The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its twentieth session, agreed that, at its twenty-first session, it will focus on exchanging information and sharing experiences, views and lessons learned, taking into account different national circumstances, on the following topics: (a) Mitigation technology innovation, deployment and diffusion, including identification of and removal of barriers; (b) Practical opportunities and solutions for mitigation that contribute to sustainable development. The SBSTA requested the secretariat, under the guidance of the Chair of the SBSTA, to organize a workshop allowing for in-depth discussion during its twenty-first session to exchange information and
share experiences and views on the topics referred to before. The SBSTA invited Parties to submit to the secretariat, by 31 August 2004, their views on the topics, as well as on the workshop referred to before, for compilation into a miscellaneous document (FCCC/SBSTA/2004/6 para. 122) to facilitate the discussion at the workshop. The secretariat has received nine such submissions. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, these submissions are reproduced in the language in which they were received and without formal editing