The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its twenty-fourth session, expressed its appreciation to the regional and international climate change research programmes for the information provided during the special side event* on research needs relating to the Convention held during its twenty-fourth session. It invited these programmes to provide, together or separately, to the SBSTA, before its twenty-fifth session, a short summary report or reports drawing on the special side event, including identification of any gaps in their research programmes with respect to the research needs of the Convention, as viewed by Parties, for example in document FCCC/SBSTA/2006/INF.2, and considering options for addressing these needs (FCCC/SBSTA/2006/5, paragraph 41). The secretariat has received two such summary reports in response to the above-mentioned invitation. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, these submissions are reproduced** in the language in which they were received and without formal editing.