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GENERAL

FCCC/SBSTA/1998/INF.4

20 April 1998

SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE

Eighth session

Bonn, 2-12 June 1998

Item 9 of the provisional agenda

• By its decision 7/CP.2, paragraph 2 (d), the Conference of the Parties (COP), at its second session, requested the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) to compile a roster of experts on technology and technology transfer as discussed in FCCC/CP/1996/15/Add.1. At its fourth session, and as subsequently reconfirmed at its seventh session (FCCC/SBSTA/1997/14), the SBSTA agreed to expand the roster to include experts in the field of methodologies.

  
  
  

• In a letter dated 22 August 1996, the secretariat invited Parties to nominate technology experts for a roster. Parties were requested to nominate up to 10 candidates by completing an application form and by attaching a curriculum vitae for each candidate. In a letter dated

2 April 1998, the secretariat invited Parties to nominate methodological experts for the roster.

A copy of the Guidance to Parties that accompanied the letters sent to the Parties by the secretariat is provided in annexes I and II. A generic copy of the application form is provided in annex III.

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• At its seventh session, the SBSTA considered the issue of the use of the roster of experts and the use of the intergovernmental technical advisory panels. It requested the secretariat to review its standardized form for collecting information on nominees to the roster of experts and decided to consider this form and the database generated from its use, at its eighth session.

  
  
  

• Further to this note, the SBSTA may wish to consider documents FCCC/SBSTA/1997/11 and FCCC/SBSTA/1997/INF.6.

  
  
  
  

• The SBSTA may wish to take note of the information provided by the secretariat concerning the forms used to nominate experts to the roster and the data base and to provide guidance to the secretariat on these subjects.

  
  
  

1. The Conference of the Parties, at its second session, requested the secretariat to prepare

reports on adaptation technology and the terms of transfer of technology and know-how conducive to mitigating, and adapting to, climate change. In preparing these reports, it asked the secretariat to draw on nominees from Parties with expertise in these fields. In addition, it requested the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) to draw on this roster to evaluate and report on the transfer of technologies being undertaken between Annex II Parties and other Parties. It was recommended that, taking into account the ongoing discussion on Intergovernmental Technical Advisory Panel(s) (FCCC/SBSTA/1996/2 and FCCC/SBSTA/1996/8), such a roster and its use in facilitating the work of the secretariat should be evaluated by the SBSTA and the SBI.

2. This document provides information to Parties on the nomination of experts, taking into

consideration the discussion during the sessions of the SBSTA and the SBI, as well as on submissions contained in document FCCC/SBSTA/1996/MISC.4 which have been synthesized in the form of a list of issues in the annex to document FCCC/SBSTA/1996/10.

Nomination procedure

3. The secretariat requests Parties to the Convention to nominate up to 10 candidates for the

roster of experts and to identify the specific reports to which they could contribute. In order to ensure transparency and comparability, the secretariat asks that each nomination be accompanied by a curriculum vitae of the nominee and the completed application form (annex III).

Criteria for inclusion

4. Experts will serve in their personal capacities and be drawn from the public or private

sector, including NGOs. They need to be knowledgeable about specific regions or countries and about related climate change activities in their organizations and must possess scientific and technical expertise related to technology or the transfer of technology. Nominees should have relevant academic or professional qualifications, with at least 5 years' experience, and have published papers in the pertinent subject area. Previous participation in scientific and technical committees in the field of global environmental change is also desirable. A detailed list of desired fields of expertise is provided in part B to this document.

5. The secretariat will maintain and publish a list of all nominees.

6. Experts will be called upon to assist the secretariat once detailed plans for each report are

developed. The initial assignments could include one or more of the following: providing advice on the scope of the three reports, contributing written material for a report and peer reviewing of the reports. These assignments could involve participation in meetings and travelling.

7. Funding for participation will be offered to expert participants from eligible Parties in

accordance with normal practice and subject to availability of resources.

