Update on the organization of work and Ministerial Consultations
Following an assessment of the status of progress of the work across all tracks, the President has set out a tailored approach to conclude all outstanding elements, recognizing that some need more discussion and others require focused political engagement to find an overall balanced and comprehensive way forward.
- He has invited pairs of Ministers to lead consultations with Groups and Parties on his behalf to advance areas of convergence on the Global Stocktake and to ensure coherence with other outstanding issues. The ministers will report back to the President at an informal stocktaking plenary on Saturday 9 December.
- He also invited senior negotiators to conduct consultations on his behalf on outstanding technical work relating to items under the governing bodies, as well as on specific issues forwarded from the subsidiary bodies, and to conclude work by 3pm on Saturday 9 December.
- Work that was launched under the governing bodies at their opening plenaries will continue over the coming days as will consultations undertaken by the presidency, including consultations resulting from the adoption of the agendas at the opening of the Governing Bodies.
The President will convene an open-ended, single-setting Majlis to bring together the different outcomes to strike the right balance. The single-setting group meeting took place on Sunday 10 December.
The objective of the President is to adopt consensus decisions and conclusions on 12 December that will constitute a comprehensive, ambitious, and balanced outcome.
Draft text by the Presidency
Global Stocktake: FCCC/PA/CMA/2023/L.17
COP 28/CMP 18/CMA 5 Ministerial Consultations
| Issue |
Ministers and secretariat support |
Update and Document |
| Cross-cutting issues under the Global Stocktake |
H. E. Minister Barbara Creecy of South Africa
H. E. Minister Dan Jørgensen of Denmark
Supported by
Annett Moehner amoehner@unfccc.int
|
Bilateral consultations with groups and Parties took place on 8 - 10 December. |
| Issues related to mitigation |
H.E. Minister Grace Fu of Singapore
H. E. Minister Espen Barth Eide of Norway
Supported by
Stelios Pesmajoglou spesmajoglou@unfccc.int
Bernd Hackmann
bhackmann@unfccc.int |
Bilateral consultations with groups and Parties took place on 8 - 11 December. |
| Issues related to adaptation |
H.E. Minister Maisa Rojas Corradi of Chile
H.E. Minister Jennifer McAllister of Australia
Supported by
Olga Pilifosova
OPilifosova@unfccc.int
Maryam Navi MNavi@unfccc.int |
Bilateral consultations with groups and Parties took place on 9 - 11 December. |
| Issues related to means of implementation |
H.E. Minister Yasmine Fouad of the Arab Republic of Egypt
H.E. Minister Steven Guilbeault of Canada
Supported by
Yolando Velasco YVelasco@unfccc.int
Marenglen Gjonaj mjonaj@unfccc.int |
Bilateral consultations with groups and Parties took place on 9 and 10 December. |
Consultations on behalf of the Presidency on outstanding technical work relating to items under the governing bodies
| Issue |
Facilitator and secretariat support |
Update and Document |
| Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (MWP) |
Carlos Fuller
Kay Harrison
Stelios Pesmajoglou spesmajoglou@unfccc.int
Bernd Hackmann bhackmann@unfccc.int
|
Consultations on behalf of the Presidency took place on 8 and 9 December.
FCCC/PA/CMA/2023/L.16
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| Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) |
Harry de Vreuls
Nabeel Munir
Olga Pilifosova OPilifosova@unfccc.int
Maryam Navi MNavi@unfccc.int
|
Consultations on behalf of the Presidency took place on 8 and 9 December.
FCCC/PA/CMA/2023/L.18
|
| Just transition work programme |
Marianne Karlsen
Simon Cardy
Daniele Violetti
dvioletti@unfccc.int
Vintura Silva
vsilva@unfccc.int |
Consultations on behalf of the Presidency took place on 8 and 9 December.
FCCC/PA/CMA/2023/L.14
|
| Matters related to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement |
On matters related to Article 6.2 :
- Maria Jishi
- Peer Stiansen
On matters related to Article 6.4 :
On matters related to Article 6.8 :
- Kristin Qui
- Jacqui Ruesga
Perumal Arumugam parumugam@unfccc.int
|
Consultations on behalf of the Presidency took place on 8 and 9 December.
Article 6.2:
Version 12/12/2023 19:30 - Draft Text
Article 6.4:
Version 12/12/2023 19:30 - Draft text
Article 6.8:
FCCC/PA/CMA/2023/L.13
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| Response measures |
Andrei Marcu
Georg Børsting
Stelios Pesmajoglou spesmajoglou@unfccc.int
Kusum Lata
klata@unfccc.int
|
Consultations on behalf of the Presidency took place on 8 and 9 December.
FCCC/CP/2023/L.14-FCCC/KP/CMP/L.6-FCCC/PA/CMA/2023/L.19
|
| Reporting and review pursuant to Article 13 of the Paris Agreement: provision of financial and technical support to developing country Parties for reporting and capacity-building |
Julia Gardiner
Sandra Motshwanedi
Jigme
Jigme@unfccc.int |
Consultations on behalf of the Presidency took place on 8-9 December. Parties agreed on the draft decisions as contained in FCCC/PA/CMA/2023/L.2.
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Update on the President’s Consultations
The opening plenaries of COP 28/CMP 18/CMA 5, on Thursday, 30 November 2023, adopted their agendas and smoothly launched the work of the Conference. In addition, they mandated the President to undertake consultations on a number of issues and to report back to the plenaries on the results.
Presidency consultations
| Issue |
Facilitator and secretariat support |
Update and Document |
| Special needs and special circumstances of Africa |
Federica Fricano
Aiping Chen
Achen@unfccc.int
|
The Presidency consultations with all interested groups and Parties took place on 5 and 10 December. |
| 7th Review of the Financial Mechanism under the CMA |
Tosi Mpanu Mpanu
Debapriya Roy
droy@unfccc.int
|
Bilateral consultations with groups and Parties took place on 2-6 December. |
| Issues related to Article 3, paragraph 9 and Article 21 of the Kyoto Protocol |
Tosi Mpanu Mpanu
Vitor Gois
vgoisferreira@unfccc.int
|
Bilateral consultations with groups and Parties took place on 2-4 December. The Presidency consultations with all interested groups and Parties took place on 5 December. |
Presidency consultations under established agenda items
| Issue |
Facilitator and secretariat support |
Date/Time and Meeting Room |
Update and Document |
| COP 28 item 2(b) Adoption of the rules of procedure |
Ahmed Al Ghardaqa
Gianluca Crispi
gcrispi@unfccc.int
|
No further meetings planned
|
Parties could not reach a conclusion on this matter in the meeting on 6 December. |
| COP 28 item 2(g) Dates and venues of future sessions |
Hana AlHashimi
Karen Smith
ksmith@unfccc.int
|
|
Bilateral consultations with groups and Parties took place on 9 December. The proposal by the President has been circulated.
FCCC/CP/2023/L.4
|
| COP 28 item 16(b) Decision-making in the UNFCCC process |
Omar Al Braiki
Gianluca Crispi
gcrispi@unfccc.int
|
No further meetings planned
|
At the meeting on 6 December, Parties agreed to continue consideration of this item at the next session of the COP. |
| COP 28 item 7 Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts |
Mohammed Al Sheraifi
Miwa Kato
mkato@unfccc.int
|
No further meetings planned |
During the Presidency’s informal consultations on 9 December, Parties agreed to defer the consideration of the matter of COP’s authority over and guidance to the WIM, including its Executive Committee, to future sessions of the COP, and that at this session, the COP to endorse the CMA Decision. This outcome will be reflected in the draft decision text on the Report of the WIM Executive Committee and the Matters relating to the Santiago network. |
| CMP 18 item 6 Matters relating to Joint Implementation |
Dhirendra Kumar
dkumar@unfccc.int
|
|
Version 10/12/2023 0:45 - Draft text |
| CMP 18 item 11 Report on the high-level ministerial round table on increased ambition of Kyoto Protocol commitments |
Iman Ustadi
Bernd Hackmann
bhackmann@unfccc.int
|
No further meetings planned
|
Parties could not reach a conclusion on this matter in the meeting on 6 December. |
Presidency consultations on building opportunities for youth to engage in the UNFCCC process