Submissions from observer organizations to the SBSTA

Submissions from observer organizations to the SBSTA

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Voluntary submissions submitted to SBSTA 41
Intergovernmental organization	Date	Document
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	1 December 2014	Enhanced monitoring and cataloguing of hazard/extreme events and slow onset climatic indicators in support of the UNFCCC Warsaw Mechanism for Loss and Damage, the SDGs and the post-2015 Framework for DRR. Key messages • Arabic • English • French • Russian • Spanish

Views on options to strengthen opportunities for cooperation and collaboration among Parties related to this agenda sub-item (SBI/SBSTA) Forum and work programme on the impact of the implementation of response measures (FCCC/SB/2014/L.2, paragraph 4)
Intergovernmental organization	Date	Document
South Centre	21 October 2014	South Centre's Submission on options to strengthen opportunities for cooperation and collaboration among Parties related to the Forum and Work Programme on the impact of the implementation of response measures.
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)	3 October 2014	Submission by ICTSD
Michael Succow Foundation for the Protection of Nature (MSF)	22 September 2014	Views of Observer Environmental Non-Governmental Organisation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Cimate Change, the Michael Succow Foundation for the Protection of Nature, on options to strengthen opportunities for cooperation and collaboration among Parties related to agenda sub-item

Matters related to systematic observation SBSTA39, invited WMO to provide, at SBSTA 41, information on the outcome of the second session of the Intergovernmental Board on Climate Services, that was held in November 2014. (FCCC/SBSTA/2010/3, paragraph 43)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	1 December 2014	WMO submission to COP 20, Lima, Peru

Matters related to systematic observation SBSTA 33 invited the secretariat of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) to report on progress made in the implementation of the 2010 updated GCOS implementation plan on a regular basis. (FCCC/SBSTA/2010/13, paragraph 45)
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)	14 November 2014	Submission from the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) to SBSTA 41 on agenda item 8 (b) Research and systematic observation

Matters related to systematic observation SBSTA 37 invited the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) to provide, by SBSTA 41, an updated report on progress made by space agencies providing global observations in their coordinated response to relevant needs of the Convention (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/5, paragraph 41)
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)	7 October 2014	Progress report by the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) and the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) on a coordinated response to UNFCCC needs for global observations

Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the type of information from systems for providing information on how all the safeguards are being addressed and respected that would be helpful and that may be provided by developing country Parties Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/3, paragraph 30)
Intergovernmental organizations	Date	Document
Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC)	24 September 2014	A submission in response to Draft SBSTA 41 call for guidance on: Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries Specifically, views on the type of information from systems for providing information on how the safeguards are being addressed and respected that would be helpful and that may be provided by developing country Parties.
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)	24 September 2014	NATIONAL LEVEL SYNERGIES BETWEEN REDD+ AND NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS: A REVIEW OF CURRENT GUIDANCE AND NATIONAL EFFORTS
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)	9 October 2014	A submission on views on the type of information from systems for providing information on how the safeguards are being addressed and respected that would be helpful and that may be provided by developing country Parties
Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA)	27 September 2014	Submission by COICA
WWF	25 September 2014	Addressing safeguards in REDD+: The need for further UNFCCC guidance
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation (AIPP)	24 September 2014	Submission on Safeguards Information System (SIS)
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Ateneo School of Government (ASoG), Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation (BJHRF), BirdLife International, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Centro Alexander von Humboldt, Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA), Climate Justice Programme, Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA), Environmental Investigation Agency US, Forests of the World, Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN), Greenpeace International, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature, OroVerde - Tropical Forest Foundation, Pro Natura, Rainforest Foundation Norway, Tebtebba Foundation, Transparency International Wetlands International and non-admitted non-governmental organizations	24 September 2014	REDD+ SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION SYSTEM (SIS) WHAT SHOULD FURTHER GUIDANCE DELIVER? SUBMISSION BY THE REDD+ SAFEGUARDS WORKING GROUP
Climate Action Network International (CAN International)	24 September 2014	Submission on Further Guidance on SIS (REDD+ Safeguards)
Transparency International (TI)	24 September 2014	Transparency International Submission to the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and technological Advise (SBSTA) on the REDD+ Safeguards Information System
Tebtebba Foundation and a non-admitted non-governmental organization (see below)	23 September 2014	SUBMISSION on Safeguard Information Systems (SIS) on the Types of Information on How the Safeguards are Being Addressed and Respected
Conservation International (CI), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Rainforest Alliance (RA), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and World Vision International (WVI)	16 September 2014	Submission on Safeguard Information Systems before the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice with the UNFCCC
Submissions from non-admitted organizations
Accra Caucus, International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) and REDD+ Safeguard Working Group	24 September 2014	Tri-Caucus Submission on Further Guidance on REDD+ Safeguards Information Systems
African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF), ADEID-Cameroon (Action pour un Développement Equitable, Intégré et Durable), AMAN (Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago), Centre pour le Développement et l'Environnement (CED)-Friends of Earth Cameroon, Centro para la Autonomía y Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CADPI), Centro de Planificación y Estudio Social (CEPLAES, Ecuador) ERND Institute (Environment, Natural Resources and Development Institute), David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, Derimbat Community Development Foundation Inc., Fagagara Incorporated Land Group Inc. Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN), Federation Interprovince of the Shuar Centers of the Rainforest of Ecuador – FICSH, Friends of the Earth - Noway, Friends of the Earth - Switzerland, Green Development Advocates, (GDA) Cameroon, HuMa (Association for Community and Ecology-Based Law Reform), Inaina Wildlife & Conservation Project, Indigenous Council of Roraima - CIR, Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partners (ILEPA), Institute for Law and Environmental Governance (ILEG), Karimui Resource Conservation Management Program Inc., Managalas Development Foundation Inc., Maasai Community Outdoor Educators National Forum For Advocacy Nepal (NAFAN), Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), NGO Coalition for Environment (NGOCE), Ona Keto Peoples Foundation Inc., Pandrapat Youth for Conservation & Sustainable Development Project, , Papua New Guinea Eco-Forestry Forum, Partners With Melanesians Inc Pivot Point, The Orangutan Project and admitted NGOs	24 September 2014	See link above to Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Ateneo School of Government (ASoG), Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation (BJHRF), BirdLife International, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Centro Alexander von Humboldt, Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA), Climate Justice Programme, Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA), Environmental Investigation Agency US, Forests of the World, Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN), Greenpeace International, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature, OroVerde - Tropical Forest Foundation, Pro Natura, Rainforest Foundation Norway, Tebtebba Foundation, Transparency International and Wetlands International.
Indigenous Peoples' Global Partnership on Climate Change, Forests and Sustainable Development and an admitted NGO	23 September 2014	See Tebtebba Foundation link above

Views on the design and operation of a framework for various approaches including on approaches developed or being developed by Parties (SBSTA) Framework for various approaches (FCCC/SBSTA/2014/L.10, paragraph 6) 22 September 2014
Intergovernmental organizations	Date	Documents
World Bank Group	22 September 2014	World Bank Group Submission on Experience and Good practice Relevant to the Framework for Various Approaches (FVA)
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)	16 October 2014	A Home for All: Architecture of a Future Global Framework for Mitigation Action under the Framework for Various Approaches
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)	10 October 2014	Call for Inputs on the Framework for Various Approaches
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)	25 September 2014	Submission by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)	22 September 2014	Views on the Framework for Various Approaches and the New Market Mechanism
Climate Markets & Investment Association (CMIA), Designated Operational Entities and Independent Entities Association (D.I.A.) and Project Developer Forum Ltd (PD-Forum)	22 September 2014	Joint submission on the elaboration of the possible design and operation of a framework (FVA)

Views on the design and operation of the new market-based mechanism (SBSTA) New market-based mechanism (FCCC/SBSTA/2014/L.12, paragraph 6) 22 September 2014
Intergovernmental organizations	Date	Document
World Bank Group	22 September 2014	Submission on the New Market-Based Mechanism
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)	10 October 2014	Call for Inputs on the New Market Mechanism
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)	22 September 2014	Views on the Framework for Various Approaches and the New Market Mechanism

