GENERAL
FCCC/CP/1997/7/Add.1
18 March 1998
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I.
DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE OF THE
PARTIES
Decision
1/CP.3 Adoption of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change 4
2/CP.3 Methodological issues related to the Kyoto Protocol
31
3/CP.3 Implementation of Article 4, paragraphs 8 and 9, of the
Convention 32
4/CP.3 Amendments to the list in Annex I to the Convention under
Article 4.2(f) of the Convention 33
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5/CP.3 Date and venue of the fourth session of the Conference of
the Parties 34
6/CP.3 Communications from Parties included in Annex I to the
Convention 35
7/CP.3 Co-operation with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change 37
8/CP.3 Development of observational networks of the climate system
38
9/CP.3 Development and transfer of technologies 39
10/CP.3 Activities implemented jointly under the pilot phase
41
11/CP.3 Review of the financial mechanism 42
12/CP.3 Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding on the determination
of funding necessary and available for the implementation of the
Convention 43
13/CP.3 Division of labour between the Subsidiary Body for Implementation
and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
44
14/CP.3 Future work of the Ad Hoc Group on Article 13
48
15/CP.3 Programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999
49
16/CP.3 Financial performance of the Convention in the biennium 55
1996-1997
17/CP.3 Arrangements for administrative support to the Convention
secretariat 56
18/CP.3 Volume of documentation 57
II. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE OF THE
PARTIES
Resolution
1/CP.3 Expression of gratitude to the Government and people of Japan 58
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III. OTHER ACTION TAKEN BY THE CONFERENCE OF THE
PARTIES
1. Second review of the adequacy of Article 4.2(a) and (b) of the
Convention 59
2. Request by Turkey to be deleted from the lists in Annexes I and II to the
Convention 59
3. Proposal by Brazil in document FCCC/AGBM/1997/MISC.1/Add.3
59
4. Calendar of meetings of Convention bodies 1998-1999
59
Annex Table: Total carbon dioxide emissions of Annex I Parties in 1990,
for the purposes of Article 25 of the Kyoto Protocol
60
The Conference of the Parties,
Having reviewed Article 4, paragraph 2(a) and (b), of the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its first
session and having concluded that these subparagraphs are not
adequate,
Recalling its decision 1/CP.1 entitled "The Berlin
Mandate: Review of the adequacy of Article 4, paragraph 2(a) and (b),
of the Convention, including proposals related to a protocol and
decisions on follow-up", by which it agreed to begin a process to
enable it to take appropriate action for the period beyond 2000
through the adoption of a protocol or another legal instrument at its
third session,
Recalling further that one aim of the process was to
strengthen the commitments in Article 4, paragraph 2(a) and (b) of
the Convention, for developed country/other Parties included in Annex
I, both to elaborate policies and measures, and to set quantified
limitation and reduction objectives within specified time-frames,
such as 2005, 2010 and 2020, for their anthropogenic emissions by
sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases not controlled by
the Montreal Protocol,
Recalling also that, according to the Berlin Mandate, the
process will not introduce any new commitments for Parties not
included in Annex I, but reaffirm existing commitments in Article 4,
paragraph 1, and continue to advance the implementation of these
commitments in order to achieve sustainable development, taking into
account Article 4, paragraphs 3, 5 and 7,
Noting the reports of the Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin
Mandate on its eight
sessions,(1)
Having considered with appreciation the report
presented by the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin
Mandate,
Taking note with appreciation of the report of the
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole on the outcome of the work of
the Committee,
Recognizing the need to prepare for the early entry into
force of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change,
Aware of the desirability of the timely commencement of
work to pave the way for a successful outcome of the fourth session
of the Conference of the Parties, to be held in Buenos Aires,
Argentina,
1. Decides to adopt the Kyoto Protocol to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, annexed
hereto;
2. Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations
to be the Depositary of this Protocol and to open it for signature in
New York from 16 March 1998 until 15 March 1999;
3. Invites all Parties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change to sign the Protocol on 16 March 1998 or
at the earliest opportunity thereafter, and to deposit instruments of
ratification, acceptance or approval, or instruments of accession
where appropriate, as soon as possible;
4. Further invites States that are not parties to the
Convention to ratify or accede to it, as appropriate, without delay,
so that they may become Parties to the Protocol;
5. Requests the Chairman of the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice and the Chairman of the
Subsidiary Body for Implementation, taking into account the approved
programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999 and the related programme
of work of the secretariat,(2) to give
guidance to the secretariat on the preparatory work needed for
consideration by the Conference of the Parties, at its fourth
session, of the following matters, and to allocate work thereon to
the respective subsidiary bodies as appropriate:
(a) Determination of modalities, rules and guidelines as to how,
and which, additional human-induced activities related to changes in
greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks in the
agricultural soils and the land-use change and forestry categories
shall be added to, or subtracted from, the assigned amounts for
Parties to the Protocol included in Annex I to the Convention, as
provided for under Article 3, paragraph 4, of the
Protocol;
(b) Definition of relevant principles, modalities, rules and
guidelines, in particular for verification, reporting and
accountability of emissions trading, pursuant to Article 17 of the
Protocol;
(c) Elaboration of guidelines for any Party to the Protocol
included in Annex I to the Convention to transfer to, or acquire
from, any other such Party emission reduction units resulting from
projects aimed at reducing anthropogenic emissions by sources or
enhancing anthropogenic removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in any
sector of the economy, as provided for under Article 6 of the
Protocol;
(d) Consideration of and, as appropriate, action on suitable
methodologies to address the situation of Parties listed in Annex B
to the Protocol for which single projects would have a significant
proportional impact on emissions in the commitment
period;
(e) Analysis of the implications of Article 12, paragraph 10, of
the Protocol;
6. Invites the Chairman of the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice and the Chairman of the
Subsidiary Body for Implementation to make a joint proposal to those
bodies, at their eighth sessions, on the allocation to them of
preparatory work to enable the Conference of the Parties serving as
the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, at its first session
after the entry into force of the Protocol, to accomplish the tasks
assigned to it by the Protocol.
12th plenary meeting
11 December 1997
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE
CHANGE
The Parties to this Protocol,
Being Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change, hereinafter referred to as "the
Convention",
In pursuit of the ultimate objective of the Convention as
stated in its Article 2,
Recalling the provisions of the Convention,
Being guided by Article 3 of the Convention,
Pursuant to the Berlin Mandate adopted by decision 1/CP.1 of the
Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its first
session,
Have agreed as follows:
For the purposes of this Protocol, the definitions contained in
Article 1 of the Convention shall apply. In
addition:
1. "Conference of the Parties" means the Conference of the Parties
to the Convention.
2. "Convention" means the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, adopted in New York on 9 May 1992.
3. "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" means the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change established
in 1988 jointly by the World Meteorological Organization and
the United Nations Environment Programme.
4. "Montreal Protocol" means the Montreal Protocol on Substances
that Deplete the Ozone Layer, adopted in Montreal on 16
September 1987 and as subsequently adjusted and amended.
5. "Parties present and voting" means Parties present and casting
an affirmative or negative vote.
6. "Party" means, unless the context otherwise indicates, a Party
to this Protocol.
7. "Party included in Annex I" means a Party included in Annex I
to the Convention, as may be amended, or a Party which has made a
notification under Article 4, paragraph 2(g), of the
Convention.
1. Each Party included in Annex I, in achieving its quantified
emission limitation and reduction commitments under Article 3, in
order to promote sustainable development, shall:
(a) Implement and/or further elaborate policies and measures in
accordance with its national circumstances, such
as:
(i) Enhancement of energy efficiency in relevant sectors of the
national economy;
(ii) Protection and enhancement of sinks and reservoirs of
greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, taking
into account its commitments under relevant international
environmental agreements; promotion of sustainable forest management
practices, afforestation and reforestation;
(iii) Promotion of sustainable forms of agriculture in light of
climate change considerations;
(iv) Research on, and promotion, development and increased use of,
new and renewable forms of energy, of carbon dioxide
sequestration technologies and of advanced and innovative
environmentally sound technologies;
(v) Progressive reduction or phasing out of market imperfections,
fiscal incentives, tax and duty exemptions and subsidies in all
greenhouse gas emitting sectors that run counter to the
objective of the Convention and application of market
instruments;
(vi) Encouragement of appropriate reforms in relevant sectors
aimed at promoting policies and measures which limit or reduce
emissions of greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal
Protocol;
(vii) Measures to limit and/or reduce emissions of greenhouse
gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol in the transport
sector;
(viii) Limitation and/or reduction of methane emissions through
recovery and use in waste management, as well as in the production,
transport and distribution of energy;
(b) Cooperate with other such Parties to enhance the individual
and combined effectiveness of their policies and measures adopted
under this Article, pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 2(e)(i), of the
Convention. To this end, these Parties shall take steps to share
their experience and exchange information on such policies and
measures, including developing ways of improving their
comparability, transparency and effectiveness. The Conference of
the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this
Protocol shall, at its first session or as soon as practicable
thereafter, consider ways to facilitate such cooperation, taking into
account all relevant information.
2. The Parties included in Annex I shall pursue limitation or
reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases not controlled by the
Montreal Protocol from aviation and marine bunker fuels, working
through the International Civil Aviation Organization and the
International Maritime Organization, respectively.
