The Conference of the Parties, by its decision 7/CP.7, established a Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF). It further decided, by its decision 5/CP.9, that activities under paragraph 2 (c) and (d) of decision 7/CP.7 are to be funded by the SCCF. It invited Parties to submit, by 15 September 2004, their views on activities, programmes and measures in these areas (FCCC/CP/2003/6/Add.1). The secretariat has received three such submissions. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, these submissions are attached and reproduced * in the language in which they were received and without formal editing.