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Third Meeting (Excom 3)

Venue: UN Campus, Bonn, Germany

Dates: 26–30 April 2016

Logistical information (672 kB)

Summary of the decisions of Excom 3

Summary (431 kB)

Expert briefings (26 Apr 2016 - 09:00-13:00) >>>

Agenda item 4 (a): Action Area 1 - Particularly vulnerable developing countries, populations, ecosystems

• Introduction (142 kB) to Action Area 1

Reference:

• Initial communication in the context of Action Area 1

Agenda item 4 (b): Action Area 2 - Comprehensive risk management approaches

• Introduction (146 kB) to Action Area 2

• Guidance (300 kB) to Working Group 6: Action Area 2

• Report back (304 kB) (28 Apr) from Working Group 6

• Report back (216 kB) (29 Apr) from Working Group 6

• Output (169 kB) (29 Apr) from Working Group 6

Agenda item 4 (c): Action Area 3 - Slow onset events

• Introduction (99 kB) to activity (b): 8th Research Dialogue

References:

• Reference document (431 kB) on Action Area 3, activity (a)

• Database of organizations working on slow onset events

• Letter to the Chair of the SBSTA

• Side event "Shining the light on non-economic losses: Challenges, risks and lessons learned for addressing them"

Agenda item 4 (d): Action Area 4 - Non-economic losses

• Introduction (301 kB) to activity (a): Side Event

• Introduction (110 kB) to activity (b): ToRs for an expert group

Reference:

• Draft terms of reference (313 kB) for an expert group on non-economic losses

• Guidance (341 kB) to Working Group 3: Non-economic losses

• Report back (163 kB) (28 Apr) from Working Group 3

• Output (318 kB) (28 Apr) from Working Group 3

Agenda item 4 (e): Action Area 5 - Resilience, recovery and rehabilitation

• Introduction (92 kB) to activities (a) and (b): Questionnaires

• Introduction (112 kB) to activities (b), (c) and (d)

References:

• Draft cover letter (146 kB) to national entities

• Draft questionnaire (591 kB) to national entities

• Draft cover letter (146 kB) to international, regional, bilateral and non-governmental actors

• Draft questionnaire to international, regional, bilateral and non-governmental actors

• Draft list (352 kB) of international, regional, bilateral and non-governmental actors

• Guidance (402 kB) (27 Apr) to Working Group 1: Action Area 5

• Guidance (402 kB) (28 Apr) to Working Group 1: Action Area 5

• Report back (218 kB) (27 Apr) from Working Group 1

• Report back (234 kB) (28 Apr - Morning session) from Working Group 1

• Report back (227 kB) (28 Apr - Afternoon session) from Working Group 1

Agenda item 4 (f): Action Area 6 - Migration, displacement and human mobility

• Introduction (122 kB) to Action Area 6

Reference:

• Reference document (485 kB) on Action area 6, activity (a)

• Inputs received in response to the invitation to submit relevant information on internal and cross-border migration, displacement and other forms of human mobility, in the context of activity (a)

Agenda item 4 (g): Action Area 7 - Financial instruments and tools

• Introduction (147 kB) to activity (d)

Reference:

• Inputs received in response to the invitation to submit information on best practices, challenges and lessons learned from existing financial instruments, in the context of activity (d); and the information paper (20 April 2016)

• Guidance (247 kB) to Working Group 5: Action Area 7 Key messages, letters, new call for submissions

• Report back (179 kB) (28 Apr) from Working Group 5

• Report back (227 kB) (29 Apr) from Working Group 5

Agenda item 4 (h): Action Area 8 - Complement, draw upon the work of and involve other bodies

Agenda item 4 (i): Action Area 9 - Development of a five-year rolling workplan

Agenda item 5 Consideration of relevant requests arising from COP21

Agenda item 5 (a): Establishing a clearing house for risk transfer that serves as a repository for information on insurance and risk transfer

• Introduction (90 kB)

Reference:

• Draft roadmap (378 kB) for establishing a clearing house on risk transfer

• Guidance (347 kB) to Working Group 4: Clearing house on risk transfer

• Report back (82 kB) (28 Apr) from Working Group 4

• Report back (225 kB) (29 Apr) from Working Group 4

Agenda item 5 (b): Establishing a task force to develop recommendations for integrated approaches to avert, minimize and address displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change

• Introduction (92 kB)

Reference:

• Draft terms of reference for a task force, draft letter of invitation, draft list of potential recipients (509 kB)

• Guidance (322 kB) to Working Group 2: Task force on displacement

• Report back (74 kB) (27 Apr) from Working Group 2

• Report back (86 kB) (29 Apr) from Working Group 2

• Output (382 kB) (29 Apr) from Working Group 2

Recording of the proceedings >>>

Notifications

Notifications for Parties and observer States (132 kB) ; United Nations and Intergovernmental organizations (157 kB) ; and non-governmental organizations (157 kB) also available here

Relevant Decisions

1/CP.21 Adoption of the Paris Agreement

2/CP.21 The Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts

2/CP.20 Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts

2/CP.19 Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts

3/CP.18 Approaches to address 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

1/CP.16 The Cancun Agreements

1/CP.13 Bali Action Plan

Contact: loss-damage(at)unfccc.int