3. The Parties included in Annex I shall strive to implement
policies and measures under this Article in such a way as to minimize
adverse effects, including the adverse effects of
climate change, effects on international trade, and social,
environmental and economic impacts on other Parties, especially
developing country Parties and in particular those identified in
Article 4, paragraphs 8 and 9, of the Convention, taking into account
Article 3 of the Convention. The Conference of the Parties
serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol may take
further action, as appropriate, to promote the implementation of the
provisions of this paragraph.
4. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, if it decides that it would be beneficial to coordinate any of the policies and measures in
paragraph 1(a) above, taking into account different national
circumstances and potential effects, shall consider ways and
means to elaborate the coordination of such policies and
measures.
1. The Parties included in Annex I shall, individually or jointly,
ensure that their aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide
equivalent emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex A
do not exceed their assigned amounts, calculated pursuant to their
quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments inscribed in
Annex B and in accordance with the provisions of this Article,
with a view to reducing their overall emissions of such gases by
at least 5 per cent below 1990 levels in the commitment period
2008 to 2012.
2. Each Party included in Annex I shall, by 2005, have made demonstrable progress in achieving its commitments under this Protocol.
3. The net changes in greenhouse gas emissions by sources and
removals by sinks resulting from direct human-induced land-use change
and forestry activities, limited to afforestation, reforestation and
deforestation since 1990, measured as verifiable changes in carbon
stocks in each commitment period, shall be used to meet the
commitments under this Article of each Party included in Annex I. The
greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks associated
with those activities shall be reported in a transparent and
verifiable manner and reviewed in accordance with Articles 7 and
8.
4. Prior to the first session of the Conference of the Parties
serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, each Party
included in Annex I shall provide, for consideration by the
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, data to
establish its level of carbon stocks in 1990 and to enable an
estimate to be made of its changes in carbon stocks in
subsequent years. The Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall, at its first session
or as soon as practicable thereafter, decide upon modalities, rules
and guidelines as to how, and which, additional human-induced
activities related to changes in greenhouse gas emissions by
sources and removals by sinks in the agricultural soils and the
land-use change and forestry categories shall be added to, or
subtracted from, the assigned amounts for Parties included in Annex
I, taking into account uncertainties, transparency in reporting,
verifiability, the methodological work of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, the advice provided by the Subsidiary
Body for Scientific and Technological Advice in accordance with
Article 5 and the decisions of the Conference of the Parties. Such a
decision shall apply in the second and subsequent commitment periods.
A Party may choose to apply such a decision on these additional
human-induced activities for its first commitment period, provided
that these activities have taken place since 1990.
5. The Parties included in Annex I undergoing the process of
transition to a market economy whose base year or period was
established pursuant to decision 9/CP.2 of the Conference of the
Parties at its second session shall use that base year or period for
the implementation of their commitments under this Article. Any other
Party included in Annex I undergoing the process of transition
to a market economy which has not yet submitted its
first national communication under Article 12 of the Convention
may also notify the Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol that it intends to use
an historical base year or period other than 1990 for the
implementation of its commitments under this Article. The Conference
of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol
shall decide on the acceptance of such notification.
6. Taking into account Article 4, paragraph 6, of the Convention,
in the implementation of their commitments under this Protocol
other than those under this Article, a certain degree
of flexibility shall be allowed by the Conference of the Parties
serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol to the Parties
included in Annex I undergoing the process of transition to a
market economy.
7. In the first quantified emission limitation and reduction commitment period, from
2008 to 2012, the assigned amount for each Party included in Annex
I shall be equal to the percentage inscribed for it in Annex B of its
aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the
greenhouse gases listed in Annex A in 1990, or the base year or
period determined in accordance with paragraph 5 above, multiplied by
five. Those Parties included in Annex I for whom land-use change and
forestry constituted a net source of greenhouse gas emissions in 1990
shall include in their 1990 emissions base year or period the
aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by
sources minus removals by sinks in 1990 from land-use change for the
purposes of calculating their assigned amount.
8. Any Party included in Annex I may use 1995 as its base year for
hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride, for
the purposes of the calculation referred to in paragraph 7
above.
9. Commitments for subsequent periods for Parties included in
Annex I shall be established in amendments to Annex B to this
Protocol, which shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of
Article 21, paragraph 7. The Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall initiate the
consideration of such commitments at least seven years before the end
of the first commitment period referred to in paragraph 1
above.
10. Any emission reduction units, or any part of an assigned
amount, which a Party acquires from another Party in accordance with
the provisions of Article 6 or of Article 17 shall be added to the
assigned amount for the acquiring Party.
11. Any emission reduction units, or any part of an assigned
amount, which a Party transfers to another Party in accordance with
the provisions of Article 6 or of Article 17 shall be subtracted from
the assigned amount for the transferring Party.
12. Any certified emission reductions which a Party acquires from
another Party in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 shall
be added to the assigned amount for the acquiring Party.
13. If the emissions of a Party included in Annex I in a
commitment period are less than its assigned amount under this
Article, this difference shall, on request of that Party, be added to
the assigned amount for that Party for subsequent commitment
periods.
14. Each Party included in Annex I shall strive to implement the commitments mentioned in paragraph 1 above in such a way as to minimize adverse social, environmental and economic impacts on developing country Parties, particularly those identified in Article 4, paragraphs 8 and 9, of the Convention. In line with relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties on the implementation of those paragraphs, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall, at its first session, consider what actions are necessary to minimize the adverse effects of climate change and/or the impacts of response measures on Parties referred to in those paragraphs. Among the issues to be considered shall be the establishment of funding, insurance and transfer of technology.
1. Any Parties included in Annex I that have reached an agreement
to fulfil their commitments under Article 3 jointly, shall be deemed
to have met those commitments provided that their total combined
aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the
greenhouse gases listed in Annex A do not exceed their assigned
amounts calculated pursuant to their quantified emission limitation
and reduction commitments inscribed in Annex B and in accordance with
the provisions of Article 3. The respective emission level allocated
to each of the Parties to the agreement shall be set out in that
agreement.
2. The Parties to any such agreement shall notify the secretariat of the terms of the
agreement on the date of deposit of their instruments of
ratification, acceptance or approval of this Protocol, or accession
thereto. The secretariat shall in turn inform the Parties and
signatories to the Convention of the terms of the
agreement.
3. Any such agreement shall remain in operation for the duration
of the commitment period specified in Article 3, paragraph
7.
4. If Parties acting jointly do so in the framework of, and together with, a regional
economic integration organization, any alteration in the
composition of the organization after adoption of this Protocol shall
not affect existing commitments under this Protocol. Any alteration
in the composition of the organization shall only apply for the
purposes of those commitments under Article 3 that are adopted
subsequent to that alteration.
5. In the event of failure by the Parties to such an agreement to achieve their total
combined level of emission reductions, each Party to that
agreement shall be responsible for its own level of emissions set out
in the agreement.
6. If Parties acting jointly do so in the framework of, and together with, a regional
economic integration organization which is itself a Party to this
Protocol, each member State of that regional economic integration
organization individually, and together with the regional economic
integration organization acting in accordance with Article 24, shall,
in the event of failure to achieve the total combined level of
emission reductions, be responsible for its level of emissions as
notified in accordance with this Article.
1. Each Party included in Annex I shall have in place, no later
than one year prior to the start of the first commitment period, a
national system for the estimation of anthropogenic emissions by
sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled
by the Montreal Protocol. Guidelines for such national systems, which
shall incorporate the methodologies specified in paragraph 2 below,
shall be decided upon by the Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol at its first
session.
2. Methodologies for estimating anthropogenic emissions by sources
and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the
Montreal Protocol shall be those accepted by the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change and agreed upon by the Conference of the
Parties at its third session. Where such methodologies are not used,
appropriate adjustments shall be applied according to methodologies
agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting
of the Parties to this Protocol at its first session. Based on the
work of, inter alia, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change and advice provided by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice, the Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall regularly review and,
as appropriate, revise such methodologies and adjustments, taking
fully into account any relevant decisions by the Conference of the
Parties. Any revision to methodologies or adjustments shall be used
only for the purposes of ascertaining compliance with commitments
under Article 3 in respect of any commitment period adopted
subsequent to that revision.
3. The global warming potentials used to calculate the carbon dioxide equivalence of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases listed in Annex A shall be those accepted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties at its third session. Based on the work of, inter alia, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and advice provided by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall regularly review and, as appropriate, revise the global warming potential of each such greenhouse gas, taking fully into account any relevant decisions by the Conference of the Parties. Any revision to a global warming potential shall apply only to commitments under Article 3 in respect of any commitment period adopted subsequent to that revision.
1. For the purpose of meeting its commitments under Article 3, any Party included in
Annex I may transfer to, or acquire from, any other such Party
emission reduction units resulting from projects aimed at reducing
anthropogenic emissions by sources or enhancing anthropogenic
removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in any sector of the economy,
provided that:
(a) Any such project has the approval of the Parties
involved;
(b) Any such project provides a reduction in emissions by sources,
or an enhancement of removals by sinks, that is additional to any
that would otherwise occur;
(c) It does not acquire any emission reduction units if it is not
in compliance with its obligations under Articles 5 and 7;
and
(d) The acquisition of emission reduction units shall be
supplemental to domestic actions for the purposes of meeting
commitments under Article 3.
2. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol may, at its first session or as soon as
practicable thereafter, further elaborate guidelines for the
implementation of this Article, including for verification and
reporting.
3. A Party included in Annex I may authorize legal entities to
participate, under its responsibility, in actions leading to the
generation, transfer or acquisition under this Article of emission
reduction units.
4. If a question of implementation by a Party included in Annex I of the requirements referred to in this Article is identified in accordance with the relevant provisions of
Article 8, transfers and acquisitions of emission reduction units
may continue to be made after the question has been identified,
provided that any such units may not be used by a Party to meet its
commitments under Article 3 until any issue of compliance is
resolved.
1. Each Party included in Annex I shall incorporate in its annual
inventory of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks
of greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol,
submitted in accordance with the relevant decisions of the Conference
of the Parties, the necessary supplementary information for the
purposes of ensuring compliance with Article 3, to be determined in
accordance with paragraph 4 below.
2. Each Party included in Annex I shall incorporate in its
national communication, submitted under Article 12 of the Convention,
the supplementary information necessary to demonstrate compliance
with its commitments under this Protocol, to be determined in
accordance with paragraph 4 below.
3. Each Party included in Annex I shall submit the information required under
paragraph 1 above annually, beginning with the first inventory due
under the Convention for the first year of the commitment period
after this Protocol has entered into force for that Party. Each such
Party shall submit the information required under paragraph 2 above
as part of the first national communication due under the Convention
after this Protocol has entered into force for it and after the
adoption of guidelines as provided for in paragraph 4 below. The
frequency of subsequent submission of information required under this
Article shall be determined by the Conference of the Parties serving
as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, taking into account
any timetable for the submission of national communications decided
upon by the Conference of the Parties.
4. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol shall adopt at its first session, and review
periodically thereafter, guidelines for the preparation of the
information required under this Article, taking into account
guidelines for the preparation of national communications by Parties
included in Annex I adopted by the Conference of the Parties. The
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol shall also, prior to the first commitment period,
decide upon modalities for the accounting of assigned
amounts.
1. The information submitted under Article 7 by each Party
included in Annex I shall be reviewed by expert review teams pursuant
to the relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties and in
accordance with guidelines adopted for this purpose by the Conference
of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol
under paragraph 4 below. The information submitted under Article 7,
paragraph 1, by each Party included in Annex I shall be reviewed as
part of the annual compilation and accounting of emissions
inventories and assigned amounts. Additionally, the information
submitted under Article 7, paragraph 2, by each Party included in
Annex I shall be reviewed as part of the review of
communications.
2. Expert review teams shall be coordinated by the secretariat and
shall be composed of experts selected from those nominated by Parties
to the Convention and, as appropriate, by intergovernmental
organizations, in accordance with guidance provided for this purpose
by the Conference of the Parties.
3. The review process shall provide a thorough and comprehensive technical assessment
of all aspects of the implementation by a Party of this Protocol.
The expert review teams shall prepare a report to the Conference of
the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this
Protocol, assessing the implementation of the
commitments of the Party and identifying any potential problems in,
and factors influencing, the fulfilment of commitments. Such reports
shall be circulated by the secretariat to all Parties to the
Convention. The secretariat shall list those questions of
implementation indicated in such reports for further consideration by
the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties
to this Protocol.
4. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol shall adopt at its first session, and review
periodically thereafter, guidelines for the review of implementation
of this Protocol by expert review teams taking into account the
relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties.
5. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol shall, with the assistance of the Subsidiary
Body for Implementation and, as appropriate, the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice, consider:
(a) The information submitted by Parties under Article 7 and the
reports of the expert reviews thereon conducted under this Article;
and
(b) Those questions of implementation listed by the secretariat under
paragraph 3 above, as well as any questions raised by
Parties.
6. Pursuant to its consideration of the information referred to in
paragraph 5 above, the Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall take decisions on any
matter required for the implementation of this Protocol.
1. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall periodically review this Protocol in the light of the best available scientific information and assessments on climate change and its impacts, as well as relevant technical, social and economic information. Such reviews shall be coordinated with pertinent reviews under the Convention, in particular those required by Article 4, paragraph 2(d), and Article 7,
paragraph 2(a), of the Convention. Based on these reviews, the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol shall take appropriate action.
2. The first review shall take place at the second session of the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol. Further reviews shall take place at regular intervals
and in a timely manner.
All Parties, taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities and
their specific national and regional development priorities,
objectives and circumstances, without introducing any new commitments
for Parties not included in Annex I, but reaffirming existing
commitments under Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention, and
continuing to advance the implementation of these commitments in
order to achieve sustainable development, taking into account Article
4, paragraphs 3, 5 and 7, of the Convention, shall:
(a) Formulate, where relevant and to the extent possible, cost-effective national
and, where appropriate, regional programmes to improve the quality
of local emission factors, activity data and/or models which reflect
the socio-economic conditions of each Party for the preparation and
periodic updating of national inventories of anthropogenic emissions
by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not
controlled by the Montreal Protocol, using comparable methodologies
to be agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties, and consistent
with the guidelines for the preparation of national communications
adopted by the Conference of the Parties;
(b) Formulate, implement, publish and regularly update national
and, where appropriate, regional programmes containing measures to
mitigate climate change and measures to facilitate adequate
adaptation to climate change:
(i) Such programmes would, inter alia, concern
the energy, transport and industry sectors as well as agriculture,
forestry and waste management. Furthermore, adaptation technologies
and methods for improving spatial planning would improve adaptation
to climate change; and
(ii) Parties included in Annex I shall submit information on
action under this Protocol, including national programmes, in
accordance with Article 7; and other Parties shall seek to include in
their national communications, as appropriate, information on
programmes which contain measures that the Party believes contribute
to addressing climate change and its adverse impacts, including the
abatement of increases in greenhouse gas emissions, and enhancement
of and removals by sinks, capacity building and adaptation
measures;
(c) Cooperate in the promotion of effective modalities for the development, application and diffusion of, and take all practicable steps to promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate, the transfer of, or access to, environmentally sound technologies, know-how, practices and processes pertinent to climate change, in particular to developing countries, including the formulation of policies and programmes for the effective transfer of
environmentally sound technologies that are publicly owned or in
the public domain and the creation of an enabling environment for the
private sector, to promote and enhance the transfer of, and access
to, environmentally sound technologies;
(d) Cooperate in scientific and technical research and promote the
maintenance and the development of systematic observation systems and
development of data archives to reduce uncertainties related to the
climate system, the adverse impacts of climate change and the
economic and social consequences of various response strategies, and
promote the development and strengthening of endogenous capacities
and capabilities to participate in international and
intergovernmental efforts, programmes and networks on research and
systematic observation, taking into account Article 5 of the
Convention;
(e) Cooperate in and promote at the international level, and, where appropriate,
using existing bodies, the development and implementation of
education and training programmes, including the strengthening of
national capacity building, in particular human and institutional
capacities and the exchange or secondment of personnel to train
experts in this field, in particular for developing countries, and
facilitate at the national level public awareness of, and public
access to information on, climate change. Suitable modalities should
be developed to implement these activities through the relevant
bodies of the Convention, taking into account Article 6 of the
Convention;
(f) Include in their national communications information on
programmes and activities undertaken pursuant to this Article in
accordance with relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties;
and
(g) Give full consideration, in implementing the commitments under
this Article, to Article 4, paragraph 8, of the
Convention.
1. In the implementation of Article 10, Parties shall
take into account the provisions of Article 4, paragraphs 4, 5, 7, 8
and 9, of the Convention.
2. In the context of the implementation of Article 4, paragraph 1,
of the Convention, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4,
paragraph 3, and Article 11 of the Convention, and through the entity
or entities entrusted with the operation of the financial mechanism
of the Convention, the developed country Parties and other developed
Parties included in Annex II to the Convention shall:
(a) Provide new and additional financial resources to meet the agreed full costs incurred by developing country Parties in advancing the implementation of existing commitments under Article 4, paragraph 1(a), of the Convention that are covered in
Article 10, subparagraph (a); and
(b) Also provide such financial resources, including for the
transfer of technology, needed by the developing country Parties to
meet the agreed full incremental costs of advancing the
implementation of existing commitments under Article 4, paragraph 1,
of the Convention that are covered by Article 10 and that are agreed
between a developing country Party and the international entity or
entities referred to in Article 11 of the Convention, in accordance
with that Article.
The implementation of these existing commitments shall take into
account the need for adequacy and predictability in the flow of funds
and the importance of appropriate burden sharing among developed
country Parties. The guidance to the entity or entities entrusted
with the operation of the financial mechanism of the Convention in
relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties, including those
agreed before the adoption of this Protocol, shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the provisions of this paragraph.
3. The developed country Parties and other developed Parties in Annex II to the
Convention may also provide, and developing country Parties avail
themselves of, financial resources for the implementation of Article
10, through bilateral, regional and other multilateral
channels.
1. A clean development mechanism is hereby defined.
2. The purpose of the clean development mechanism shall be to
assist Parties not included in Annex I in achieving sustainable
development and in contributing to the ultimate objective of the
Convention, and to assist Parties included in Annex I in achieving
compliance with their quantified emission limitation and reduction
commitments under Article 3.
