Body
Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)
Session
SBI 61
Agenda Items
1
Opening of the session
Contact: Karin Simonson, email : Ksimonson@unfccc.int
2
Organizational matters
2 (a)
Adoption of the agenda
Contact: Karin Simonson, email: Ksimonson@unfccc.int and Monica Gavriluta, email : mgavriluta@unfccc.int
Status:

 Agenda adopted as orally amended.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/15/Add.1
Agendas and annotations
FCCC/SBI/2024/15
Agendas and annotations
2 (b)
Election of officers other than the Chair
Contact: Luan Harford, email: lharford@unfccc.int
Status:

The status of nominations can be found on the Election and Membership webpage of UNFCCC.

Groups and constituencies are encouraged to transmit their nomination by Friday 15 November 8 p.m., Azerbaijan Standard Time.

2 (c)
Organization of the work of the session
Contact: Karin Simonson, email: Ksimonson@unfccc.int and Monica Gavriluta, email : mgavriluta@unfccc.int
Status:

Organization of work was agreed as proposed. 

2 (d)
Multilateral assessment under the international assessment and review process
Contact: Ruta Bubniene, email: rbubniene@unfccc.int and Andrea Nuesse, email : anuesse@unfccc.int
Status:

The SBI took note of information provided by the Chair.

2 (e)
Facilitative sharing of views under the international consultation and analysis process
Contact: Alma Jean, email: ajean@unfccc.int and Jeeyoon Jung, email : jjung@unfccc.int
Status:

The SBI took note of information provided by the Chair.

2 (f)
Mandated events
Contact: Monica Gavriluta, email : mgavriluta@unfccc.int
Status:

The SBI took note of the information provided by the Chair.

3
Reporting from and review of Parties included in Annex I to the Convention
3 (a)
Status of submission and review of national communications and biennial reports from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention
Contact: Ruta Bubniene, email : rbubniene@unfccc.int and Jamie Howland, email: jhowland@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Toby Hedger (United States of America) and Tian Wang (China).

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The Subsidiary Body for Implementation considered the note by the secretariat on the status of submission and review of national communications and biennial reports (FCCC/SBI/2024/INF.10) and took note of the information therein.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/INF.10
Pre-session documents
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
DT.DC.SBI61.i3a.1
Draft negotiating texts
3 (b)
Compilations and syntheses of biennial reports from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention
Contact: Ruta Bubniene, email: rbubniene@unfccc.int and Jamie Howland, emailjhowland@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Toby Hedger (United States of America) and Tian Wang (China).

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) considered the compilation and synthesis of fifth biennial reports of Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (FCCC/SBI/2023/INF.7 and Add.1).

The SBI agreed to continue consideration of this matter at SBI 62 (June 2025). 

In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
DT.DC.SBI61.i3b.2
Draft negotiating texts
3 (c)
Reports on national greenhouse gas inventory data from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention
Contact: Lornaliza Kogler, email : lkogler@unfccc.int, and Huyen Tran, email : htran@unfccc.int
Status:

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) considered the reports prepared by the secretariat on national greenhouse gas inventory data for 1990–2021 and for 1990–2022 (FCCC/SBI/2023/15) and (FCCC/SBI/2024/17) respectively.

The SBI agreed to continue consideration of this matter at SBI 62 (June 2025). 

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/17/Rev.1
Pre-session documents
FCCC/SBI/2024/17
GHG data reports
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
DT.DC.SBI61.i3c.2
Draft negotiating texts
4
Reporting from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention
4 (a)
Information contained in national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention
Contact: Tugba Icmeli, email : ticmeli@unfccc.int and Yali Wang, email: ywang@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Mausami Desai (United States of America) and Marcelo Rocha (Brazil).

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The SBI engaged in constructive discussions on information contained in national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention.

The SBI agreed to continue consideration of this matter at SBI 62 (June 2025).

In-session documents
4 (b)
Provision of financial and technical support
Contact: Tugba Icmeli, email: ticmeli@unfccc.int and Tibor Lindovsky, email: tlindovsky@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Julia Gardiner (Australia) and Sandra Motshwanedi (South Africa)

 

The item will be included in the provisional agenda for the next session, in accordance with rule 10 (c) and 16 of the draft rules of procedure.

Pre-session documents In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
DT.DC.SBI61.4b.2
Draft negotiating texts
IN.SBI61.4b.1
In-session submissions
4 (c)
Summary reports on the technical analysis of biennial update reports of Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention
Contact: Alma Jean, email : ajean@unfccc.int and Sohel Pasha, email : spasha@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Mausami Desai (United States of America) and Marcelo Rocha (Brazil).