(i) General expertise

A10 Geography and planning A30 Environmental economics

A11 land-use planning A31 energy economics

A12 rural planning A32 resource economics

A13 urban planning A33 conservation economics

A14 geographic information systems A34 development economics

A15 remote sensing A35 finance and investment

A16 vegetation cartography

A20 Natural resources management

A21 conservation management

A22 water resource management

A23 watershed management

A24 water conservation

A25 water supply systems

(ii) Specific area of expertise A80 Land degradation

A81 soil erosion

A40 Coastal zone management A82 salinization

A41 coastal engineering A83 desertification

A42 coastal resource management A84 irrigation

A43 wetlands management

A44 sea level rise A90 Health science

A91 public health

A50 River base management A92 epidemiology

A51 river engineering A93 infectious diseases and tropical

A52 river resource management/planning medicine

A60 Forestry A100 Human infrastructure

A61 forest management A101 industry

A62 agroforestry A102 transportation

A63 afforestation A103 cities and human settlements

A64 reforestation A104 financial services and insurance

A65 energy plantations A105 sewage treatment systems

A106 waste management

A70 Agriculture and fisheries

(i) General expertise

(a) Disciplines (b) Economic and impact sectors

B10 micro-economics B20 energy

B11 macro-economics B21 forestry

B12 finance and investment B22 agriculture

B13 environmental economics B23 transport

B14 development economics B24 industry

B15 international trade B25 waste management

B16 private-sector marketing B26 coastal zones

B27 water resources

B28 health

(ii) Specific area of expertise

(c) Institutions (d) Instruments

B30 multilateral lending institutions B40 loans

B31 bilateral aid programmes B41 bonds

B32 private-sector banks B42 equity

B33 development assistance B43 private capital

programmes

(i) General expertise

C10 Planning and management

C11 analysis C14 facility operations

C12 planning C15 financial operations

C13 management C16 monitoring/evaluation

(ii) Specific area of expertise

C20 Fossil fuels C60 Transportation technologies

C21 solid fuels, e.g. coal, peat C61 electric vehicles

C22 oil C62 hybrid vehicles

C23 natural gas C63 fuel-cell vehicles

C64 low emission fuels

C30 Renewable energy technologies C65 efficient aircraft and marine systems

C31 biomass-fired power generation C66 efficient mass transportation systems

C32 geothermal electric C67 transportation control systems

C33 biogas

C34 small-scale hydro C70 Nuclear technologies

C35 tidal energy

C36 ocean wave energy C80 Industrial technologies and processes

C37 solar energy

C38 wind energy C90 Agriculture and forestry

C91 reforestation, afforestation

C40 Energy transfer technologies C92 conservation

C41 electrical transformers C93 forest management

C42 electric transmission and C94 livestock management

distribution systems C95 farm management practices

C43 thermal energy storage C96 agroforestry

C50 Building technologies C100 Waste treatment

and appliances C101 methane recovery from landfills

C51 heating and ventilation systems C102 wastewater treatment

C52 home appliances C103 reuse and recycling

C53 construction techniques C104 waste minimization

C54 solar building technology C105 clean production technologies

C106 waste prevention

001 Small island countries

002 Countries with low-lying coastal areas

003 Countries with arid and semi-arid areas, forested areas and areas liable to forest decay

004 Countries with areas prone to natural disasters

005 Countries with areas liable to drought and desertification

006 Countries with areas of high urban atmospheric pollution

007 Countries with areas with fragile ecosystems, including mountain ecosystems

008 Countries whose economies are dependent on income generated from the production,

processing and export, and/or on consumption of, fossil fuels and associated

energy-intensive products

009 Land-locked and transit countries

010 Least developed countries

1. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its fourth session, noted that many methodological topics are complex issues that could benefit from the advice of experts. As in the case of technology and technology transfer, the SBSTA requested the secretariat to draw on nominees from Parties with expertise in these fields. At its seventh session, the SBSTA invited Annex I Parties to make available to the secretariat, for purposes of comparison and transparency, their complete 1996 GHG inventories obtained using, when possible, best available methodologies and those obtained using the current IPCC default methodologies. The SBSTA also requested the secretariat to draw upon the roster of experts to analyse and compare the results, assess the adequacy of information and the implications for meeting emission limitation or reduction objectives, and make the results available for its ninth session.

2. This document provides information to Parties on the nomination of experts, taking

into consideration the discussion during the sessions of the SBSTA and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), as well as submissions contained in document FCCC/SBSTA/1996/MISC.4 which have been synthesized in the form of a list of issues in the annex to document FCCC/SBSTA/1996/10. The fields of expertise provided in part B of this document were considered bearing in mind the programme of work on methodologies approved by the SBSTA (FCCC/SBSTA/1997/14) at its sixth session, and the programme of work of the secretariat for the biennium 1998-1999 (FCCC/CP/1997/INF.1).

Nomination procedure

3. The secretariat requests Parties to the Convention to nominate up to 10 candidates for

the roster of experts and to identify the specific field of expertise to which they could contribute. In order to ensure transparency and comparability, the secretariat asks that each nomination be accompanied by a curriculum vitae of the nominee and the completed application form

(annex III).

Criteria for inclusion

4. Experts will serve in their personal capacities and be drawn from the public or private

sector, including NGOs. They need to be knowledgeable about specific regions or countries, about related climate change activities in their organizations and must possess scientific and technical expertise relevant to methods for GHG inventories, for projections of GHG emissions from sources and sequestration by sinks, for evaluating and monitoring the effectiveness and effects of specific policies and measures, and methods for assessing climate change impacts, adaptation strategies and technologies. Nominees should have relevant academic or professional qualifications, with at least 5 years' experience, and have published papers in the pertinent subject area. Previous participation in scientific and technical committees in the field of global environmental change is also desirable. A detailed list of desired expertise is provided in annex II to this document.

5. The secretariat will maintain and publish a list of all nominees, making it available in

hard copy and on the secretariat's website at http://www.unfccc.de.

