This document addresses four main topics:
(a) The eighteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the eighth 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, and possible elements of the provisional agendas;
(b) Future sessional periods: information is provided on preparations for the nineteenth session of the COP and the ninth session of the CMP. Guidance by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation is also invited regarding the dates for the sessional
periods in 2017;
(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.
(d) Information on ways to enhance the engagement of observer organizations, including options for new channels for observer organizations to provide formal inputs into the high-level segment of the sessions of the COP and the CMP, is also presented