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) considered the published summary reports from the technical analysis of biennial update reports of Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (published technical analysis summary reports are available here: International consultation and analysis - Outcome cycle 1 | UNFCCC), and took note of the 180 technical analysis summary reports that were published by 3 September 2024.

The SBI engaged in constructive discussion on the technical analysis summary reports and noted the importance of the information contained therein.

4 (d)
Report of the Consultative Group of Experts
Contact: Tugba Icmeli, email : ticmeli@unfccc.int and Yali Wang, email : ywang@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Mausami Desai (United States of America) and Xiang Gao (China).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

 

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/21
Workshop reports
FCCC/SBI/2024/18
Progress reports
FCCC/TP/2024/6
Technical papers
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/L.16
Draft conclusions
5
Matters relating to the global stocktake
5 (a)
Procedural and logistical elements of the overall global stocktake process
Contact: Annett Moehner, email: amoehner@unfccc.int and Heather Maseko, email : hmaseko@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Thureya Al Ali (United Arab Emirates) and Patrick Spicer (Canada).

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The Subsidiary Bodies agreed to forward this matter to the CMA for consideration at its sixth session under agenda item 4(a) on the basis of the draft text prepared by the co-facilitators for these agenda items at this session. The SBs recognized that this draft text includes divergent views, has not been agreed upon, does not reflect consensus, is not exhaustive, has no formal status, and is open to revision; and does not prejudge further work or prevent Parties from expressing any further views.

5 (b)
Modalities of the United Arab Emirates dialogue on implementing the global stocktake outcomes, referred to in paragraph 97 of decision 1/CMA.5
Contact: Fatin Atif Tawfig, email : ftawfig@unfccc.int and Aasha Subedi, email: asubedi@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Ricardo Marshall (Barbados) and Patrick Spicer (Canada).

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The Subsidiary Body for Implementation agreed to forward this matter to the CMA for consideration at its sixth session under agenda item 11(j) on the basis of the informal note prepared by the co-facilitators for this agenda item at this session. The SBI recognized that this informal note includes divergent views on modalities, has not been agreed upon, does not reflect consensus, is not exhaustive, has no formal status, and is open to revision; and does not prejudge further work or prevent Parties from expressing any further views.

Pre-session documents
6
Report of the administrator of the international transaction log under the Kyoto Protocol
Contact: Jean-Francois Halleux, email : JHalleux@unfccc.int
Status:

The SBI recommended the CMP to take note of the report for 2024, contained in document KP/CMP/2024/5.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/KP/CMP/2024/5
Pre-session documents
7
Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme
Contact: Bernd Hackmann, email: bhackmann@unfccc.int and Kenichi Kitamura email: kkitamura@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Ursula Fuentes (Germany) and Maesela John Kekana

(South Africa).

The item will be included in the provisional agenda for the next session, in accordance with rule 10 (c) and 16 of the draft rules of procedure.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SB/2024/5
Pre-session documents
8
United Arab Emirates just transition work programme
Contact: Vintura Silva email : vsilva@unfccc.int
Status:

Contact group co-chaired by Georg Borsting (Norway) and Kishan Kumarsingh (Trinidad and Tobago).

Conclusions adopted as follows: The SBSTA and the SBI did not conclude their consideration relating to the implementation of the United Arab Emirates just transition work programme.

The SBSTA and the SBI agreed to forward this matter to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its sixth session for further consideration.

 

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SB/2024/7
Pre-session documents
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
DT.DC.SBI61.i8_SBSTA61.i8.1
Draft negotiating texts
DT.DD.SBI61.i8_SBSTA61.i8.1
Draft negotiating texts
9
Matters relating to the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures serving the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement
Contact: Kusum Lata email : klata@unfccc.int, Agung Adhiasto email : aadhiasto@unfccc.int
Status:

Contact group co-chaired by  Xolisa Ngwadla (Botswana) and Magnús Sigurðsson (Iceland).

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The SBSTA and the SBI did not conclude their consideration of the matters relating to the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures serving the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. The SBSTA and the SBI agreed to forward the matter to the COP at its twenty-ninth session, the CMP at its nineteenth  session, and the CMA at its sixth session for further guidance, taking into account the draft text available on the UNFCCC website on this agenda item, noting that the draft text being forwarded does not represent consensus among Parties.

