8 May 2007,  Hotel Maritim, Bonn

Background and mandate

At its 24th session, the SBSTA noted the need for enhancing two-way communication and cooperation between Parties and regional and international climate change research programmes to meet the research needs of the Convention.  It agreed to explore how it might facilitate a more effective dialogue between Parties and those research programmes, in the context of decision 9/CP.11.  To further facilitate the development of the dialogue, it asked the secretariat to organize, at the 26th session of the SBSTA, a meeting for an informal discussion among Parties, and to invite representatives of regional and international climate change research programmes and the IPCC to participate.

Agenda

Participants

Representatives of Parties, the IPCC, and representatives on behalf of the following regional and international climate change research programmes and organizations:

• Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP)

• World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

• International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)

• International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP)

• Global Change System for Analysis Research and Training (START)

• Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)

• Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)

Presentations

Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)

Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP)

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)

Summary by the Chair