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SBSTA 50

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17 - 27 Jun 2019

The 50th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) is taking place from 17 to 27 June 2019, in Bonn, Germany

SBSTA 50 for Strengthened Implementation and Enhanced Ambition

As the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) prepares for its 50th session in Bonn from 17 to 27 June, its Chair, Paul Watkinson (France) notes that turning 50 invites a moment of reflection. Read more

Join forces with the SBSTA Chair and his team for ambition, transition and engagement at #SBSTA50 in #SB50Bonn.

Opening of the session.

Status:

Session opened.

Organizational matters:

Status:

Organizational matters agreed

2(a)

Adoption of the agenda;

Status:

Agenda adopted as presented

Pre-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/1	Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive Secretary		Agendas and annotations

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
	SBSTA 50 adopted agenda		Non-official session documents

2(b)

Organization of the work of the session;

Status:

Organization of the work of the session agreed

2(c)

Mandated events.

Status:

Information on mandated events provided

Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change.

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Ms. Monika Antosik from Poland and Mr. Majid Shafipour from Iran. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/INF.1	Progress in implementing activities under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. Report by the secretariat		Progress reports

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.2	Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change		Draft conclusions

Terms of reference for the 2019 review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts.

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Ms. Marianne Karlsen from Norway and Ms. Pepetua Latasi from Tuvalu. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/TP/2019/1	Elaboration of the sources of and modalities for accessing financial support for addressing loss and damage.Technical paper by the secretariat		Technical papers

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SB/2019/L.3	Terms of reference for the 2019 review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts		Draft conclusions
SB50.DT_SBI.i9_SBSTA.i4	Terms of reference for the 2019 review of the Warsaw International Mechanism Review		Draft negotiating texts

Koronivia joint work on agriculture.

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Mr. Heikki Granholm from Finland and Ms. Milagros Sandoval from Peru. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SB/2019/INF.1	Modalities for implementation of the outcomes of the five in-session workshops on issues related to agriculture and other future topics that may arise from this work. Workshop report by the secretariat		Workshop reports

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SB/2019/L.2	Koronivia joint work on agriculture. Draft conclusions proposed by the Chairs.		Draft conclusions

Matters relating to science and review:

6(a)

Scope of the next periodic review of the long-term global goal under the Convention and of overall progress towards achieving it;

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Mr. Leon Charles from Grenada and Ms. Madoka Yoshino from Japan. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SB/2019/L.1	Scope of the next periodic review of the long-term global goal under the Convention and of overall progress towards achieving it		Draft conclusions
SB50.DT_SBI.i7_SBSTA.i6a	Scope of the next periodic review of the long-term global goal under the Convention and of overall progress towards achieving it		Draft negotiating texts

6(b)

Research and systematic observation;

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Mr. Richard Muyungi from Tanzania and Ms. Christiane Textor from Germany. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.6	Matters relating to science and review: Research and systematic observation		Draft conclusions

6(c)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C.

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Ms. Annela Anger-Kraavi from Estonia and Mr. Ladislaus Chag'a from Tanzania. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.8	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C		Draft negotiating texts

Matters relating to the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures serving the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.

Status:

Contact group established, co-chaired by Mr. Delano Verwey from the Netherlands and Mr. Xolisa Ngwadla from South Africa. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
SBI.i14_SBSTA.i7_KCI	KCI Draft rules of procedure		Intersessional documents

In-session documents

Symbol	Title	Document type
FCCC/SB/2019/L.4	Matters relating to the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures serving the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement	Draft conclusions
SB50.IN_SBI.i14_SBSTA.i7_2	Document 2: Proposal for streamlining activities	Non-official session documents
SB50.IN_SBI.i14_SBSTA.i7_1	Document 1: List of activities from the Co-Chairs proposal to develop 6-year workplan of the forum and its KCI	Non-official session documents
	Co-Chairs Six-Year Workplan Proposal	Non-official session documents
SB50.INOR_SBI.i14_SBSTA.i7	KCI Co-chairs’statement at the SBI /SBSTA opening plenary	Statements and speeches

Methodological issues under the Convention:

Status:

Informal consultations were convened, co-facilitated by Mr. Jae Hyuk Jung from the Republic of Korea and Mr. Harry Vreuls from the Netherlands

8(a)

Training programme for review experts for the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories of Parties included in Annex I to the Convention;

Status:

Informal consultations convened (together with sub-item 8(b)), co-facilitated by Mr. Jae Hyuk Jung from the Republic of Korea and Mr. Harry Vreuls from the Netherlands. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.4	Training programme for review experts for the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories of Parties included in Annex I to the Convention		Draft conclusions

8(b)

Training programme for review experts for the technical review of biennial reports and national communications of Parties included in Annex I to the Convention;

Status:

