activities Contact group on carbon dioxide capture and storage in geological formations as clean development mechanism project activities Closing Plenary

SBI a.m. Contact group on national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention

- 21 Informal consultation on approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change to enhance adaptive capacity Contact group on financial mechanism of the Convention Informal consultation on national adaptation plans Contact group on Capacity Building under the Convention Contact group on Capacity Building under the Kyoto Protocol Closing Plenary

a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.

SBSTA/SBI Joint contact group on forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures at the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth sessions of the subsidiary bodies, with the objective of developing a work programme under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to address these impacts, with a view to adopting, at the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties, modalities for the operationalization of the work programme and a possible forum on response measures

a.m.

AWG-KP p.m. p.m. Spin-off group on chapter I (amendments/numbers) Spin-off group on chapter II (LULUCF)

AWG-LCA a.m. a.m. a.m. AWG-LCA Contact Group Informal group on technology (item 3.5) Informal group on review: further definition of its scope and development of its modalities (agenda item 4)

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Announcements
The full information in this section is available in the "Information for Participants" and Side Events and Exhibits brochure at <unfccc.int>.

Condolence Book for Mr. Mama Konat

The secretariat would like to inform all delegates that a book of condolence for the passing away of Mr. Mama Konat, former chair of Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice has been opened. The book will be available daily until the end of the conference for those wishing to offer expressions of condolence and signatures. It is located at the entrance of Hall 3 on the right hand side. This Hall is situated between Meeting room Sweet Thorn and King Protea. The condolence books will be delivered to Mr. Konates family following the closure of the conference.

Additional temporary Foreign Exchange/Banking facility Medical and security emergencies

In order to alleviate the queues at the First National Bank facilities on the lower level, an additional temporary Foreign Exchange/Banking (BIDVEST) facility has been set up behind the interpreters lounge, next to the Yellowwood Room on the ground floor of the ICC. The hours of operation are from 08.0018.00. For medical emergencies, please contact one of the three medical suites, located on the ground floor of the ICC by the entrance to Plenary 2, on the upper floor by the caf, and in the DEC. For other emergencies, please contact United Nations security staff (wearing a United Nations uniform) deployed around the premises, or call: On-site Security Duty Officer: Tel: +27 31 819 5777 Outside the ICC, you can call the following emergency numbers for assistance: Emergency Services (Fire, Metro Police, and Medicall): Tel: +27 31 361 0000 Ambulances: Tel: 110177 all areas Emergency services: Tel: 107 all areas

Announcement of official side events

Participants are reminded that official side events coordinated by the secretariat are not included in the Addendum to the Daily Programme issued on 28 November 2011 <Information Note 17 November 2011 http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/notifications/items/3153.php>. The information on side events is available on the UNFCCC official website, CCTV and posterboards in Durban Exhibition Center. Participants are kindly requested to consult the CCTV monitors for changes or updates.

- 23 Security Participants should ensure that they wear their conference badge in full view at all times, as the security officers may request them to verify their identity. This may lead to some inconvenience, but it is expected that participants will appreciate the need for such arrangements. Participants are reminded not to leave personal belongings in meeting rooms. The Security office, located adjacent to the main entrance, is responsible for lost and found items.

Lost and found items

Key contacts
The information in this section is available in the "Information for Participants" brochure at <unfccc.int>.

Events
Descriptions of the events listed below have been reproduced as received, and without formal editing. The secretariat would like to note that the scheduling of events remains dependent upon the demands of the negotiating process. Due to the safety and fire regulations, the temporary structures of some of the rooms in Durban Exhibit Center (DEC) cannot be completely sealed with sound proof materials. Technical staff will adjust the sound level according to the noise level of the neighboring rooms. We apologize for the inconvenience this will cause. We thank you for your cooperation.

UNFCCC and related events

Updates from climate change science special focus: Africa 13.15 14.45 Scientists and experts from international and regional research programmes and organizations will present latest information from climate change research, especially from Africa. Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Ms. Rocio Lichte rlichte@unfccc.int +49 228 8151619

Blyde River (DEC)

Side events
In order to reduce paper consumption, the schedule of side events is available at <unfccc.int>. Participants are kindly requested to consult the CCTV monitors for changes or updates.

Interviews at the Climate Change Studio

In order to reduce paper consumption, the schedule of interviews at the Climate Change Studio during the session is available in the Side Events section of <unfccc.int>. Participants are kindly requested to consult the CCTV monitors for changes or updates.

Digital Media Lounge

In order to reduce paper consumption, the schedule of events at the Digital Media Lounge during the session is available at <unfccc.int>. Participants are kindly requested to consult the CCTV monitors for changes or updates.
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