Information on available and implemented tools and methods for adaptation planning processes, good practices and lessons learned in relation to adaptation planning processes addressing water, health, human settlement and ecosystems, and processes and structures for linking national and local adaptation planning (SBSTA) (FCCC/SBSTA/2014/L.13, paragraph 7) 20 August 2014
Intergovernmental organizations	Date	Document
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)	5 September 2014	Submission from ICIMOD to be considered in SBSTA 41
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)	2 September 2014	Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations: Good practices and lessons learned related to processes and structures for linking national and local adaptation planning; and addressing the issues of ecosystems, water resources and health in the Agriculture Sector
World Health Organization (WHO)	2 September 2014	For Submission to the SBSTA request for materials
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)	28 August 2014	Resource Guide for Advanced Learning on Understanding the Climate Change and Health Interface
Global Water Partnership Organisation (GWPO)	27 August 2014	Submission by the Global Water Partnership on good practices in and lessons learned from national adaptation planning with specific focus on water resources
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	21 August 2014	WMO submission to Nairobi Work Programm in the areas of water and health
International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and admitted and non-admitted non-governmental organizations (see below)	20 August 2014	Joint submission to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)	20 August 2014	Overview of ITU Activities on ICTs, the Environment & Climate Change
United Nations Environment Programme - Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (UNEP - PROVIA)	20 August 2014	PROVIA: Science for adaptation policy
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)	18 August 2014	Submission to Nairobi Work Programme on available and implemented tools and methods for adaptation planning processes, good practices and lessons learned in relation to adaptation planning processes addressing the areas of water and ecosystems
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Conservation International (CI)	27 August 2014	Submission on the Nairobi Work Programme
CARE International (CI)	25 August 2014	Good practices in and lessons learned in relation to national adaptation planning
Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET)	22 August 2014	Submission to Nairobi Work Programme, Climate Adaptation Planning
BirdLife International	21 August 2014	Submission for SBSTA 41: Good Practices in and Lessons Learned from National Adaptation Planning
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)	21 August 2014	Submission to the call for inputs by the Nairobi Work Programme/UNFCCC
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), UN organizations and non-admitted organizations	20 August 2014	Joint submission to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
World Resources Institute (WRI)	15 August 2014	Submission by the World Resources Institute to the Nairobi Work Programme on good adaptation practices and lessons learned from national adaptation planning
Submissions from non-admitted organizations
Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN)	21 August 2014	Submission for Consideration at SBSTA 41 Nairobi Work Programme on Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptation to Climate Change
Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de Sciences Po (Sciences Po -CERI), Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC), Refugees International, UN organizations and an admitted NGO	20 August 2014	Joint submission to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Research and systematic observation (SBSTA) Information from regional and international research programmes and organizations (FCCC/SBSTA/2007/4, paragraph 47 (a-f))
Intergovernmental organization	Date	Document
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)	23 May 2014	Submission from WCRP
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)	16 April 2014	Submission from the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
Submissions from non-admitted organizations
START International, Inc. (START)	4 June 2014	Submission to SBSTA 40
DIVERSITAS	23 May 2014	Submission from DIVERSITAS
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)	23 May 2014	Submission from IGBP
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)	9 May 2014	SBSTA40 Research Dialogue: Submission from the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)

Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (SBSTA) Views from Parties and observer organizations on methodological guidance for non-market-based approaches related to the implementation of the activities referred to in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70. (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/3, paragraph 40) 26 March 2014
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA)	27 March 2014	Redd+ más allá del carbono y del mercado: Integralidad del Redd+ Indígena Amazónico
WWF	26 March 2014	Addressing methodological issues of non-carbon benefits and non-market-based approaches in REDD+
Global Forest Coalition and Brighter Green	25 March 2014	Views by the Global Forest Coalition and Brighter Green on methodological guidance for non-market-based approaches related to the implementation of the activities referred to in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70

Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (SBSTA) Views from Parties and observer organizations on the issues referred to in decision 1/CP.18, paragraph 40. (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/3, paragraph 48) Deadline: 26 March 2014
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA)	27 March 2014	Redd+ más allá del carbono y del mercado: Integralidad del Redd+ Indígena Amazónico
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation (AIPP)	26 March 2014	Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation (AIPP) Submission on methodological issues related to non-carbon benefits resulting from the implementation of REDD+ activities
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Forests of the World and non-admitted organizations (see below)	26 March 2014	Submission on Non-Carbon Benefits as an Imperative for the Sustainability of REDD+
Tebtebba Foundation	26 March 2014	Submission on Providing Incentives and Addressing Methodological Issues Related to Non-Carbon Benefits (NCBs) Resulting from the Implementation of REDD-Plus Activities
WWF	26 March 2014	Addressing methodological issues of non-carbon benefits and non-market-based approaches in REDD+
Conservation International (CI), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Rainforest Alliance (RA), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)	24 March 2014	Clarifying the Role of Non-Carbon Benefits in REDD+
Submissions from non-admitted organizations
Organizations	Date	Document
The REDD+ Safeguards Working Group, The Accra Caucus and members of the Indigenous Peoples' Caucus	27 March 2014	Submission by The REDD+ Safeguards Working Group, The Accra Caucus and members of the Indigenous Peoples' Caucus on the methodological issues related to non-carbon benefits resulting from the implementation of REDD+ activities
IBIS, CARE-Denmark, Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN)	26 March 2014	See IWGIA, AIPP, Forests of the World link above

Land use, land-use change and forestry under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Kyoto Protocol and under the clean development mechanism (SBSTA) Views on specific possible additional land use, land-use change and forestry activities and specific alternative approaches to addressing the risk of non-permanence under the clean development mechanism. (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/3, paragraph 143; FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.26, paragraph 4) Deadline: 28 February 2014
Intergovernmental organization	Date	Document
World Bank	28 February 2014	Inputs on modalities and procedures for possible additional LULUCF activities under the CDM in response to the call for submissions per the decision of the SBSTA 39 on the agenda item 12(b), paragraph 3 Inputs on modalities and procedures for alternative approaches to addressing the risk of non-permanence under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) per the decision of the SBSTA 39 on the agenda item 12(b), paragraph 3
Non-governmental organization	Date	Document
Third World Network (TWN), The Gaia Foundation and Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EEA)	14 March 2014	UNFCCC submission on modalities and procedures for possible additional LULUCF activities under the CDM, and alternative approaches to addressing the risk of non-permanence under the CDM

Voluntary views on Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) (Adaptation, Development and transfer of technologies and implementation of the Technology Mechanism, Research and systematic observation and Issues relating to agriculture) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) (Matters relating to the least developed countries and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), Addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change to enhance adaptive capacity, Capacity-building and Climate Finance)
Intergovernmental organization	Date	Document
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	6 November 2013	Key Messages of the WMO community for COP 19 WMO Key Messages in all UN languages

Research and systematic observation SBSTA 37 invited the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide, at SBSTA 39, information on the outcome of the first session of the Intergovernmental Board on Climate Services, held in July 2013. Mandate FCCC/SBSTA/2012/5, paragraph 44 and 45.
Intergovernmental organization	Date	Document
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	6 November 2013	WMO submission to SBSTA 39

SBSTA 33 invited the secretariat of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) to report on progress made in the implementation of the 2010 updated GCOS implementation plan on a regular basis, at subsequent sessions of the SBSTA. Mandate: FCCC/SBSTA/2010/13, paragraph 45.
Intergovernmental organizations	Date	Document
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)	5 November 2013	GCOS submission to SBSTA 39

Framework for various approaches Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the role and technical design of the framework for various approaches FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.6, paragraph 4 (a) Deadline: 2 September 2013
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)	18 September 2013	IETA Response to UNFCCC: FVA/NMM
Project Developer Forum Ltd. (PD-Forum) and Climate Markets & Investment Association Limited (CMIA)	5 September 2013	Submission to Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice On the role and technical design of the Framework for Various Approaches
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)	2 September 2013	CEPS Submission on FVA
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)	2 September 2013	A Home for All: Architecture of a Future Framework for Various Approaches
German NGO Forum on Environment and Development	2 September 2013	Views on the Framework for Various Approaches

New market-based mechanism Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the role and technical design of the new market-based mechanism (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.8, paragraph 6 (a)) Deadline: 2 September 2013
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Project Developer Forum Ltd. (PD-Forum) and Climate Markets & Investment Association Limited (CMIA)	5 September 2013	Submission to Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice on the role and technical design of the New Market Mechanism

Non-market-based approaches Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the elements of the work programme for non-market-based approaches and examples of specific non-market-based approaches (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.7, paragraph 5 (a)) Deadline: 2 September 2013
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Project Developer Forum Ltd. (PD-Forum) and Climate Markets & Investment Association Limited (CMIA)	5 September 2013	Submission to Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice On the role and technical design of the Non‐market‐based mechanism