 

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SB/2024/10
Summary reports
FCCC/SB/2024/8
Pre-session documents
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
IN.SBI61.i9_SBSTA61.i9.1
Informal notes
INM.SBI60.i8_SBSTA60.i10
Non-official session documents
10
Sharm el-Sheikh joint work on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security
Contact: Dirk Nemitz email : dnemitz@unfccc.int and Pierre Brender email : pbrender@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Una May Gordon (Belize) and Claudia Heidecke (Germany).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SB/2024/L.8
Draft conclusions
11
Matters relating to adaptation
11 (a)
Matters relating to the global goal on adaptation
Contact: Maryam Navi email: mnavi@unfccc.int and Stuart Best email: sbest@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Tina Kobilšek (Slovenia) and Lamin Dibba (Gambia).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

 

In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SB/2024/L.12
Draft conclusions
DT.DD.SBI61.i11a_SBSTA61.i5a.2
Draft negotiating texts
DT.DD.SBI61.i11a_SBSTA61.i5a.1
Draft negotiating texts
Other
11 (b)
Report of the Adaptation Committee
Contact: Carlos Ruiz-Garvia email : cruizgarvia@unfccc.int and Ina Lambert email : ilambert@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Geert Fremout (Belgium) and Lina Yassin (Sudan).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SB/2024/4
Pre-session documents
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
CRP.SBI61.i11b_SBSTA61.i5b_SUR
Submissions by parties and organizations
FCCC/SB/2024/L.9
Draft conclusions
CRP.SBI61.i11b_SBSTA61.i5b_AGN
Submissions by parties and organizations
11 (c)
Review of the progress, effectiveness and performance of the Adaptation Committee
Contact: Carlos Ruiz-Garvia email : cruizgarvia@unfccc.int and Ina Lambert email: ilambert@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Geert Fremout (Belgium) and Lina Yassin (Sudan).

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The SBSTA and the SBI agreed to continue consideration of the review of the progress, effectiveness and performance of the Adaptation Committee at their 62nd sessions (June 2025)

In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
CRP.SBI61.i11c_SBSTA61.i5c_AGN_AR_LMDC
Submissions by parties and organizations
CRP.SBI61.i11c_SBSTA61.i5c_AGN
Submissions by parties and organizations
11 (d)
National adaptation plans
Contact: Motsomi Maletjane, email : mmaletjane@unfccc.int and Sonam Khandu, email : skhandu@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Antwi-Boasiako Amoah (Ghana) and Meredith Ryder-Rude (United States of America).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/23
Pre-session documents
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/L.18
Draft conclusions
12
Matters relating to the least developed countries
Contact: Sonam Khandu, email: skhandu@unfccc.int and Chiara Fiorino email : cfiorino@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Ephraim Shitima (Zambia) and Rik den Hoedt (Netherlands).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/22
Pre-session documents, Constituted body reports
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/L.17/Add.1
Draft conclusions
FCCC/SBI/2024/L.17
Draft conclusions
DT.DC.SBI61.i12.1
Draft negotiating texts
13
Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts
13 (a)
Joint annual report of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts and the Santiago network for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change
Contact: Miwa Kato email: mkato@unfccc.int and Manon Robin, email: mrobin@unfccc.int
Status:

Contact group co-chaired by Farhan Akhtar (United States of America) and Pasha Carruthers (Cook Islands).

The item will be included in the provisional agenda for the next session, in accordance with rule 10 (c) and 16 of the draft rules of procedure.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SB/2024/2/Add.2/Rev.1
Pre-session documents
FCCC/SB/2024/2/Add.1
Pre-session documents
FCCC/SB/2024/2/Add.2
Pre-session documents
FCCC/SB/2024/2
Pre-session documents
In-session documents
13 (b)
2024 review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts
Contact: Miwa Kato, email: mkato@unfccc.int and Manon Robin, email: mrobin@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Farhan Akhtar (United States of America) and Pasha Carruthers (Cook Islands).

The item will be included in the provisional agenda for the next session, in accordance with rule 10 (c) and 16 of the draft rules of procedure.

Pre-session documents In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
IN.SBI61.i13a_b_SBSTA61.i6a_b.1
Informal notes
DT.DD.SBI61.i13a_b_SBSTA61.i6a_b.2
Draft negotiating texts
DT.DD.SBI61.i13a-b_SBSTA61.i6a-b.1
Draft negotiating texts
CRP.SBI61.i13b_SBSTA61.i6b_AGN
Submissions by parties and organizations
IN.SBI61.i13a-b_SBSTA61.6a-b.2
Informal notes
CRP.SBI61.i13b_SBSTA61.i6b_EU
Submissions by parties and organizations
CRP.SBI61.i13b_SBSTA61.i6b.G77
Submissions by parties and organizations
14
Matters relating to technology development and transfer
14 (a)
Joint annual report of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network
Contact: Bhava Dhungana, email : bdhungana@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Carlos Fuller (Belize) and Elfriede More (Austria).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SB/2024/3
Pre-session documents
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SB/2024/L.10
Draft decisions
FCCC/SB/2024/L.11
Draft decisions
14 (b)
Linkages between the Technology Mechanism and the Financial Mechanism
Contact: Bhava Dhungana, email: bdhungana@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Ekaterine Mikadze (Georgia) and Stephen Minas (Greece).

