FCCC/SBSTA/1999/CRP.1

3 June 1999

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SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE

Tenth session

Bonn, 31 May - 11 June 1999

Agenda item 9

1. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) adopted the terms of reference for the expert workshop envisaged in decision 5/CP.4, annex entitled Programme of Work, as set out in the attached annex.

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Objective

In accordance with decision 5/CP.4, the objective of the expert workshop is to produce input for the eleventh session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) through:

1. Identification of factors that will help determine:

(a) The adverse effects of climate change;

(b) The impacts of implementation of response measures.

2. Identification of information available, existing information gaps, further information needed and views on methodologies, related to:

(a) The specific needs and concerns of developing country Parties arising from such adverse effects and impacts;

(b) Actions, including actions related to funding, insurance and the transfer of technology, to meet the above-mentioned specific needs and concerns;

(c) Minimizing the effects of policies and measures on international trade, and social, environmental and economic impacts.

3. Consideration of the specific needs and special situations of the least developed countries.

4. Consideration of issues raised in national submissions including national communications.

Schedule

The expert workshop will be held from ..., ... September, to ..., ... ... 1999 at .... The above-mentioned items will be covered by presentations and discussions related to the developing country Parties covered in Article 4.8 and 4.9 of the Convention.

Day 1

* General overview.

* Views on methodologies related to the adverse effects of climate change.

* Consideration of the specific needs and special situations of the least developed countries.

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

* Countries with areas prone to natural disasters.

*  Countries with areas liable to drought and desertification.

*  Countries with areas of high urban atmospheric pollution.

* Countries with areas with fragile ecosystems, including mountainous ecosystems.

* Land-locked and transit countries.

Day 2

* Small island countries.

* Countries with low-lying coastal areas.

* Methodologies related to impacts of response measures.

Day 3

* Minimizing adverse effects of the implementation of response measures on:

- International trade, and social, environmental and economic impacts on developing country Parties identified in Article 4.8 and 4.9 of the Convention;

- Countries whose economies are highly dependent on income generated from the production, processing and export, and/or on consumption of fossil fuels and associated energy-intensive products.

Day 4

* Conclusions.

Participation

Relevant international and regional organizations and national experts, including from business associations and non-governmental organizations, will be invited to contribute to the workshop, and to present papers on the issues under discussion. The secretariat will explore, in consultation with the invited organizations, what specific contributions they may present at the workshop.