Issues relating to agriculture Views from Parties and relevant organizations on the current state of scientific knowledge on how to enhance the adaptation of agriculture to climate change impacts while promoting rural development, sustainable development and productivity of agricultural systems and food security in all countries, particularly in developing countries, taking into account the diversity of the agricultural systems and the differences in scale as well as possible adaptation co-benefits. (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.20, paragraph 2) Deadline: 2 September 2013
Intergovernmental organizations	Date	Document
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)	11 September 2013-	FAO Submission on Agriculture for SBSTA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)	27 August 2013	SBSTA submission by COMESA on issues relating to agriculture
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Brighter Green, Inc. Humane Society International (HSI) and World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)	30 September 2013	Submission to SBSTA: Recommendations for Animal-Friendly and Sustainable Agriculture
Brighter Green, Inc.	3 September 2013	Submission by Brighter Green, Inc.
Sustainable Population Australia Inc. (SPA)	3 September 2013	Submission by SPA
Canadian Federation of Agriculture	2 September 2013	Submission by CFA
Climate Action Network - International (CAN-International)	2 September 2013	Submission to SBSTA: Addressing Agriculture in the UNFCCC
CropLife International	2 September 2013	Submission by CropLife International
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)	2 September 2013	Submission to UNFCCC: IFOAM’s views on the current state of scientific knowledge on how to enhance the adaptation of agriculture to climate change impacts while promoting rural development, sustainable development and productivity of agricultural systems.
Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions	2 September 2013	Submission by SACAU
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Centro Internacional de Agricultura) (CIAT)	29 August 2013	Submission by CIAT
Wetlands International	29 August 2013	Submission on behalf of Wetlands International concerning issues relating to agriculture (SBSTA)
Submissions from non-admitted organizations
Organization	Date	Document
World Farmers' Organisation	2 September 2013	Submission by WFO

Land use, land-use change and forestry under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Kyoto Protocol and under the clean development mechanism Views from Parties and relevant organizations on specific possible additional LULUCF activities under the CDM and specific alternative approaches to addressing the risk of non-permanence under the CDM (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.5, paragraph 5) Deadline: 2 September 2013
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Wetlands International	29 August 2013	Concerning methodological issues under the Kyoto Protocol: Land use, land-use change and forestry under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Kyoto Protocol and under the clean development mechanism (SBSTA)

Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change Views from Parties and relevant organizations on ways to enhance the relevance of, and to support the objective of, the work programme, taking into account paragraph 5 of the conclusions contained in document FCCC/SBSTA/2013.L9 (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.9, paragraph 8) Deadline: 2 September 2013
Intergovernmental organizations	Date	Document
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP)	2 September 2013	Submission to the UNFCCC Secretariat on Nairobi Work Programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in response to the draft conclusions of the Thirty-eighth session of SBSTA held in Bonn, 3-14 June 2013 (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L9)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)	29 August 2013	Inputs to Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) on matters relating to the Nairobi Work Programme for its thirty-ninth session, in reference to the request made to relevant organizations in FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.9, paragraph 8, on “views on ways to enhance the relevance of, and to support the objective of, the work programme, taking into account paragraph 5
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Stockholm International Water Institute	31 August 2013	Submission from the SIWI

Emissions from fuel used for international aviation and maritime transport The SBSTA invited the secretariats of ICAO and IMO to continue to report, at future sessions of the SBSTA, on relevant work on this issue. (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/5, paragraph 96)
Intergovernmental organization	Date	Document
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)	7 November 2013	Submission by ICAO (150 kB)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)	23 October 2013	Submission by IMO (240 kB)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)	27 May 2013	Submission by ICAO
International Maritime Organization (IMO)	24 May 2013	Submission by IMO
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)	23 May 2014	Submission by ICAO (843 kB)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)	15 May 2014	Submission by IMO (197 kB)

Research and systematic observation Update on developments in research activities relevant to the needs of the Convention; and information from Parties and regional and international research programmes and organizations active in climate change research on the technical and scientific aspects of emissions by sources, removals by sinks, and reservoirs of all greenhouse gases, including emissions and removals from terrestrial ecosystems such as steppe, savannah, tundra and peatlands, with a view to identifying and quantifying the impact of human activities, for consideration as a theme for the next research dialogue (SBSTA 38) (FCCC/SBSTA/2007/4, paragraph 47(a-f) and (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/5, paragraph 52) Deadline: 25 March 2013
Intergovernmental organizations	Date	Document
United Nations University - International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change	22 April 2013	Submission by UNU - IHDP
World Meteorological Organization - World Climate Research Programme (WMO - WCRP)	22 April 2013	World Climate Research Programme: Scientific Foundation for Decision Making
United Nations Environment Programme - Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (UNEP - PROVIA)	18 April 2013	PROVIA suggested research priorities for the research/donor communities on vulnerability, impacts and adaptation to climate change
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)	11 April 2013	Submission by IAI
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
START International, Inc.	12 April 2013	SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training
Submissions from non-admitted organizations
Organization	Date	Document
European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (EU FP7)	29 April 2013	Update on recent research activities of the EU 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development in the field of Climate Change
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)	24 April 2013	Full version Abridged version
DIVERSITAS	22 April 2013	Submission by DIVERSITAS
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)	22 April 2013	Submission by IGBP

General guidelines for domestic measurement, reporting and verification of domestically supported nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/l.24, paragraph 3) Deadline 25 March 2013
Intergovernmental organization	Date	Document
Commission des forêts d'Afrique Centrale (COMIFAC)	25 March 2013	Submission by COMIFAC
Non-governmental organization	Date	Document
World Resources Institute (WRI)	8 April 2013	General, Voluntary, Guidelines for Domestic Measurement, Reporting and Verification
Submission from a non-admitted organization
Organization	Date	Document
Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) and Bridging the Gap (BtG) Initiative	26 March 2013	Bridging the Gap

Views on in-session workshop on the 2013-2015 Review (Invitation for submissions of views and reminder to select co-facilitators by a joint message from the Chair of the SBSTA and the Chair of the SBI)
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Sustainable Population Australia	1 April 2013	Population Growth as a Variable
Climate Action Network International (CAN-I)	3 April 2013	CAN Submission on 2013- 2015 Review

Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the matters referred to in paragraphs 44–46 of document FCCC/CP/2012/L.14/Rev.1, including information, experience and good practice relevant to the design and operation of various approaches (Framework for various approaches) ( Decision 1/CP.18, paragraph 48) Deadline 25 March 2013
Intergovernmental organizations	Date	Document
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)	26 March 2013	Various approaches, including opportunities for using markets, to enhance the costeffectiveness of, and to promote, mitigation actions, bearing in mind different circumstances of developed and developing countries
World Bank	25 March 2013	Submission by the World Bank
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
WWF	29 March 2013	Submission by WWF
German NGO Forum on Environment and Development	27 March 2013	Submission by German NGO Forum on Environment and Development
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), Third World Network (TWN), Tebtebba Foundation and non-admitted organizations (see below)	26 March 2013	Submission by IATP, IPS, TWN, Tebtebba Foundation and non-admitted organizations
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)	26 March 2013	Submission by IGES
Climate Markets & Investment Association (CMIA) and Project Developer Forum (PD-Forum)	22 March 2013	Views on D. Various approaches, including opportunities for using markets
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)	25 March 2013	Submission by CEPS
Designated Operational Entities and Independent Entities Association (D.I.A.)	25 March 2013	Submission by D.I.A.
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)	25 March 2013	Submission by EDF
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)	25 March 2013	The Framework for Various Approaches and New Market Mechanisms (FVA/NMM) in a post-Doha context: IETA's Perspective
Submission from a non-admitted organization
Organizations	Date	Document
Asian Indigenous Women's Network, [earth], Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Friends of the Earth Malaysia, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN)	26 March 2013	See IATP, IPS, TWN and Tebetebba Foundation link above

Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the matters referred to in paragraph 47 of document FCCC/CP/2012/L.14/Rev.1, including information, experience and good practice relevant to the design and operation of various approaches (Non-market-based approaches) ( Decision 1/CP.18, paragraph 48) 25 March 2013
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), Third World Network (TWN) , Tebtebba Foundation and non-admitted organizations (see below)	26 March 2013	Submission by IATP, IPS, TWN, Tebtebba Foundation and non-admitted organizations
Global Forest Coalition (GFC), Econexus and a non-admitted organization (see below)	22 March 2013	Non-market-based approaches to reducing deforestation and forest degradation
Submissions from non-admitted organizations
Organization	Date	Document
Asian Indigenous Women's Network, [earth], Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Friends of the Earth Malaysia, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN)	26 March 2013	See IATP, IPS, TWN and Tebtebba link above
ICCA Consortium	22 March 2013	See Global Forest Coalition and Econexus link above

Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the matters referred to in paragraphs 50–51 of document FCCC/CP/2012/L.14/Rev.1, including information, experience and good practice relevant to the design and operation of the mechanism referred to in paragraph 50 (New market-based mechanism) ( Decision 1/CP.18, paragraph 52) Deadline 25 March 2013
Intergovernmental organization	Date	Document
World Bank	25 March 2013	Submission by the World Bank
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
WWF	29 March 2013	Submission by WWF
German NGO Forum on Environment and Development	27 March 2013	Submission by German NGO Forum on Environment and Development
Global Forest Coalition (GFC), Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), Third World Network (TWN), Tebtebba Foundation and non-admitted organizations (see below)	26 March 2013	Submission by GFC, IATP, IPS, TWN, Tebtebba Foundation and non-admitted organizations
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)	26 March 2013	Submission by IGES
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)	25 March 2013	Submission by CEPS
Climate Markets & Investment Association (CMIA) and Project Developer Forum (PD-Forum)	25 March 2013	CMIA and PD Forum joint submission to SBI in response to paras 48 and 52 of Decision –/CP.18 Agreed outcome, March 2013
Designated Operational Entities and Independent Entities Association (D.I.A.)	25 March 2013	Submission by D.O.A
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)	25 March 2013	The Framework for Various Approaches and New Market Mechanisms (FVA/NMM) in a post-Doha context: IETA's Perspective
Submission from a non-admitted organization
Organization	Date	Document
Asian Indigenous Women's Network, [earth], Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Friends of the Earth Malaysia, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN)	26 March 2013	See GFC, IATP, IPS, TWN and Tebtebba Foundation link above

Forum and work programme on the impact of the implementation of response measures - submissions on areas (c), (d), (e) and (g) of the work programme. (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/2, paragraph 46 and FCCC/SBI/2012/15, paragraph 168) Deadline 25 March 2013
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)	29 March 2013	Views from the International Trade Union Confederation on area (g) of the workprogramme in accordance with decision 8/CP.17, paragraph 1: (g) Just transition of the workforce, and the creation of decent work and quality jobs
Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)	25 March 2013	Submission by WEDO
Submission from a non-admitted organization
Organization	Date	Document
European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)	25 March 2013	Submission by ETUC

Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on issues related to modalities and procedures for alternative approaches to addressing the risk of non-permanence under the clean development mechanism (CDM), in accordance with decision 2/CMP.7, paragraph 7 (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/5, paragraph 111) Deadline 10 September 2012
Non-governmental organization	Date	Document
The Gaia Foundation, Third World Network (TWN) and Econexus	25 March 2013	Submission by The Gaia Foundation, TWN and Econexus

Views on matters referred to in decision 1/CP.18, paragraphs 34 and 35: relating to coordination of support for the implementation of REDD+ activities. ( Decision 1/CP.18, paragraph 36) Deadline 25 March 2013
Non-governmental organizations	Date	Document
Climate Action Network International (CAN-I) 25 March 2013	25 March 2013	Submission to SBI/SBSTA on REDD+ Institutions
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Rainforest Alliance (RA), Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC),National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) 24 March 2013	24 March 2013	Submission to the UNFCCC: Paragraph 36 of the Doha LCA Outcome (FCCC/CP/2012/L.14/Rev.1)
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) 23 March 2013	23 March 2013	Submission by IETA

Work programme on clarification of quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets of developed country Parties
Views by all Parties on the work programme referred to in paragraph 8 of FCCC/CP/2012/L.14/Rev.1

Additional information by developed country Parties for the clarification of their targets and associated assumptions and conditions as outlined in decision 2/CP.17, paragraph 5.

Invitation to developed country Parties to submit information on the progress made towards the formulation of their low-emission development strategies.
(FCCC/CP/2012/L.14/Rev.1 paragraphs 10 and 11)
25 March 2013

Non-governemental organization

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World Resources Institute (WRI)

25 March 2013

Submission by WRI

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