During the twelfth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) in Tianjin, the Chair of the AWG-LCA consulted Parties on their expectations for the outcome to be presented to the Conference of the Parties (COP) for adoption at its sixteenth session, to be held in Cancun, Mexico, and its elements. These consultations revealed that a balanced package can be achieved at Cancun and that the contours of a comprehensive, although not exhaustive, package are emerging