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The COP is the supreme decision making body of the Convention. All governments that are party to the Convention are represented at the COP where they review and promote the implementation of the Convention and any other legal instruments that the COP adopts, including institutional and administrative arrangements.
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The COP serves as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP). All governments that are party to the Kyoto Protocol are represented, while governments that are not party are observers. The CMP reviews the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and takes decision to promote its effective implementation.
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The SBSTA supports the work of the COP and the CMP through the provision of timely information and advice on scientific and technological matters as they relate to the Convention or the Kyoto Protocol.
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The SBI supports the work of the COP and the CMP through the assessment and review of the effective implementation of the Convention.
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The Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) is a subsidiary body that was established by decision 1/CMP.1 to discuss future commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol. The AWG-KP is to complete its work and have its results adopted by the CMP as early as possible and in time to ensure that there is no gap between the first and second commitment periods.
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The Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) is a susidiary body under the Convention established by decision 1/CP.13 (the Bali Action Plan) to conduct a comprehensive process to enable the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention through long-term cooperative action, now, up to and beyond 2012, in order to reach an agreed outcome to be presented to the Conference of the Parties (COP) for adoption.
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The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) is a subsidiary body that was established by decision 1/CP.17 to develop a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties. The ADP is to complete its work as early as possible but no later than 2015 in order to adopt this protocol, legal instrument or agreed outcome with legal force at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties and for it to come into effect and be implemented from 2020.
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The Bureau supports the COP through the provision of advice and decisions related to the ongoing work under the Convention, its conferences and the secretariat, especially at times when the COP is not in session. The Bureau of is comprised of elected government representatives from each regional group.
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The Compliance Committee aims to provide advice and assistance to Parties in order to promote compliance and determine consequences for Parties not meeting their commitments
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The CDM Executive Board (CDM-EB) supervises the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism under the authority and guidance of the CMP. The CDM-EB is the ultimate point of contact for CDM Project Participants for the registration of projects and the issuance of Certified Emissions Reductions.
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The Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC), under the authority and guidance of the CMP, supervises the verification procedure for submitted projects to confirm that the ensuing reductions of emissions by sources or enhancements of anthropogenic removals by sinks meet the relevant requirements of Article 6 and the JI these guidelines.
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The Technology Executive Committee (TEC) is the policy arm of the Technnology Mechanism.
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The COP established a least developed countries expert group (LEG), to be nominated by Parties, with the objective of supporting the preparation and implementation strategy of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs).
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The COP established the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CGE) with the objective of improving the process of preparation of national communications from non-Annex I Parties.
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The secretariat (Climate Change Secretariat) provides organizational support and technical expertise to the UNFCCC negotiations and institutions and facilitates the flow of authoritative information on the implementation of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. This includes the development and effective implementation of innovative market based approaches to mitigate climate change and drive sustainable development.
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The United Nations serves as depository for the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. The secretariat is institutionally linked to the United Nations without being integrated in any programme, and is administered under United Nations Rules and Regulations.
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The GEF is an operational entity of the financial mechanism of the Convention that provides financial support to the activities and projects of Non-Annex I Parties. The COP regularly provides guidance to the GEF.
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The IPCC is a scientific body. It reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of climate change. It does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate related data or parameters. The COP receives the outputs of the IPCC and uses IPCC data and information as a baseline in.
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The Adaptation Fund is supervised and managed by the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB). The Adaptation Fund was established to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing country parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. The Fund is filled by a 2% levy on CDM transactions.
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The committee charged by the COP to design the Green Climate Fund. The Green Climate Fund will support projects, programmes, policies and other activities in developing country Parties using thematic funding windows.