3. Under the clean development mechanism:
(a) Parties not included in Annex I will benefit from project
activities resulting in certified emission reductions;
and
(b) Parties included in Annex I may use the certified emission
reductions accruing from such project activities to contribute to
compliance with part of their quantified emission limitation and
reduction commitments under Article 3, as determined by the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol.
4. The clean development mechanism shall be subject to the
authority and guidance of the Conference of the Parties serving as
the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol and be supervised by an
executive board of the clean development mechanism.
5. Emission reductions resulting from each project activity shall
be certified by operational entities to be designated by the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol, on the basis of:
(a) Voluntary participation approved by each Party
involved;
(b) Real, measurable, and long-term benefits related to the
mitigation of climate change; and
(c) Reductions in emissions that are additional to any that would
occur in the absence of the certified project activity.
6. The clean development mechanism shall assist in arranging
funding of certified project activities as necessary.
7. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol shall, at its first session, elaborate
modalities and procedures with the objective of ensuring
transparency, efficiency and accountability through independent
auditing and verification of project activities.
8. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol shall ensure that a share of the proceeds
from certified project activities is used to cover administrative
expenses as well as to assist developing country Parties that are
particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change to
meet the costs of adaptation.
9. Participation under the clean development mechanism, including
in activities mentioned in paragraph 3(a) above and in the
acquisition of certified emission reductions, may involve private
and/or public entities, and is to be subject to whatever guidance may
be provided by the executive board of the clean development
mechanism.
10. Certified emission reductions obtained during the period from
the year 2000 up to the beginning of the first commitment period can
be used to assist in achieving compliance in the first commitment
period.
1. The Conference of the Parties, the supreme body of the Convention, shall serve as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol.
2. Parties to the Convention that are not Parties to this Protocol may participate as
observers in the proceedings of any session of the Conference of
the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol.
When the Conference of the Parties serves as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol, decisions under this Protocol shall be
taken only by those that are Parties to this Protocol.
3. When the Conference of the Parties serves as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol, any member of the Bureau of the Conference
of the Parties representing a Party to the Convention but, at that
time, not a Party to this Protocol, shall be replaced by an
additional member to be elected by and from amongst the Parties to
this Protocol.
4. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol shall keep under regular review the
implementation of this Protocol and shall make, within its mandate,
the decisions necessary to promote its effective implementation. It
shall perform the functions assigned to it by this Protocol and
shall:
(a) Assess, on the basis of all information made available to it in accordance with
the provisions of this Protocol, the implementation of this
Protocol by the Parties, the overall effects of the measures taken
pursuant to this Protocol, in particular environmental, economic and
social effects as well as their cumulative impacts and the extent to
which progress towards the objective of the Convention is being
achieved;
(b) Periodically examine the obligations of the Parties under this
Protocol, giving due consideration to any reviews required by Article
4, paragraph 2(d), and Article 7, paragraph 2, of the Convention, in
the light of the objective of the Convention, the experience gained
in its implementation and the evolution of scientific and
technological knowledge, and in this respect consider and adopt
regular reports on the implementation of this Protocol;
(c) Promote and facilitate the exchange of information on measures
adopted by the Parties to address climate change and its effects,
taking into account the differing circumstances, responsibilities and
capabilities of the Parties and their respective commitments under
this Protocol;
(d) Facilitate, at the request of two or more Parties, the
coordination of measures adopted by them to address climate change
and its effects, taking into account the differing circumstances,
responsibilities and capabilities of the Parties and their respective
commitments under this Protocol;
(e) Promote and guide, in accordance with the objective of the
Convention and the provisions of this Protocol, and taking fully into
account the relevant decisions by the Conference of the Parties, the
development and periodic refinement of comparable methodologies for
the effective implementation of this Protocol, to be agreed on by the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol;
(f) Make recommendations on any matters necessary for the
implementation of this Protocol;
(g) Seek to mobilize additional financial resources in accordance with
Article 11, paragraph 2;
(h) Establish such subsidiary bodies as are deemed necessary for
the implementation of this Protocol;
(i) Seek and utilize, where appropriate, the services and
cooperation of, and information provided by, competent international
organizations and intergovernmental and non-governmental bodies;
and
(j) Exercise such other functions as may be required for the
implementation of this Protocol, and consider any assignment
resulting from a decision by the Conference of the
Parties.
5. The rules of procedure of the Conference of the Parties and
financial procedures applied under the Convention shall be applied
mutatis mutandis under this Protocol, except as may be
otherwise decided by consensus by the Conference of the Parties
serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol.
6. The first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as
the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall be convened by the
secretariat in conjunction with the first session of the Conference
of the Parties that is scheduled after the date of the entry into
force of this Protocol. Subsequent ordinary sessions of the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol shall be held every year and in conjunction with
ordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties, unless otherwise
decided by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of
the Parties to this Protocol.
7. Extraordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol shall be held at such other times as may
be deemed necessary by the Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, or at the written request of
any Party, provided that, within six months of the request being
communicated to the Parties by the secretariat, it is supported by at
least one third of the Parties.
8. The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy
Agency, as well as any State member thereof or observers thereto not party to the Convention, may be represented at sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol as observers. Any body or agency, whether national or international, governmental or non-governmental, which is qualified in matters covered by this Protocol and which has informed the secretariat of its wish to be represented at a session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol as an observer, may be so admitted unless at least one third of the Parties present object. The admission and participation of observers shall be subject to the rules of procedure, as referred to in
paragraph 5 above.
1. The secretariat established by Article 8 of the Convention
shall serve as the secretariat of this Protocol.
2. Article 8, paragraph 2, of the Convention on the functions of the secretariat, and
Article 8, paragraph 3, of the Convention on arrangements made for
the functioning of the secretariat, shall apply mutatis
mutandis to this Protocol. The secretariat shall, in addition,
exercise the functions assigned to it under this
Protocol.
1. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and
the Subsidiary Body for Implementation established by Articles 9 and
10 of the Convention shall serve as, respectively, the Subsidiary
Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body
for Implementation of this Protocol. The provisions relating to the
functioning of these two bodies under the Convention shall apply
mutatis mutandis to this Protocol. Sessions of the meetings
of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and
the Subsidiary Body for Implementation of this Protocol shall be held
in conjunction with the meetings of, respectively, the Subsidiary
Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body
for Implementation of the Convention.
2. Parties to the Convention that are not Parties to this Protocol
may participate as observers in the proceedings of any session of the
subsidiary bodies. When the subsidiary bodies serve as the subsidiary
bodies of this Protocol, decisions under this Protocol shall be taken
only by those that are Parties to this Protocol.
3. When the subsidiary bodies established by Articles 9 and 10 of the Convention exercise their functions with regard to matters concerning this Protocol, any member of the Bureaux of those subsidiary bodies representing a Party to the Convention but, at that time, not a party to this Protocol, shall be replaced by an additional member to be elected by and from amongst the Parties to this Protocol.
The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol shall, as soon as practicable, consider the
application to this Protocol of, and modify as appropriate, the
multilateral consultative process referred to in Article 13 of the
Convention, in the light of any relevant decisions that may be taken
by the Conference of the Parties. Any multilateral consultative
process that may be applied to this Protocol shall operate without
prejudice to the procedures and mechanisms established in accordance
with Article 18.
The Conference of the Parties shall define the relevant principles, modalities, rules and guidelines, in particular for verification, reporting and accountability for emissions trading. The Parties included in Annex B may participate in emissions trading for the purposes of fulfilling their commitments under Article 3. Any such trading shall be supplemental to domestic actions for the purpose of meeting quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments under that Article.
The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall, at its first session, approve appropriate and effective procedures and mechanisms to determine and to address cases of non-compliance with the provisions of this Protocol, including through the development of an indicative list of consequences, taking into account the cause, type, degree and frequency of non-compliance. Any procedures and mechanisms under this Article entailing binding consequences shall be adopted by means of an amendment to this Protocol.
The provisions of Article 14 of the Convention on settlement of disputes shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Protocol.
1. Any Party may propose amendments to this Protocol.
2. Amendments to this Protocol shall be adopted at an ordinary
session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of
the Parties to this Protocol. The text of any proposed amendment to
this Protocol shall be communicated to the Parties by the secretariat
at least six months before the meeting at which it is proposed for
adoption. The secretariat shall also communicate the text of any
proposed amendments to the Parties and signatories to the Convention
and, for information, to the Depositary.
3. The Parties shall make every effort to reach agreement on any
proposed amendment to this Protocol by consensus. If all efforts at
consensus have been exhausted, and no agreement reached, the
amendment shall as a last resort be adopted by a three-fourths
majority vote of the Parties present and voting at the meeting. The
adopted amendment shall be communicated by the secretariat to the
Depositary, who shall circulate it to all Parties for their
acceptance.
4. Instruments of acceptance in respect of an amendment shall be
deposited with the Depositary. An amendment adopted in accordance
with paragraph 3 above shall enter into force for those Parties
having accepted it on the ninetieth day after the date of receipt by
the Depositary of an instrument of acceptance by at least three
fourths of the Parties to this Protocol.
5. The amendment shall enter into force for any other Party on the
ninetieth day after the date on which that Party deposits with the
Depositary its instrument of acceptance of the said
amendment.