6. Experts will be called upon to assist the secretariat as detailed plans for reports pertinent

to the programme of work on methodologies are developed. The initial assignments could include one or more of the following: providing advice on the scope of the reports to be prepared, contributing written material for a report, reviewing reports or carrying out specific assessments requested by the SBSTA. These assignments could involve participation in meetings and travelling.

7. Funding for participation (travel and daily subsistence allowance) will be offered to

expert participants from eligible Parties in accordance with normal practice and subject to availability of resources.

(i) General expertise

D10 Greenhouse gas emission inventories methodologies

D11 IPCC Guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories

D12 national methodologies and their conversion to the IPCC reporting framework

D13 procedures for quantifying uncertainties

D14 analysis and application of national greenhouse gas inventories

D15 development and application of sectoral methodologies for estimating GHG emissions

D16 determination of sectoral emission factors

D17 collection and determination of activity data

(ii) Specific area of expertise

D20 Greenhouse gases D56 production of halocarbons (HFCs, PFCs)

D21 dioxide of carbon (CO₂) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆)

D22 methane (CH₄) D57 consumption of halocarbons (HFCs,

D23 nitrous dioxide (N₂O) PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆)

D24 halocarbons (HFCs, PFCs) and

sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆₎ D60 Agriculture

D61 domestic livestock

D30 Fuel combustion activities D62 rice cultivation

D31 energy and transformation industries D63 agricultural burning

D32 industry D64 GHG emissions from agricultural

D33 transport soils (excluding CO₂)

D34 international bunkers

(aviation and navigation) D70 Land-use change and forestry

D35 small combustion D71 changes in forest and other woody

biomass stocks

D40 Fugitive emissions from fuels D72 forest and grassland conversion

D41 coal mining D73 abandonment of managed land

D42 oil and natural gas D74 changes in soil carbon

D50 Industry D80 Waste

D51 iron and steel D81 solid waste disposal

D52 non-ferrous metals D82 waste incineration

D53 inorganic chemicals D83 waste water

D54 organic chemicals

D55 non-metallic mineral products D90 Solvent and other product use

and sequestration by sinks and estimating effects of measures

(i) General expertise

E10 Models and other approaches E30 Policies and measures

E11 cross sectoral methods E31 economic instruments

E12 economic E32 market based instruments

E13 decision analytic E33 planning

E14 sectoral methods E34 regulatory instruments

E15 forecasting (econometric E35 research and development/information

and end-use) E36 voluntary measures

E16 costing

E17 benefits

E18 integrated planning approaches

E19 integrated assessment models

E20 programme/project evaluation methods

E21 non-modelling approaches

(ii) Specific area of expertise

E40 Energy-related emissions E50 Non-energy related sectors

E41 energy supply sector E51 industrial sector

E42 industrial sector E52 agriculture

E43 residential, commercial and E53 land-use change and forestry

institutional building sector E54 waste

E44 transport sector E55 production and consumption of

halocarbons (HFCs, PFCs) and

sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆)

(i) General expertise (ii) Specific area of expertise

(a) Disciplines (b) Impact sectors

F10 agricultural sciences F20 agriculture and rangelands

F11 economics F21 coastal zones and small state islands

F12 engineering F22 deserts, desertification and

F13 environmental discipline land degradation

F14 hydrology and climatology F23 financial services

F15 medical sciences F24 fisheries

F16 natural sciences F25 forests and wood production

F17 socio-political disciplines F26 freshwater ecology and non-tidal wetlands

F27 human population health

F28 human settlements

F29 oceans

F30 other natural ecosystems

001 Small island countries

002 Countries with low-lying coastal areas

003 Countries with arid and semi-arid areas, forested areas and areas liable to forest decay

004 Countries with areas prone to natural disasters

005 Countries with areas liable to drought and desertification

006 Countries with areas of high urban atmospheric pollution

007 Countries with areas with fragile ecosystems, including mountain ecosystems

008 Countries whose economies are dependent on income generated from the production,

processing and export, and/or on consumption of, fossil fuels and associated

energy-intensive products

009 Land-locked and transit countries

010 Least developed countries

011 Industrialized countries with economies in transition

To be completed by the expert:

Family name:	First name(s):
Nationality:	Date of birth:	Sex:
Nominated by the Government of:
Place of current employment:
Position held:
Contact address:
Tel: Fax:	E-mail:

For the following questions, please use codes specified in annex II of this document. Please enter areas of expertise not specified in the annex under "other":

General area of expertise:
1	2	other:
Specific area of expertise:
1	2	other:
Regional and country expertise:
1	2	other:

University qualifications (degree, subject, university, year):

List of relevant publications:

1

2

3

Summary of project experience (participant and advisory):

1

2

3

Languages in which you are fluent (spoken / written):

1. 4.

2. 5.

3. 6.

Principal awards and honorary positions:

1

2

3

Any other relevant information:

I hereby confirm that the information given above is correct. I agree to being included in the roster of experts if so decided. I attach my curriculum vitae to this form.

Signature: Date:

To be completed by government representative:

Report for which the applicant is nominated: A____ B____ C____

D____ E____ F____

Title of the representative:

Signature: Date: