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Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol
(AWG-KP)
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Round table on the means to reach emission reduction targets
Mandate
The Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties
under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP), at its resumed fourth session, requested the secretariat to
organize, under the guidance of the Chair of the AWG-KP, a round table on the means that may be
available to Annex I Parties to reach their emission reduction targets. The AWG-KP held an in-session
thematic workshop on 1–3 April 2008 in Bangkok on the above matters. Parties discussed ways to
enhance the effectiveness of the means and their contribution to sustainable development. A summary
of the discussions is contained in the annex to the  report of the fifth session
of the AWG-KP.
The
information note (136 kB) on the round table presents a preliminary structure for the round table
and outlines its objective and approach.
Summary
report by the Chair.
Workshop on methodological issues
Mandate
At the same session, the AWG-KP also requested the secretariat to
organize, under the guidance of its Chair, a workshop on consideration of relevant methodological
issues, including the methodologies to be applied for estimating anthropogenic emissions and the
global warming potentials (GWPs) of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The
information note (146 kB) on the workshop presents a provisional agenda and outlines its
objective and approach.
Summary report (116 kB) by
the Chair.
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