1. Annexes to this Protocol shall form an integral part
thereof and, unless otherwise expressly provided, a reference to this
Protocol constitutes at the same time a reference to any annexes
thereto. Any annexes adopted after the entry into force of this
Protocol shall be restricted to lists, forms and any other material
of a descriptive nature that is of a scientific, technical,
procedural or administrative character.
2. Any Party may make proposals for an annex to this Protocol and
may propose amendments to annexes to this Protocol.
3. Annexes to this Protocol and amendments to annexes to this Protocol shall be adopted at an ordinary session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol. The text of any proposed annex or amendment to an annex shall be communicated to the Parties by the secretariat at least six months before the meeting at which it is proposed for adoption. The secretariat shall also communicate the text of any proposed annex or amendment to an annex to the Parties and signatories to the Convention and, for information, to the Depositary.
4. The Parties shall make every effort to reach agreement on any
proposed annex or amendment to an annex by consensus. If all efforts
at consensus have been exhausted, and no agreement reached, the annex
or amendment to an annex shall as a last resort be adopted by a
three-fourths majority vote of the Parties present and voting at the
meeting. The adopted annex or amendment to an annex shall be
communicated by the secretariat to the Depositary, who shall
circulate it to all Parties for their acceptance.
5. An annex, or amendment to an annex other than Annex A or B,
that has been adopted in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 above
shall enter into force for all Parties to this Protocol six months
after the date of the communication by the Depositary to such Parties
of the adoption of the annex or adoption of the amendment to the
annex, except for those Parties that have notified the Depositary, in
writing, within that period of their non-acceptance of the annex or
amendment to the annex. The annex or amendment to an annex shall
enter into force for Parties which withdraw their notification of
non-acceptance on the ninetieth day after the date on which
withdrawal of such notification has been received by the
Depositary.
6. If the adoption of an annex or an amendment to an annex
involves an amendment to this Protocol, that annex or amendment to an
annex shall not enter into force until such time as the amendment to
this Protocol enters into force.
7. Amendments to Annexes A and B to this Protocol shall be adopted
and enter into force in accordance with the procedure set out in
Article 20, provided that any amendment to Annex B shall be adopted
only with the written consent of the Party
concerned.
1. Each Party shall have one vote, except as provided for in
paragraph 2 below.
2. Regional economic integration organizations, in matters within
their competence, shall exercise their right to vote with a number of
votes equal to the number of their member States that are Parties to
this Protocol. Such an organization shall not exercise its right to
vote if any of its member States exercises its right, and vice
versa.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the
Depositary of this Protocol.
1. This Protocol shall be open for signature and subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States and regional economic integration organizations which are Parties to the Convention. It shall be open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York from
16 March 1998 to 15 March 1999. This Protocol shall be open for
accession from the day after the date on which it is closed for
signature. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or
accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.
2. Any regional economic integration organization which becomes a
Party to this Protocol without any of its member States being a Party
shall be bound by all the obligations under this Protocol. In the
case of such organizations, one or more of whose member States is a
Party to this Protocol, the organization and its member States shall
decide on their respective responsibilities for the performance of
their obligations under this Protocol. In such cases, the
organization and the member States shall not be entitled to exercise
rights under this Protocol concurrently.
3. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, regional economic integration organizations shall declare the extent of their competence with respect to the matters governed by this Protocol. These organizations shall also inform the Depositary, who shall in turn inform the Parties, of any substantial modification in the extent of their competence.
1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after
the date on which not less than 55 Parties to the Convention,
incorporating Parties included in Annex I which accounted in total
for at least 55 per cent of the total carbon dioxide emissions for
1990 of the Parties included in Annex I, have deposited their
instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or
accession.
2. For the purposes of this Article, "the total carbon dioxide
emissions for 1990 of the Parties included in Annex I" means the
amount communicated on or before the date of adoption of this
Protocol by the Parties included in Annex I in their first national
communications submitted in accordance with Article 12 of the
Convention.
3. For each State or regional economic integration organization that ratifies, accepts or
approves this Protocol or accedes thereto after the conditions set
out in paragraph 1 above for entry into force have been fulfilled,
this Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day following
the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance,
approval or accession.
4. For the purposes of this Article, any instrument deposited by a regional economic
integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by States members of the organization.
No reservations may be made to this Protocol.
1. At any time after three years from the date on which this
Protocol has entered into force for a Party, that Party may withdraw
from this Protocol by giving written notification to the
Depositary.
2. Any such withdrawal shall take effect upon expiry of one year
from the date of receipt by the Depositary of the notification of
withdrawal, or on such later date as may be specified in the
notification of withdrawal.
3. Any Party that withdraws from the Convention shall be
considered as also having withdrawn from this Protocol.
The original of this Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the
United Nations.
DONE at Kyoto this eleventh day of December one thousand nine hundred and
ninety-seven.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized to that effect, have affixed their signatures to this Protocol on the dates indicated.
Greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Methane (CH4)
Nitrous oxide (N2O)
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)
Sectors/source categories
Energy
Fuel combustion
Energy industries
Manufacturing industries and construction
Transport
Other sectors
Other
Fugitive emissions from fuels
Solid fuels
Oil and natural gas
Other
Industrial processes
Mineral products
Chemical industry
Metal production
Other production
Production of halocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride
Consumption of halocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride
Other
Solvent and other product use
Agriculture
Enteric fermentation
Manure management
Rice cultivation
Agricultural soils
Prescribed burning of savannas
Field burning of agricultural residues
Other
Waste
Solid waste disposal on land
Wastewater handling
Waste incineration
Other
Party Quantified emission limitation or
reduction commitment
(percentage of base year or period)
Australia 108
Austria 92
Belgium 92
Bulgaria* 92
Canada 94
Croatia* 95
Czech Republic* 92
Denmark 92
Estonia* 92
European Community 92
Finland 92
France 92
Germany 92
Greece 92
Hungary* 94
Iceland 110
Ireland 92
Italy 92
Japan 94
Latvia* 92
Liechtenstein 92
Lithuania* 92
Luxembourg 92
Monaco 92
Netherlands 92
New Zealand 100
Norway 101
Poland* 94
Portugal 92
Romania* 92
Russian Federation* 100
Slovakia* 92
Slovenia* 92
Spain 92
Sweden 92
Switzerland 92
Ukraine* 100
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 92
United States of America 93
* Countries that are undergoing the process of transition to a market economy.
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling its decisions 4/CP.1 and 9/CP.2,
Endorsing the relevant conclusions of the Subsidiary Body
for Scientific and Technological Advice at its fourth
session,(3)
1. Reaffirms that Parties should use the Revised 1996 Guidelines for National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to
estimate and report on anthropogenic emissions by sources and
removals by sinks of greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal
Protocol;
2. Affirms that the actual emissions of
hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride should
be estimated, where data are available, and used for the reporting of
emissions. Parties should make every effort to develop the necessary
sources of data;
3. Reaffirms that global warming potentials used by
Parties should be those provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change in its Second Assessment Report ("1995 IPCC GWP
values") based on the effects of the greenhouse gases over a 100-year
time horizon, taking into account the inherent and complicated
uncertainties involved in global warming potential estimates. In
addition, for information purposes only, Parties may also use another
time horizon, as provided in the Second Assessment
Report;
4. Recalls that, under the Revised 1996 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas
Inventories of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
emissions based upon fuel sold to ships or aircraft engaged in
international transport should not be included in national totals,
but reported separately; and urges the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice to further elaborate on the
inclusion of these emissions in the overall greenhouse gas
inventories of Parties;
5. Decides that emissions resulting from multilateral operations pursuant to the
Charter of the United Nations shall not be included in national
totals, but reported separately; other emissions related to
operations shall be included in the national emissions totals of one
or more Parties involved.
12th plenary meeting
11 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Noting the provisions of Article 4, paragraphs 8 and 9,
of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change,
Noting further the provisions of Article 3 of the
Convention and of the "Berlin Mandate" in its paragraph
1(b),(4)
1. Requests the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, at its eighth session, to undertake a process to identify and determine actions necessary to meet the specific needs of developing country Parties, specified under Article 4, paragraphs 8 and 9, of the Convention, arising from adverse effects of climate change and/or the impact of the implementation of response measures. Issues to be considered shall include actions related to funding, insurance and transfer of technology;
2. Further requests the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation to report to the Conference of the Parties, at its
fourth session, on the outcome of this process;
3. Invites the Conference of the Parties, at its fourth
session, to take a decision on actions based on the conclusions and
recommendations of this process.
12th plenary meeting
11 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling Article 4.2 (f) of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change,
Having reviewed available information regarding amendments to the lists in Annexes I and II to the Convention,
Noting that the Parties concerned have granted their
approval to be included in the list in Annex I to the
Convention,
Bearing in mind the procedure in Article 4.2
(f) of the Convention,
1. Decides to amend the list in Annex I to the Convention
by:
(a) Deleting the name of Czechoslovakia;
(b) Including the names of Croatia(5), the Czech Republica, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovakiaa and Sloveniaa;
2. Notes that the entry into force of these amendments to the list included in
Annex I to the Convention shall be subject to the same procedure
as that for the entry into force of annexes to the Convention in
accordance with Article 16.3 of the Convention.
