23 May 1996

ENGLISH/FRENCH ONLY



SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE

Third session

Geneva, 9-16 July 1996



SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS

(a) Consideration of the Second Assessment Report of the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

(b) Research and observation issues

NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

ESTABLISHMENT OF A ROSTER OF EXPERTS

DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES

Comments from Parties

 

Note by the secretariat




The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its second session held at Geneva from 27 February to 4 March 1996, requested the secretariat to prepare a compilation of views of the Parties on the various issues listed above (FCCC/SB/1996/L.1). The secretariat has received several submissions on the various issues and these are accordingly attached to the present note.

In accordance with the procedure adopted for miscellaneous documents, these submissions are reproduced in the original language(s) in which they were received and without formal editing.

The secretariat has also received comments on the revision of guidelines for communications from Parties included in Annex I from the World Resources Institute. These comments are not reproduced here but may be requested from the following address: World Resources Institute, Attn: Ms. Liz Cook, Senior Associate, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Fax No. (1-202) 638 0036.

Any further submissions will be issued in an addendum.



FCCC/SBSTA/1996/4

GE.96-

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CONTENTS


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I. SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS

A. Consideration of the Second Assessment Report

1. Guyana 5

2. Italy (on behalf of the European Community and its member States) 6

3. Kuwait 9

4. Switzerland 17

5. Trinidad and Tobago (on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States) 19

6. United States of America 23



B. Research and observation issues

7. Poland 27

8. United Kingdom 28



II. NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

9. Australia 31

10. France 34

11. Italy (on behalf of the European Community and its member States) 38

12. Japan 39

13. Poland 42

14. United States of America 43

15. Uzbekistan 68



III. DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES

16. Canada 70

17. United States of America 72



IV. ESTABLISHMENT OF A ROSTER OF EXPERTS

18. Australia 78

19. Canada 80

20. Fiji 82

21. Italy 83

22. Japan 84

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23. Poland 86

24. Switzerland 87

25. United Kingdom 88

26. United States of America 90

27. Uzbekistan 94