Informal consultations convened (together with sub-item 8(a)), co-facilitated by Mr. Jae Hyuk Jung from the Republic of Korea and Mr. Harry Vreuls from the Netherlands. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.5	Training programme for review experts for the technical review of biennial reports and national communications of Parties included in Annex I to the Convention		Draft conclusions

8(c)

Greenhouse gas data interface;

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Mr. Takeshi Enoki from Japan and Mr. Clifford Mahlung from Jamaica. Parties were not able to reach agreement on conclusions. In accordance with rule 16 of the draft rules of procedure being applied this sub-item will be taken up again at the next session

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
	SBSTA item 8c presentation 1st informal		Presentations

8(d)

Common metrics to calculate the carbon dioxide equivalence of greenhouse gases;

Status:

8(e)

Emissions from fuel used for international aviation and maritime transport.

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Mr. Luiz de Andrade from Brazil and Mr. Bert van Loon from Belgium. Parties were not able to reach agreement on conclusions. In accordance with rule 16 of the draft rules of procedure being applied this sub-item will be taken up again at the next session.

Methodological issues under the Kyoto Protocol:

Status:

The SBSTA agreed to defer this item to SBSTA 52

9(a)

Land use, land-use change and forestry under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Kyoto Protocol and under the clean development mechanism;

Status:

The SBSTA agreed to defer this sub-item to SBSTA 52

9(b)

Implications of the inclusion of reforestation of lands with forest in exhaustion as afforestation and reforestation clean development mechanism project activities.

Status:

The SBSTA agreed to defer this sub-item to SBSTA 52

Methodological issues under the Paris Agreement:

Status:

Contact group established, co-chaired by Mr. Xiang Gao from China and Ms. Helen Plume from New Zealand. Draft conclusions adopted as orally amended by the SBSTA Chair in plenary.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title	Document type
	Methodological issues under the Paris Agreement. Advance orally amended version	Non-official session documents
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.3	Methodological issues under the Paris Agreement. Draft conclusions proposed by the Chair	Draft conclusions
SBSTA50.IN.i10a	Informal note by the co-facilitators on CRT on GHG inventories	Informal notes
SBSTA50.IN.i10b	Common tabular formats for tracking progress of NDCs	Informal notes
SBSTA50.IN.i10d	Informal note by the co-facilitators	Informal notes
SBSTA50.IN.i10e	Informal note by the co-facilitators on training for technical experts	Informal notes
SBSTA50.IN.i10c	Informal note by co-facilitators	Informal notes

10(a)

Common reporting tables for the electronic reporting of the information in the national inventory reports of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases;

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Mr. Xiang Gao from China and Ms. Helen Plume from New Zealand. See draft conclusions adopted under item 10.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title	Document type
SBSTA50.IN.i10a	Informal note by the co-facilitators on CRT on GHG inventories	Informal notes
	Sectoral background tables and sectoral report tables for the energy sector	Presentations
	Summary tables of CRF and non-Annex I NC	Presentations
	GHG inventory reporting tables	Presentations

10(b)

Common tabular formats for the electronic reporting of the information necessary to track progress made in implementing and achieving nationally determined contributions under Article 4 of the Paris Agreement;

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Mr. Xiang Gao from China and Ms. Helen Plume from New Zealand. See draft conclusions adopted under item 10.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
SBSTA50.IN.i10b	Common tabular formats for tracking progress of NDCs		Informal notes

10 (c)

Common tabular formats for the electronic reporting of the information on financial, technology development and transfer and capacity-building support provided and mobilized as well as support needed and received under Articles 9–11 of the Paris Agreement;

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Ms. Delphine Eyraud from France and Mr. Seyni Nafo from Mali. See draft conclusions adopted under item 10.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
SBSTA50.IN.i10c	Informal note by co-facilitators		Informal notes

10 (d)

Outlines of the biennial transparency report, national inventory document and technical expert review report pursuant to the modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework for action and support

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Mr. Xiang Gao from China and Ms. Helen Plume from New Zealand. See draft conclusions adopted under item 10.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
SBSTA50.IN.i10d	Informal note by the co-facilitators		Informal notes

10(e)

Training programme for technical experts participating in the technical expert review.

Status:

Informal consultations convened, co-facilitated by Mr. Jae Hyuk Jung from the Republic of Korea and Mr. Harry Vreuls from the Netherlands. See draft conclusions adopted under item 10.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
SBSTA50.IN.i10e	Informal note by the co-facilitators on training for technical experts		Informal notes

Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement:

Status:

Contact group established, chaired by the SBSTA Chair. Informal consultations co-facilitated by Mr. Hugh Sealy from Barbados and Mr. Peer Stiansen from Norway.