12th plenary meeting
11 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling Article 7.4 of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 40/243 of 18
December 1985,
Having received an offer from the Government of Argentina
to host the fourth session of the Conference of the Parties in Buenos
Aires and to cover the related costs involved,
1. Accepts with gratitude the generous offer of the
Government of Argentina to host the fourth session of the Conference
of the Parties;
2. Decides that the fourth session of the Conference of the Parties shall be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 2 to 13 November 1998;
3. Requests the Executive Secretary to conclude a host
country agreement with the Government of Argentina on arrangements
for the fourth session of the Conference of the Parties.
5th plenary meeting
5 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling the relevant provisions of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, its decision 2/CP.1 on review
of first communications from the Parties included in Annex I to the
Convention, decision 3/CP.1 on preparation and submission of national
communications from the Parties included in Annex I to the
Convention, decision 4/CP.1 on methodological issues and
decision 9/CP.2 on the guidelines, schedule and process for
consideration of communications from Parties included in Annex I to
the Convention,
Having considered the relevant recommendations of the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice and those of the Subsidiary
Body for Implementation,
1. Calls upon the Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (Annex I Parties), when submitting annually national greenhouse gas inventories, to follow the relevant parts of the
revised UNFCCC guidelines for the preparation of national
communications by Annex I Parties, as well as the relevant
conclusions of the fourth session of the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice;
2. Requests the Convention secretariat:
(a) To prepare a full compilation and synthesis of second national
communications from Annex I Parties for consideration at its fourth
session;
(b) To collect, process and publish, on a regular basis, national
greenhouse gas inventories submitted annually by Annex I Parties in
accordance with decision 9/CP.2. In those years when the compilation
and synthesis of national communications is prepared inventory data
should be included. Publication of inventory data may be accompanied
by relevant documentation prepared by the secretariat, for example,
on evaluating compliance with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change guidelines or addressing methodological or other issues
related to reporting greenhouse gas emissions. It may also include or
refer to relevant data from authoritative sources;
3. Decides that:
(a) In-depth reviews of second national communications from Annex
I Parties should, as a general rule, include visits of review teams
co-ordinated by the secretariat, based on the schedule of these
reviews and on a visit programme agreed between the host countries
and the secretariat. Parties concerned are urged to submit their
comments on the draft in-depth review reports produced by the review
teams, if possible not later than eight weeks following receipt of
the drafts;
(b) Executive summaries of national communications will be
published in their original language as official UNFCCC documents,
and also translated into the other official languages of the United
Nations if they are less than 15 pages long in standard format. Full
texts of the in-depth review reports will be published as official
UNFCCC documents and translated into the other official languages of
the United Nations.
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Reaffirming its decision 6/CP.2, paragraph 5, in which it urged continuing
cooperation between the Convention bodies and the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
1. Expresses appreciation to the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change for its contribution to the Convention process,
particularly through its prompt response to requests from the
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice for technical
papers, special reports and Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas
Inventories, as well as for its plans for the preparation of the
Third Assessment Report; and, in this connection, requests
the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice to give
further consideration to issues related to the work of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and to formulate
policy-relevant questions which should be addressed in the Third
Assessment Report;
2. Thanks the Chairman Emeritus of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, Professor Bert Bolin, for his outstanding
work and his valuable scientific contribution to the Convention
process;
3. Invites the subsidiary bodies of the Convention, in
particular the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological
Advice, to continue their cooperation with the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change.
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling Article 4.1(g) and Article 5 of the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
Noting the importance of the observations, analysis and
research relevant to the various components of the climate
system,
1. Expresses appreciation of the work carried out by the relevant intergovernmental
organizations, particularly the development of such observational
programmes as the Global Climate Observing System, the Global Ocean
Observing System and the Global Terrestrial Observing
System;
2. Recognizes the concerns raised by the relevant
intergovernmental organizations with regard to the long-term
sustainability of these observational systems;
3. Urges Parties to provide the necessary resources to
reverse the decline in the existing observational networks and to
support the regional and global observational systems being developed
under the Global Climate Observing System, the Global Ocean Observing
System and the Global Terrestrial Observing System, through
appropriate funding mechanisms;
4. Requests the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice, with the assistance of the secretariat and in
consultation with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to
consider the adequacy of these observational systems and to report on
its conclusions to the Conference of the Parties at its fourth
session.
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling the relevant provisions of the programme for the further implementation of Agenda 21 on the transfer of environmentally sound technologies adopted by the
United Nations General Assembly at its nineteenth special
session,
Noting the role of the public and private sectors in
developing and disseminating environmentally sound and economically
viable technologies related to the mitigation of, and adaptation to,
climate change,
Recognizing the progress made by countries in fostering
the institutional and regulatory environment necessary for the
introduction of environmentally sound technologies and the need for
continued efforts by Parties to remove existing market barriers to
technology dissemination,
Recalling its decisions 13/CP.1 and 7/CP.2 on transfer of
technology,
Having considered the progress reports presented by the
Convention secretariat on the development and transfer of
technology,(6)
1. Reaffirms its decisions 13/CP.1 and 7/CP.2 on transfer
of technology;
2. Requests the Convention secretariat:
(a) To continue its work on the synthesis and dissemination of
information on environmentally sound technologies and know-how
conducive to mitigating, and adapting to, climate change; for
example, by accelerating the development of methodologies for
adaptation technologies, in particular decision tools to evaluate
alternative adaptation strategies, bearing in mind the work programme
on methodological issues approved by the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice at its sixth
session;(7)
(b) To consult with the Global Environment Facility and other
relevant international organizations, and solicit information on
their capabilities and abilities to support the work of (an)
international technology information centre(s), as well as national
and regional centres, and to enhance support for national and
regional centres, and to report to the Subsidiary Body for Scientific
and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation
on its findings;
(c) To consider specific case studies, as part of its work on
terms of transfer of technologies, drawing on the experience of
Parties, including demonstration projects, with the aim of evaluating
barriers to the introduction and implementation of environmentally
sound technologies and know-how, and of promoting their practical
application;
3. Requests the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to
consider options for funding (an) international technology
information centre(s) and enhancing support for national or regional
centres;
4. Requests the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice to forward any conclusions regarding
technology information centres and enhancing support
for national or regional centres to the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation for consideration;
5. Urges Parties:
(a) To create an enabling environment to help further stimulate
private-sector investment in, and transfer of, environmentally sound
technologies; and
(b) To improve reporting in national communications on technology
needs and technology transfer activities, as indicated in the
reporting guidelines adopted by the Parties.
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Acknowledging the contributions of the Parties which
submitted reports on activities implemented jointly under the pilot
phase,
Noting the progress made in the pilot phase as evidenced
in the synthesis report on activities implemented
jointly(8) and the concise update on
contact and activity
information,(9)
1. Takes note of the synthesis report on activities
implemented jointly;1
2. Reaffirms its decision 5/CP.1 on activities
implemented jointly under the pilot phase;
3. Adopts the uniform reporting format contained in the
report of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
on the work of its fifth session,(10)
and invites Parties to report in accordance with that format
and to provide inputs to the secretariat on their experience in using
it, so that, if necessary, changes can be incorporated.
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties
1. Takes note of the review process undertaken by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation in accordance with decision 11/CP.2;
2. Decides to continue the review process through the
Subsidiary Body for Implementation, in accordance with the criteria
established in the guidelines adopted by the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation at its fifth
session;(11)
3. Reaffirms its decision 9/CP.1;
4. Requests the secretariat to report to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation in accordance with paragraph 2 above.
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties
1. 1. Takes note of the approval by the Council of the
Global Environment Facility of the annex to the Memorandum of
Understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council
of the Global Environment Facility;
2. Decides to approve the annex to the Memorandum of
Understanding, thereby bringing it into force.
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling Articles 9 and 10 of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change,
Recalling also its decision at its second session that
the question of the division of labour between the Subsidiary Body
for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation should be taken up by the Conference of the Parties at
its third session on the basis of recommendations made to it by the
Chairmen of the two subsidiary
bodies,(12)
Having considered the recommendations made by the
Chairmen, through the conclusions of the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation, as included in the reports of their sixth
sessions,(13)
Desiring to elaborate further the division of labour
between the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation,
1. Reaffirms that the division of labour is governed by
Articles 9 and 10 of the Convention, and by decision 6/CP.1 and other
relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties;
2. Recalls that, as indicated in decision 6/CP.1, the
role of the subsidiary bodies can be broadly characterized as
follows:
(a) The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
will be the link between the scientific, technical and technological
assessments and the information provided by competent international
bodies, and the policy-oriented needs of the Conference of the
Parties;
(b) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation will develop
recommendations to assist the Conference of the Parties in its review
and assessment of the implementation of the Convention and in the
preparation and implementation of its decisions;
3. Decides that the consideration of issues which are
pertinent to both bodies should take place in a way which is
efficient in the use of time during meetings, in order to avoid
confusion and to reduce the overall workload. Therefore, in general,
one of the bodies will take the overall responsibility in considering
an issue. If necessary, it will request adequate and specific inputs
from the other body. Where overall responsibility is not assigned,
agendas should be organized to ensure that the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation avoid dealing with such issues in parallel sessions.
