Athens, Greece
22-23 October 2008

Introduction and Overview

The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), at its second session, decided that the second review of the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 9 shall take place at its fourth session in 2008.  CMP 3 identified the scope and content of the second review. In order to prepare this review, CMP 3 requested the secretariat to organize a pre-sessional workshop to consider the relevance to the second review of progress achieved by the AWG-KP in advancing its work programme. For the review, the CMP will also consider recommendations made by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), at its twenty-eighth session, in June 2008. The CMP and the SBI also requested the secretariat to prepare documents on the work of the AWG-KP and on issues relevant to the second review, and to make these documents available before the pre-sessional workshop. Information on this pre-sessional workshop is presented below.

Agenda and presentations (132 kB)

List of participants (50 kB)

           The meeting will take place in the Divani Palace Acropolis in Athens.  Participants are responsible for making their own hotel bookings.  Please note that registration will take place from 9:00 to 9:30 am on Wednesday, 22 October.

Technical inputs for the workshop

FCCC/TP/2008/6
Funding adaptation in developing countries: extending the share of proceeds used to assist in meeting the costs of adaptation; and options related to assigned amount units of Parties included in Annex I to the Convention.Technical paper.

FCCC/KP/CMP/2008/INF.1
Information on the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol in accordance with decision 4/CMP.3, paragraph 10. Note by the secretariat.

FCCC/KP/CMP/2008/INF.2
Compilation and analysis of available information on ways and means to enhance equitable regional and subregional distribution of projects under the clean development mechanism. Note by the secretariat.

FCCC/KP/CMP/2008/INF.3
Compilation and analysis of available information on the scope, effectiveness and functioning of the flexibility mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol.

FCCC/KP/CMP/2008/INF.4
Synthesis of views from Parties on ways and means to enhance equitable regional and subregional distribution of projects under the clean development mechanism, and on how the current institutional arrangements, governance, rules and procedures of the clean development mechanism and joint implementation may be improved in the first commitment period in order to enhance the functioning and effectiveness of these mechanisms. Note by the secretariat.

FCCC/KP/CMP/2008/MISC.1
Views from Parties on extending the share of proceeds to assist in meeting the costs of adaptation to joint implementation and emissions trading. Submissions from Parties.

FCCC/KP/CMP/2008/MISC.2
Views from Parties on how the current institutional arrangements, governance, rules and procedures of the clean development mechanism and joint implementation may be improved in the first commitment period in order to enhance their functioning and effectiveness. Submissions from Parties.

FCCC/KP/CMP/2008/MISC.3
Views from Parties on ways and means to enhance equitable regional and sub-regional distribution of projects under the clean development mechanism. Submissions from Parties.

Background documentation

Decision 7/CMP.2
Review of the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 9

Decision 4/CMP.3
Scope and content of the second review of the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 9

.FCCC/SBI/2008/8 (paragraphs 99-113)
Report of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation on its twenty-eighth session, held in Bonn from 4 to 13 June 2008.

FCCC/SBI/2008/INF.5
Report on the workshop on preparations for the second review of the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 9. Note by the secretariat.

Bonn, Germany
28-29 April 2008

Introduction and Overview

The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), at its third session, requested the secretariat to organize a workshop to consider and discuss the information provided by Parties, through submissions, on their views on how to address issues identified in decision 4/CMP.3.  Parties included in Annex I to the Convention were also invited to include information that demonstrates progress made in implementing their commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.  The CMP further requested the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) to consider, at its twenty-eighth session, in June 2008, the submissions presented and the report of the workshop, and to report to the CMP at its fourth session.  The CMP, at its fourth session, will undertake the second review of the Protocol.

New  revised agenda (74 kB) .  The meeting will take place in the Maritim Hotel in Bonn.  Participants are responsible for making their own hotel bookings.  Please note that registration will take place from 8:30 to 10:00 am on Monday, 28 April.

Background documentation

Decision 4/CMP.3
Scope and content of the second review of the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 9.

FCCC/SBI/2008/MISC.2
FCCC/SBI/2008/MISC.2/Add.1
Views on how the issues specified in decision 4/CMP.3, paragraph 6, should be addressed in the second review of the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 9, and information from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention demonstrating progress made in implementing their commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. Submissions from Parties.

FCCC/SBI/2008/INF.1
Synthesis of views on how the issues specified in decision 4/CMP.3,paragraph 6, should be addressed in the second review of the Kyoto Protocolpursuant to its Article 9

Submissions by non-governmental organizations can be viewed here.

Presentations

All presentations delivered at the workshop can be viewed here