Conclusions adopted as follows :

At its 3rd meeting, the SBI agreed to continue consideration of this matter at SBI 62.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/16
Workshop reports
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
DT.SBI61.i14b.2
Draft negotiating texts
14 (c)
Poznan strategic programme on technology transfer
Contact: Moritz Weigel, email MWeigel@unfccc.int and Sousan Torabiparizi, email: STorabiparizi@unfccc.int, and Yiaser Rubel, email: yrubel@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Duduzile Nhlegenthwa-Masina (Eswatini) and Stig Svenningsen (Norway).

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The SBI agreed to forward this matter to the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-ninth session for further guidance on the basis of the draft text (available at: https://unfccc.int/documents/643815) on the Poznan strategic programme prepared by the co-facilitators for this agenda item.

The SBI discussed the technology implementation programme in its consideration of the Poznan strategic programme on technology transfer, pursuant to decision 1/CMA.5, paragraph 110.

The SBI could not reach conclusion and agreed to forward this matter to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its sixth session.

 

In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
DT.DD.SBI61.i14c.3
Draft negotiating texts
IN.SBI61.i14c.1
Informal notes
15
Matters relating to finance
15 (a)
Matters relating to the Adaptation Fund
Contact: Aileen Niyaz, email: aniyaz@unfccc.int
Status:

Consideration of this matter deferred to SBI 62. 

15 (b)
Second review of the functions of the Standing Committee on Finance
Contact: Depabriya Roy, email: droy@unfccc.int and Hyunwoo Noah Kim email: hkim@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Clara Schultz (Sweden) and Ali Waqas (Pakistan).

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The SBI considered the matter of the second review of the functions of the Standing Committee on Finance. The SBI agreed to continue consideration of this matter at SBI 63.

16
Matters relating to capacity-building
Contact: Alejandro Kilpatrick, email: akilpatrick@unfccc.int and David Oehmen, email: doehmen@unfccc.int,
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Cristina Carreiras (European Union) and Natalie Flores Gonzalez (Dominican Republic).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/19
Progress reports
FCCC/SBI/2024/14
Pre-session documents
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/L.12
Draft decisions
FCCC/SBI/2024/L.13
Draft decisions
17
Gender and climate change
Contact: Fleur Newman email: fnewman@unfccc.int and gender-team@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Marc-André Lafrance (Canada) and Ruleta Thomas (Antigua and Barbuda).

Conclusions adopted as follows:

The SBI agreed to forward this matter to the COP for consideration at its 29th session on the basis of the Draft text prepared by the co-facilitators for this agenda item at this session. (Available at https://unfccc.int/event/sbi-61?item=17

18
Matters relating to Action for Climate Empowerment
Contact: Fleur Newman email : fnewman@unfccc.int and ace@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Nathalie Flores Gonzalez (Dominican Republic) and Arne Riedel (Germany).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/20
Summary reports
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/L.14
Draft conclusions
19
Reporting and review pursuant to Article 13 of the Paris Agreement: provision of financial and technical support to developing country Parties for reporting and capacity-building
Contact: Tugba Icmeli, email : ticmeli@unfccc.int and Marlan Pillay, email : mpillay@unfccc.int
Status:

Informal consultations co-facilitated by Julia Gardiner (Australia) and Sandra Motshwanedi (South Africa).

The SBI did not conclude their consideration and agreed to forward this matter to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its sixth session for further consideration.

 

 

Pre-session documents In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
IN.SBI61.i19.1
Informal notes
20
Administrative, financial and institutional matters
Contact: Frank Rauch email: frauch@unfccc.int
Status:

Contact group co-chaired by Lenneke Ijzendoorn (Netherlands) and Zita Wilks (Gabon).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/INF.11
Pre-session documents
FCCC/SBI/2024/INF.9
Pre-session documents
FCCC/SBI/2024/INF.7/Add.1
Pre-session documents
FCCC/SBI/2024/INF.7
Pre-session documents
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/L.10
Draft decisions
FCCC/SBI/2024/L.11
Draft decisions
21
Other matters
Contact: Karin Simonson, email: Ksimonson@unfccc.int and Gianluca Crispi, email: gcrispi@unfccc.int and Monica Gavriluta, email : mgavriluta@unfccc.int
Status:

No other matters raised.

22
Closure of and report on the session
Contact: Karin Simonson, email: Ksimonson@unfccc.int and Monica Gavriluta, email : mgavriluta@unfccc.int
In-session documents
Symbol Title Document type Date
FCCC/SBI/2024/L.15
Meeting documents
Post-session documents