On issues where this is not possible, consideration should be given
to holding ad hoc joint sessions of the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation. On this basis, the provisions above are clarified as
follows:
(a) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation will have the overall
responsibility for:
(i) Developing guidelines on the processes for consideration of
national communications;
(ii) Considering the information contained in national
communications, other relevant documentation and compilation and
synthesis reports, with a view to assisting the Conference of the
Parties in undertaking its tasks under Article 7.2(e) of the
Convention;
(b) In co-operation with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation,
the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice will have
responsibility for:
(i) Developing guidelines for the provision of comparable
information, including all related methodological
issues;
(ii) Considering, upon the request of the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation, as appropriate, national communications and other
relevant documentation, such as technical papers, with the aim of,
inter alia, verifying methodologies used and making
recommendations on their refinement, preparing scientific assessments
on the effects of measures taken in the implementation of the
Convention, reviewing projections and their assumptions, and
assessing the comprehensiveness and effectiveness of mitigation and
adaptation measures;
(c) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation will, with inputs from
the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice as
appropriate, have responsibilities for assisting the Conference of
the Parties in the assessment and review of the effective
implementation of the Convention with respect to the development and
transfer of technology;
(d) As stipulated in the Convention, and as decided by the
Conference of the Parties in decision 6/CP.1, the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice will have responsibility for
providing advice on all scientific, technological and methodological
aspects of the development and transfer of technology;
(e) Taking into account the competence of each subsidiary body,
the Subsidiary Body for Implementation will have overall
responsibility for all policy questions and relevant inputs related
to issues dealing with consultation with non-governmental
organizations, as appropriate;
(f) Should the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological
Advice or any other subsidiary body feel that non-governmental
organizations could provide relevant inputs on an item being
considered, that body could seek and consider such
inputs;
(g) Provisional accreditation of individual non-governmental
organizations will be the responsibility of the body
concerned;
(h) The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
will have the responsibility for:
(i) Developing the framework for reporting, including
consideration of scientific, technical and methodological aspects of
the reports;
(ii) Preparing a synthesis report of activities for the Conference of the Parties;
(i) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation will have the
responsibility for assisting the Conference of the Parties in
reviewing the progress of the activities implemented jointly under
the pilot phase, on the basis of inputs by the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice;
(j) In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, the Subsidiary
Body for Scientific and Technological Advice will have the overall
responsibility for issues related to research and systematic
observation, drawing, where necessary, upon the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological
Advice will also play a co-ordinating role in such activities related
to climate change relevant to the implementation of the
Convention;
(k) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation, with inputs from the
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice as
appropriate, will have the responsibility for assisting the
Conference of the Parties in the assessment and review of the
effective implementation of the Convention with respect to research
and systematic observation;
(l) In further clarification of decision 6/CP.1, the Subsidiary
Body for Scientific and Technological Advice will have the overall
responsibility for providing advice on educational, training and
public awareness programmes, as well as public access to information.
When considering such issues, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice will draw upon, inter alia, relevant
international organizations;
(m) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation, with inputs from the
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice as
appropriate, will have responsibility for assisting the Conference of
the Parties in the assessment and review of the effective
implementation of the Convention with respect to education, training,
and public awareness.
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling Article 13 of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, and decisions 20/CP.1 and
4/CP.2,
Having considered the report of the Ad Hoc Group on
Article 13 on the work of its fifth
session,(14) at which the Group
agreed on a set of functions and procedures that could serve as a
basis for further discussion in its consideration of a multilateral
consultative process and its design,
Taking note that the Ad Hoc Group on Article 13 could not
complete its work before the third session of the Conference of the
Parties,
1. Decides, pursuant to its decision 4/CP.2, that the
work of the Ad Hoc Group on Article 13 should continue beyond the
third session of the Conference of the Parties;
2. Invites the Group to complete its work before the fourth session of the
Conference of the Parties and, pursuant to decision 20/CP.1, provide the
Conference of the Parties with a report on its
findings;
3. Requests the Group to report to the Conference of the
Parties at its fourth session on the progress of its work, if its
work has not been completed by that time.
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling paragraph 4 of the financial procedures for the
Conference of the Parties,
Having considered the proposed budget for the biennium
1998-1999 submitted by the Executive
Secretary,(15)
Noting the annual contribution of the host Government, DM
1.5 million, which offsets planned expenditures,
1. Approves the programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999, amounting to
US$ 21,345,900,(16) for the
purposes specified in table 1 below;
2. Approves the staffing table for the programme budget, including the post of the
Executive Secretary at the level of Assistant Secretary-General
and two other senior posts at the level of D-2, as contained in table
2 below;
3. Approves a contingency budget for conference
servicing, amounting to $ 5,184,900, to be added to the
programme budget for the coming biennium in the event that the
General Assembly of the United Nations decides not to provide
resources for these activities in the regular United Nations budget
for the biennium 1998-1999 (see table 3
below);(17)
4. Requests the Executive Secretary to report to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at
its eighth session on the implementation of paragraph 3 above, and
on the deployment of staff and financial resources to perform the
tasks arising from the decision to adopt the Kyoto
Protocol;
5. Authorizes the Executive Secretary to make transfers, between each of the main
appropriation lines set out in table 1 below, up to an aggregate
limit of 15 per cent of total estimated expenditure for those
appropriation lines, provided that a further limitation of up to
minus 25 per cent of each such appropriation line shall
apply;
6. Decides to maintain the level of the working capital reserve at 8.3 per cent of the
estimated expenditure;
7. Invites all Parties to the Convention to note that contributions to the core budget are due
on 1 January of each year in accordance with paragraph 8(b) of the
financial procedures and to pay promptly and in full, for each of the
years 1998 and 1999, the contributions required to finance
expenditures approved under paragraph 1 above, as offset by estimated
contributions noted under the third paragraph of the preamble to this
decision, and the contributions which may result from the decision of
the General Assembly referred to in paragraph 3 above;
8. Takes note of the funding estimates for the Trust Fund for Participation in the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Process
and the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change specified by the
Executive Secretary and included in table 5 below, and
invites Parties to make contributions to these
funds;
9. Requests the Executive Secretary to report to the Conference of the Parties at its fourth
session on income and budget performance, and to propose any
adjustments that might be needed in the Convention budget for the
biennium 1998-1999.
Table 1: Programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999 (US$
thousand)
Expenditures I. Programmes |
1998 |
1999 |
Executive Direction and Management |
621.3 |
642.8 |
Science and Technology |
2,223.1 |
2,779.4 |
Implementation |
2,333.6 |
2,553.0 |
Conference and Information Support |
1,500.1 |
1,901.2 |
Resources, Planning and Coordination |
1,599.5 |
1,807.6 |
Activities related to the Kyoto Protocol |
242.3 |
462.9 |
Subtotal (I) |
8,519.8 |
10,146.9 |
II. Payments to the United Nations |
|
|
Overhead charge(18) |
1,107.6 |
1,319.1 |
Subtotal (II) |
1,107.6 |
1,319.1 |
III. Working capital reserve(19) |
99.7 |
152.6 |
Subtotal (III) |
99.7 |
152.6 |
Total expenditure (I+II+III) |
9,727.1 |
11,618.6 |
Income |
|
|
Contribution from the host Government |
887.6 |
887.6 |
Total income |
887.6 |
887.6 |
NET TOTAL |
8,839.5 |
10,731 |
Table 2: Programme budget staffing table
1998-1999
|
|
|
|
A. Professional category and above |
|
|
|
Executive Secretary |
|
|
|
D-2 |
|
|
|
D-1 |
|
|
|
P-5 |
|
|
|
P-4 |
|
|
|
P-3 |
|
|
|
P-2 |
|
|
|
Subtotal (A) |
|
|
|
B. General Service category |
|
|
|
Subtotal (B) |
|
|
|
TOTAL (A+B) |
|
|
|
Table 3: Resource requirements for the conference servicing
contingency (US$ thousand)
Item of expenditure |
1998 |
1999 |
I. Meeting servicing(20) |
419.4 |
431.5 |
II. Documentation(21) |
698.5 |
737.4 |
III. Other requirements(22) |
707.5 |
728.1 |
IV. Travel of staff to meetings(23) |
265.5 |
265.5 |
V. Miscellaneous(24) |
10.5 |
10.5 |
VI. Contingencies and exchange rate fluctuation |
63.0 |
65.2 |
Subtotal |
2,164.4 |
2,238.2 |
VII. Overhead charge(25) |
281.4 |
291.0 |
VIII.Working Capital Reserve(26) |
203.0 |
6.9 |
TOTAL |
2,648.8 |
2536.1 |
Table 4: Staffing requirements for the conference servicing
contingency
|
|
|
A. Professional category and above |
|
|
P-4 |
|
|
Subtotal (A) |
|
|
B. General Service category |
|
|
Subtotal (B) |
|
|
TOTAL (A+B) |
|
|
Table 5: Summary of other voluntary funding resource
estimates for the biennium 1998-1999 (US$ thousand)
Proposed source of funding |
1998 |
1999 |
Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process |
2,256.1 |
2,324.4 |
Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities |
2,062.6 |
2,086.2 |
TOTAL |
4,318.7 |
4,410.6 |
12th plenary meeting
11 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling its decision 16/CP.2, paragraph 14, whereby it requested the
Executive Secretary to submit to the Conference of the Parties at
its third session a further report on financial performance for the
biennium 1996-1997,
Recalling also the financial rules for the
Conference of the Parties,
1. Takes note of the information provided in documents FCCC/SBI/1997/18 and FCCC/SBI/1997/INF.7;
2. Approves the creation of a new trust fund for the
special annual contribution of DM 3.5 million from the
Government of Germany to finance events in Germany, made in
accordance with the bilateral arrangements between the Government of
Germany and the Convention secretariat, and requests the
Executive Secretary to request the Secretary-General of the United
Nations to establish the new trust fund, to be managed by the
Executive Secretary;
3. Urges Parties that have still not paid their 1996
and/or 1997 contributions to the core budget to do so without
delay;
4. Requests the Executive Secretary to submit to the
Conference of the Parties at its fourth session, through the
Subsidiary Body for Implementation, as appropriate, a final report on
financial performance in the biennium 1996-1997, including audited
financial statements, and an initial report on financial performance
in 1998;
5. Approves transfers between the main appropriation
lines to cover over-expenditures, for the Policy-making organs
programme and the Implementation and planning programme, in excess of
the 15 per cent transfer within each of the main appropriation lines
that the Executive Secretary is at present authorized to
make.(27)
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling the arrangements proposed by the
Secretary-General of the United Nations for administrative support to
the Convention secretariat,(28)
provisionally accepted by the Conference of the Parties at its first
session by its decision 14/CP.1,
1. Takes note of the information contained in document FCCC/SBI/1997/INF.2;
2. Requests the Executive Secretary to continue his
discussions with the United Nations regarding administrative
arrangements for the Convention, and to inform the Conference of the
Parties, through the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, as
appropriate, of any significant developments.
