The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its thirty-second session, requested the secretariat to hold a workshop, in conjunction with the thirty-fourth session of the SBSTA, subject to the availability of resources and under the guidance of the Chair of the SBSTA, to allow further in-depth consideration to be given to issues addressed in the research dialogue being held under the SBSTA in the context of decision 9/CP.11. The SBSTA further requested the secretariat to provide information to Parties on the themes to be presented at the workshop and at the research dialogue meeting to be held at SBSTA 34. This document contains information on the approach to and the proposed three major groups of themes for the research dialogue meeting and the workshop, including the sources of information used in the identification of these themes