Session opened.

SBSTA 63 Agenda as adopted  

The SBSTA is to elect its Vice-Chair. The current Vice-Chair Carol Franco will remain in office until her successor is elected.

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

Groups and constituencies are encouraged to transmit their outstanding nominations to the secretariat by 8 p.m. Belem Standard Time on Saturday, 15 November.

The organization of work was agreed as proposed and work was launched on the basis of the adopted agenda.

The SBSTA took note of information provided by the Chair.

Joint informal consultations established co-facilitated by Eduardo Silva Besa (Chile) and Kelsey Gray  (Australia).  

Conclusions agreed as follows:

The SBSTA and the SBI agreed to forward this matter to CMA 7 for consideration under its agenda sub-item 4(a) on the basis of the draft text prepared by the co-facilitators for the relevant agenda items at these sessions. The SBI and the SBSTA recognized that the draft text includes divergent views, has not been agreed upon, does not reflect consensus, is not exhaustive, has no formal status, is open to revision and does not prejudge further work or prevent Parties from expressing any further views. 
 

Informal consultations established co-facilitated by Frank McGovern (Ireland) and Patricia Nying'uro (Kenya).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

Joint informal consultations established co-facilitated by Xiang Gao (China) and Tina Kobilsek (Slovenia).

The SBSTA and the SBI Chair propose to forward this matter to the CMA at its seventh session for further consideration as an SB Chair’s proposal on the basis of the text published on 15 November on the UNFCCC website, reflecting the following editorial corrections to the text that was posted to the UNFCCC website on 14 November at 13:41.

• In paragraph 8, the semi colons were replaced with commas, and the word “nor” was added in the third and fourth lines.
• In paragraph 10, the second “new” was deleted

This text is forwarded as a proposal by the Chairs of the subsidiary bodies, which includes divergent views, has not been agreed upon, does not reflect consensus, is not exhaustive, has no formal status, is open to revision and does not prejudge further work or prevent Parties from expressing any further views.

The SBSTA recommended that the COP and the CMA welcome the 2025 report of the Adaptation Committee. 

The SBSTA deferred consideration of this matter to SBSTA 64.

Joint informal consultations established co-facilitated by Cornelia Jaeger (Austria) and Pepetua Latasi (Tuvalu).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

Joint informal consultations established co-facilitated by Cornelia Jaeger (Austria) and Pepetua Latasi (Tuvalu).

Conclusions agreed as follows:

The SBSTA and the SBI agreed to forward this matter to the governing body or bodies for consideration at the session(s) to be held in November 2025 taking into account the informal note prepared by the co-facilitators for these agenda sub-items at these sessions available on the UNFCCC website. They confirm that the informal note has no status and does not prejudge further work or prevent Parties from expressing views at any time. It does not represent agreement among Parties and is without prejudice to what will form the basis of negotiations

Joint informal consultations established co-facilitated by Ursula Fuentes Hutfilter (Germany) and Maesela John Kekana (South Africa).

Conclusions agreed as follows:

The SBSTA and the SBI agreed to forward this matter to CMA 7 for consideration under its agenda item 6 taking into account the informal note prepared by the co-facilitators for the relevant agenda items at these sessions.

The SBSTA and the SBI recognized that the informal text has been prepared by the co-facilitators under their own responsibility and has no formal status. It does not prejudge further work or prevent Parties from expressing any further views at any time. It does not represent agreement among Parties and is without prejudice to what will form the basis of negotiations.

Joint contact group established co-chaired by Federica Fricano (Italy) and Joseph Teo (Singapore).

Conclusions agreed as follows:

The SBSTA and the SBI considered matters relating to the implementation of the United Arab Emirates just transition work programme.

The SBI and the SBSTA agreed to forward this matter for further consideration at  CMA 7, taking note of the informal note prepared by the co-chairs for the relevant agenda items at these sessions under their own responsibility, recognizing that it includes divergent views, has not been agreed upon, is not exhaustive, has no formal status, is open to revision, does not prejudge further work, prevent Parties from expressing any further views, or reflect consensus or all the views shared and proposals made by Parties.

The SBI and the SBSTA invited the CMA to take note of the exchanges of views and written inputs by Parties under these agenda items at these sessions, including Party views on the 2024 and 2025 annual summary reports on the dialogues, and invited the CMA to take into account the views and submissions of Parties in the next iteration of the informal note.

Joint contact group established co-chaired by Veronica Bagi (Hungary) and Zita Wilks (Gabon).

Conclusions agreed as follows:

The SBSTA and the SBI could not conclude consideration of matters relating to the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures serving the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement at these sessions.

Parties agreed to forward this matter to COP 30, CMP 20 and CMA 7 for further guidance taking into account the draft text available on the UNFCCC website for the relevant agenda items. 

Joint informal consultations established co-facilitated by UnaMay Gordon (Belize) and Claudia Heidecke (Germany). 

Conclusions adopted as presented.

Joint informal consultations established co-facilitated by Elfriede-Anna More (Austria) and Angelica Romero (Chile).

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

Contact group established co-chaired by El Hadji Mbaye Diagne (Senegal) and Jaqui Ruesga (New Zealand).

Conclusions adopted as presented.

Informal consultations established  co-facilitated by Angelica Romero (Chile) and Jakob Wiesbauer-Lenz (Austria).

Conclusions agreed as follows:

The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) continued consideration of this agenda item.

The SBSTA agreed to continue consideration of this matter at SBSTA 64 (June 2026).

The SBSTA took note of the information contained in the 2025 report on the technical review.

Informal consultations established  facilitated by the SBSTA Chair. 

Conclusions agreed as follows:

The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took note of the submissions made by Parties and observers prior to the session.

The SBSTA also took note of the views expressed by Parties during this session and recognized their interest in continuing consideration of this matter.

The SBSTA agreed to forward this matter to the COP at its thirtieth session for further consideration, taking into account the text that contains the Chair’s note on the areas of interest and the submissions made during this session, available on the UNFCCC website

Substantive consultations on Article 9, paragraph 1, of the Paris Agreement to consider substantive elements regarding the implementation of Article 9, paragraph 1, were conducted and the Chairs took stock of progress on these consultations at SB 62.

The Chairs reported back on the outcomes of the consultations at the Opening Plenary.  In addition to the initial report back provided at the resumed 1st meeting, the Chairs delivered an additional report back, as requested by some Parties, during an informal meeting held on 14 November.

Draft report adopted as presented. Session closed.