11(a)

Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement;

Status:

Contact group established, chaired by the SBSTA Chair. Informal consultations co-facilitated by Mr. Hugh Sealy from Barbados and Mr. Peer Stiansen from Norway. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title	Document type
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.9	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: (a) Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement	Draft conclusions
SBSTA50.DT.i11a	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement (edited highlighted version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.i11a	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement (edited clean version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.i11a	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement (with highlights version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.i11a	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement (clean version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.i11a	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement	Draft negotiating texts

11(b)

Rules, modalities and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement;

Status:

Contact group established, chaired by the SBSTA Chair. Informal consultations co-facilitated by Mr. Hugh Sealy from Barbados and Mr. Peer Stiansen from Norway. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title	Document type
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.10	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: (b) Rules, modalities and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement	Draft conclusions
SBSTA50.DT.i11b	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Rules, modalities and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement (edited highlighted version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.i11b	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Rules, modalities and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement (edited clean version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.i11b	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Rules, modalities and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement (with highlights version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.i11b	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Rules, modalities and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement (clean version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.i11b	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Rules, modalities and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement	Draft negotiating texts

11(c)

Work programme under the framework for non-market approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 8, of the Paris Agreement.

Status:

Contact group established, chaired by the SBSTA Chair. Informal consultations co-facilitated by Mr. Hugh Sealy from Barbados and Mr. Peer Stiansen from Norway. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title	Document type
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.11	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: (c) Work programme under the framework for non-market approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 8, of the Paris Agreement	Draft conclusions
SBSTA50.DT.11c	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Work programme under the framework for non-market approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 8, of the Paris Agreement (edited highlighted version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.11c	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Work programme under the framework for non-market approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 8, of the Paris Agreement (edited clean version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.i11c.2	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Work programme under the framework for non-market approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 8, of the Paris Agreement (with higlights version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.i11c.1	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Work programme under the framework for non-market approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 8, of the Paris Agreement (clean version)	Draft negotiating texts
SBSTA50.DT.i11c	Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Work programme under the framework for non-market approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 8, of the Paris Agreement	Draft negotiating texts

Market and non-market mechanisms under the Convention:

Status:

The SBSTA agreed to defer this item to SBSTA 52

12(a)

Framework for various approaches;

Status:

The SBSTA agreed to defer this sub-item to SBSTA 52

12(b)

Non-market-based approaches;

Status:

The SBSTA agreed to defer this sub-item to SBSTA 52

12(c)

New market-based mechanism.

Status:

The SBSTA agreed to defer this sub-item to SBSTA 52

Cooperation with other international organizations.

Status:

Draft conclusions by the SBSTA Chair in consultation with interested Parties. Draft conclusions adopted as presented.

Pre-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/INF.2	Cooperative activities with United Nations entities and other intergovernmental organizations that contribute to the work under the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. Note by the secretariat		Pre-session documents

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.7	Cooperation with other international organizations		Draft conclusions
	Cooperative activities with United Nations entities and other intergovernmental organizations that contribute to the work under the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement		Presentations

Other matters.

Status:

No other matters raised

Closure of and report on the session.

Status:

Draft report adopted as presented.

In-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.1	Draft report of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice on its fiftieth session		Meeting documents

Post-session documents

Symbol	Title		Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/2	Report of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice on its fiftieth session, held in Bonn from 17 to 27 June 2019		Session and meeting reports

Item no.	Item title	Symbol	Title	Document	DateTime	Type	Workstream

Title	Body	Date
Methods and approaches for assessing adaptation, adaptation co-benefits and resilience	Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)	17 Jun 2019 - 18 Jun 2019
Special Event on Cooperation with UN and other IGOs	Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)	18 Jun 2019
Improved soil carbon, soil health and soil fertility under grassland and cropland as well as integrated systems, including water management	Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)	18 Jun 2019 - 19 Jun 2019
Training Programmes for Experts Participating in Technical Reviews of Information submitted by Annex I Parties, and Technical Analysis of Biennial Update Reports submitted by non-Annex I Parties		18 Jun 2019
Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation: Off-grid and decentralized energy solutions for smart energy and water use in the agri-food chain	Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)	20 Jun 2019 - 21 Jun 2019
Eleventh meeting of the Research Dialogue	Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)	20 Jun 2019
Technical Expert Meeting on Adaptation (TEM-A)	Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)	25 Jun 2019 - 26 Jun 2019

Symbol	Title	Document type	Date
FCCC/SBSTA/2019/2	Report of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice on its fiftieth session, held in Bonn from 17 to 27 June 2019	Session and meeting reports	05 Aug 2019

Latest documents

FCCC/SBSTA/2019/2

Report of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice on its fiftieth session, held in Bonn from 17 to 27 June 2019

FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.9

Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: (a) Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement

FCCC/SB/2019/L.3

Terms of reference for the 2019 review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts

FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.8

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C

FCCC/SBSTA/2019/L.3

Methodological issues under the Paris Agreement. Draft conclusions proposed by the Chair

SBSTA 50 for Strengthened Implementation and Enhanced Ambition

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