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling its decision 17/CP.2, paragraph 2, whereby it
requested the Executive Secretary to submit to the Subsidiary Body
for Implementation, at its fifth session, further options for
reducing the cost of documentation for the meetings of the Conference
of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies,
1. Takes note of the efforts of the Convention
secretariat to reduce the volume of documentation, as indicated in
the note by the secretariat on volume of
documentation;(29)
2. Requests the Executive Secretary to explore with the
United Nations the possibility of ensuring unrestricted access to all
language versions of the documents of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change that the United Nations makes available
on its optical disk system through a restricted page on the World
Wide Web;
3. Invites the Parties:
(a) To limit the volume of their submissions for circulation to
Convention bodies, including those that do not require
translation;
(b) To focus the content of submissions on material pertinent to
the forthcoming sessions of the subsidiary bodies and to seek to
avoid repetition of previously presented statements;
(c) To limit their requests for numbers of hard copies of
documents;
(d) To limit the requests for documents that need to be
translated;
(e) To schedule the delivery of documents in a timely manner that
corresponds to the capacity of the Convention bodies to consider
them;
4. Notes the intention of the Executive Secretary to
advise presiding officers on the feasibility of producing, in a
timely manner, the documentation envisaged in the conclusions of
subsidiary bodies, before those conclusions are adopted.
2nd plenary meeting
1 December 1997
II. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES
The Conference of the Parties,
Having met in Kyoto from 1 to 11 December 1997 at the
invitation of the Government of Japan,
1. Expresses its profound gratitude to the Government of
Japan for having made it possible for the third session of the
Conference of the Parties to be held in Kyoto and for the excellent
facilities, staff and services so graciously placed at its
disposal;
2. Requests the Government of Japan to convey to the
Prefecture and City of Kyoto, and to the people of Japan, the
gratitude of the Conference of the Parties for the hospitality and
warm welcome extended to the participants.
12th plenary meeting
11 December 1997
At its 3rd plenary meeting, on 3 December 1997, the Conference of
the Parties decided to place the issue of the second review of the
adequacy of Article 4.2(a) and (b) of the Convention on the agenda
for its fourth session, and to request the subsidiary bodies and the
secretariat to make all necessary preparations to facilitate future
consideration of that item (see Part One, section III D, para. 63 of
the present report).
At its 12th plenary meeting, on 11 December 1997, the Conference
of the Parties requested the Subsidiary Boy for Implementation, at
its eighth session, to consider the request to delete the name of
Turkey from the lists in Annexes I and II to the Convention, and to
present a report to the Conference of the Parties at its fourth
session for consideration and definitive action (see Part One,
section III E, para. 68 of the present report).
3. Proposal by Brazil in document
FCCC/AGBM/1997/MISC.1/Add.3
At its 5th plenary meeting, on 5 December 1997, the Conference of
the Parties decided that the proposal presented by Brazil in document
FCCC/AGBM/1997/MISC.1/Add.3 should be referred to the Subsidiary Body
for Scientific and Technological Advice for its advice regarding the
methodological and scientific aspects. It authorized the Subsidiary
Body for Scientific and Technological Advice to seek inputs, as
appropriate, from its roster of experts and from the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and requested it to make
its advice available to the Conference of the Parties at its fourth
session (see Part One, section III F, para. 69 of the present
report).
4. Calendar of meetings of Convention bodies
1998-1999
At its 5th plenary meeting, on 5 December 1997, the Conference of the Parties adopted
the following calendar of meetings of Convention bodies in
1998-1999 (see Part One, section II G, para. 35 of the
present report):
Party Emissions (Gg) Percentage
Australia 288,965 2.1
Austria 59,200 0.4
Belgium 113,405 0.8
Bulgaria 82,990 0.6
Canada 457,441 3.3
Czech Republic 169,514 1.2
Denmark 52,100 0.4
Estonia 37,797 0.3
Finland 53,900 0.4
France 366,536 2.7
Germany 1,012,443 7.4
Greece 82,100 0.6
Hungary 71,673 0.5
Iceland 2,172 0.0
Ireland 30,719 0.2
Italy 428,941 3.1
Japan 1,173,360 8.5
Latvia 22,976 0.2
Liechtenstein 208 0.0
Luxembourg 11,343 0.1
Monaco 71 0.0
Netherlands 167,600 1.2
New Zealand 25,530 0.2
Norway 35,533 0.3
Poland 414,930 3.0
Portugal 42,148 0.3
Romania 171,103 1.2
Russian Federation 2,388,720 17.4
Slovakia 58,278 0.4
Spain 260,654 1.9
Sweden 61,256 0.4
Switzerland 43,600 0.3
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland 584,078 4.3
United States of America 4,957,022 36.1
Total 13,728,306 100.0
1. FCCC/AGBM/1995/2 and Corr.1, and 7 and Corr.1; FCCC/AGBM/1996/5, 8, and 11; FCCC/AGBM/1997/3, 3/Add.1 and Corr.1, 5, 8 and 8/Add.1.
3. FCCC/SBSTA/1996/20, paras. 30 and 54.
5. Countries that are undergoing transition to a market economy.
6. FCCC/SB/1997/1, 3 and 4; and FCCC/SBSTA/1997/10.
7. FCCC/SBSTA/1997/6, section IV, A.
8. FCCC/SBSTA/1997/12 and Corr.1-2, and Add.1.
11. FCCC/SBI/1997/6, annex II.
12. FCCC/CP/1996/15/Add.1, section III, 4.
13. FCCC/SBSTA/1997/6 and FCCC/SBI/1997/16.
15. FCCC/SBI/1997/10. In this connection, see also document FCCC/CP/1997/INF.1.
16. This figure would be offset by the annual contributions of the host Government, amounting to DM 3 million, resulting in a net figure of $ 19,570,700 to be met in the form of contributions from Parties.
17. By its resolution 52/119 (dated 18 December 1997), the General Assembly of the United Nations decided to include eight weeks of conference-servicing facilities for the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies in its calendar of conferences and meetings for the biennium 1998-1999. As a result, the contingency budget for conference servicing will not be included in the UNFCCC programme budget for the same biennium.
18. Standard 13 per cent applied by the United Nations for administrative support.
19. In accordance with paragraph 14 of the financial procedures (see decision 15/CP.1). This will bring the level of the working capital reserve to $799,100 in 1998 and $951,700 in 1999 (see paragraphs 17-19 of the financial procedures).
20. Includes interpretation and meeting room staff.
21. Includes revision, translation, typing, reproduction and distribution of pre-, in- and post-session documentation.
22. Includes remote translation requirements, key supervisory staff, freight, communications.
23. Includes travel of interpreters and key supervisory staff, including planning missions.
24. Includes estimated cost of initial stock of meeting stationery and supplies.
25. Standard 13 per cent applied by the United Nations for administrative support.
26. In accordance with paragraph 14 of the financial procedures. The 1998 amount has been calculated as 8.3 per cent of the subtotal of I-VII; the 1999 amount has been calculated as the amount required to bring the carried-over 1998 reserve to 8.3 per cent of the subtotal of I-VII for 1999.
27. See decision 17/CP.1, para. 5.
29. FCCC/SBI/1997/12, paras. 9-10.
30. Data based on the
information from the 34 Annex I Parties that submitted their first
national communications on or before 11 December 1997, as compiled by
the secretariat in several documents (A/AC.237/81;
FCCC/CP/1996/12/Add.2 and FCCC/SB/1997/6). Some of the communications
included data on CO2 emissions by sources and removals by sinks from
land-use change and forestry, but since different ways of reporting
were used these data are not included.