The twenty-fourth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was held from 18-26 May 2006. The first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG) occurred from 17-25 May. These sessions were preceded by the Dialogue on long-term cooperative action to address climate change by enhancing implementation of the Convention, which took place from 15-16 May 2006. All meetings occurred at the Hotel Maritim, Godesberger Allee, 53175 Bonn, Germany.

In-Focus UN conference agrees agenda for negotiations on new emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol 26 May 2006--A first round of UN climate negotiations for the period following the end of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol has successfully concluded in Bonn, Germany. Read the press release (139 kB) deu (135 kB) rus (177 kB) Opening statement by Richard Kinley, Officer-in-Charge, UNFCCC, at the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group "There is a need for a rapid and solid process to live up to the requirement of decision 1/CMP.1, to ensure that there is no gap between the first and the second commitment periods of the Kyoto Protocol." Read the statement (9 kB) UN-sponsored efforts to combat climate change move to next level 16 May 2006--The first stage of new talks on future action under the UN-sponsored climate change process have concluded in Bonn, Germany. Delegates from 165 countries discussed how to further strengthen international cooperation to reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases and to respond to climate change impacts. Read the full press release (130 kB) fre (143 kB) rus (183 kB) spa (142 kB)

• Updated 9 May (58 kB)

Provisional agendas

• SBSTA 24 provisional agenda (64 kB)
• SBI 24 provisional agenda (67 kB)
• AWG 1 provisional agenda (55 kB)

Annotations to the provisional agendas

• SBSTA 24 provisional agenda and annotations
• SBI 24 provisional agenda and annotations
• AWG 1 provisional agenda and annotations

• 15-16 May: Dialogue on long-term cooperative action to address climate change by enhancing implementation of the Convention
• 17-25 May: First session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol more >>
• 18-26 May: Twenty-fourth session of the Subsidiary Bodies

In-session workshops

• 20 May: Workshop on carbon capture and storage
• 22 May: Workshop on carbon capture and storage as CDM project activities
• 23 May: Workshop on mitigation:  agriculture, forestry and rural development

Pre-sessional expert meetings

• 16-17 May: Expert Meeting on Economic Diversification