This document addresses three main topics:
(a) The seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP): information on the sessions is presented, including an organizational scenario;
(b) Future sessional periods: information is provided on arrangements for additional sessions of the ad hoc working groups in 2011, as well as preparations for the eighteenth session of the COP and eighth session of the CMP. Guidance by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) is also invited regarding the dates for the six regular sessional periods in 2014, 2015 and 2016;
(c) Organization of the intergovernmental process: information is presented on the organization of the intergovernmental process, particularly related to the calendar of meetings in the UNFCCC process. Information on ways to enhance the engagement of observer organizations, including good practices relating to observer organizations in the United Nations system, is also presented to facilitate the discussion under this item, including at an in-session workshop to be held during SBI 34