Guidelines on reporting national communications (NCs)
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Revision of the UNFCCC reporting guidelines on national communications for Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (decision 6/CP.25). Parties included in Annex I to the Convention shall use these guidelines in preparing their national communications, beginning with the eighth national communications;
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Guidelines for the preparation of NCs by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention, Part II: UNFCCC reporting guidelines on NCs - Decision 4/CP.5 (pages 80-100);
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Annotated outline of NC.
Additional reporting requirements for NCs of Annex I Parties that are also Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
Guidance Relevant to Specific Chapters of National Communications
Chapter V: Projections and the total effect of policies and measures
Chapter VI: Vulnerability assessment, climate change impacts and adaptation measures
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Buenos Aires programme of work on adaptation and response measures
Decision 1/CP.10 (paragraphs 12 and 18);
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Implementation of Article 4, paragraph 8 and 9, of the Convention (decision 3/CP.3) and Article 2, paragraph 3, and Article 3, paragraph 14, of the Kyoto Protocol; Decision 5/CP.7 (paragraphs 4 and 21).
Chapter VII: Financial, technological and capacity-building support
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Capacity-building for developing countries (non-Annex I Parties) - Decision 2/CP.10 (paragraph 2);
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Capacity-building for countries with economies in transition - Decision 3/CP.10 (paragraph 7);
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Capacity-building in developing countries (non-Annex I Parties) - Decision 2/CP.7(paragraph 12);
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Capacity-building in countries with economies in transition - Decision 3/CP.7 (paragraph 5).
Chapter VIII: Research and systematic observation
Chapter IX: Education, training and public awareness
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Status of, and ways to enhance, implementation of the New Delhi work programme on Article 6 of the Convention - Decision 7/CP.10 (paragraph 10);
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New Delhi work programme on Article 6 of the Convention - Decision 11/CP.8 (paragraph 3).