Transcript The problem of a national communication

United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC)-
Workshop on the use of the guidelines for the
preparation of national communications from nonAnnex I Parties
Port Louis, Mauritius
8 - 11 April 2003
Philip S. Weech
UNFCCC secretariat
[email protected]
OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
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V. OTHER INFORMATION CONSIDERED
RELEVANT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CONVENTION
Paragraphs 41- 48
Sub headings
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Transfer of Technologies
Research and systematic observations
Education, training and public awareness
Capacity Building
Information and networking
UNFCCC some thoughts on “other information”
COP7 MAccord
V. OTHER INFORMATION CONSIDERED RELEVANT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT
OF
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CONVENTION
All Parties to the Convention commit themselves to the
provisions of Article 12 (1) … (b) and (c) to the following;
(c) Any other information that the Party considers relevant
to the achievement of the objective of the Convention and
suitable for inclusion in its communication, including, if
feasible, material relevant for calculations of global
emission trends.
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41. With a view to facilitating the formulation and
implementation of sustainable development programmes,
non-Annex I Parties are encouraged, as appropriate, to
provide information on any steps they have taken to
integrate climate change considerations into relevant social,
economic and environmental policies and actions in
accordance with Article 4, paragraph 1 (f), of the
Convention.
Article 12 Communication of Information related to Implementation
ARTICLE 4, PARAGRAPH 1 (F), OF THE CONVENTION
• ARTICLE 4
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COMMITMENTS
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1. All Parties, taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities
and their specific national and regional development priorities, objectives and
circumstances, shall:
• (f) Take climate change considerations into account, to the extent feasible, in
their relevant social, economic and environmental policies and actions, and
employ appropriate methods, for example impact assessments, formulated and
determined nationally, with a view to minimizing adverse effects on the
economy, on public health and on the quality of the environment, of projects or
measures undertaken by them to mitigate or adapt to climate change;
A. TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES
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42.
Pursuant to decision 4/CP.7, its annex, and the
implementation of Article 4, paragraph 5, of the Convention, nonAnnex I Parties are encouraged, in the light of their social and
economic conditions, to provide information on activities relating to
the transfer of, and access to, environmentally sound technologies
and know-how, the development and enhancement of endogenous
capacities, technologies and know-how, and measures relating to
enhancing the enabling environment for development and transfer of
technologies.
• WHY Provide this information??
ARTICLE 4 (5) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
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5. The developed country Parties and other developed Parties
included in Annex II shall take all practicable steps to
promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate, the transfer of,
or access to, environmentally sound technologies and know
how to other Parties, particularly developing country
Parties,to enable them to implement the provisions of the
Convention. In this process, the developed country Parties shall
support the development and enhancement of endogenous capacities
and technologies of developing country Parties. Other Parties and
organizations in a position to do so may also assist in facilitating the
transfer of such technologies.
B. RESEARCH AND SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION
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43.
Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to provide
information on climate change research and systematic observation,
including their participation in and contribution to activities and
programmes, as appropriate, of national, regional and global research
networks and observing systems.[1]
44.
Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to provide
information on research relating to programmes containing measures
to mitigate climate change; programmes containing measures to
facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change; and the
development of emission factors and activity data.
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Such as the Global Climate Observing System, Global Terrestrial Observing System and Global Ocean
Observing System.
C. EDUCATION, TRAINING AND PUBLIC AWARENESS
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45.
Non-Annex I Parties are invited to provide information on activities
relating to climate change education, training and public awareness.
Context for ETPA - achievement of the objective of the Convention
– CGE reported that;
• all reporting Parties had provided information on ETPA in varying levels
of detail.
• programmes had not been developed, and where the programmes
exists, implementation was either “weak or non-existent”.
• concerned about the inadequacy of national programmes on ETPA
relating to climate change for
» academic and research institutions,
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policy makers,
practitioners in the media and industry,
students and teachers in formal and non-formal educational systems,
non-governmental and community-based organizations, and the public
at large.
ETPA 11/CP.8
Adopts 5 year work programme on Article 6 contained in the annex
undertake a review of the work programme in 2007, with an intermediate
review of progress in 2004, to evaluate its effectiveness;
Requests Parties to prepare reports (within their national communications, where
possible) on their efforts to implement the work programme for the purpose of reviewing
the programme in 2004 and 2007;
Encourages to continue their activities relevant to Article 6 and invites them to develop
programmatic responses to the five-year work programme;
5. Encourages Parties to make full use of the existing opportunities provided by the Global
Environment Facility, as an entity operating the financial mechanism of the Convention, in
particular in
accordance with decision 6/CP.7, paragraph 1 (h) 2 and decisions 2/CP.7 and 3/CP.7, or in
the context of
national communications, as well as the opportunities provided by other multilateral and
bilateral sources
of funding;
6. Requests the Global Environment Facility to provide financial resources to Parties not
included in Annex I of the Convention (non-Annex I Parties), in particular the least
developed countries
and small island developing States among them, in accordance with decisions 11/CP.1 and
6/CP.7, to
support the implementation of the work programme;
7. Encourages multilateral and bilateral organizations to support the activities relating to
the implementation of Article 6 and its work programme, as well as relevant capacitybuilding activities
in non-Annex I Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island
developing States
among them.
D. CAPACITY-BUILDING
46. Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to provide, in
accordance with decision 2/CP.7, information on how capacitybuilding activities, as contained in the framework annexed to
that decision, are being implemented at national and, where
appropriate, at subregional and/or regional levels. This could
include, inter alia, options and priorities for capacity-building,
participation in and promotion of South–South cooperation,
the involvement of stakeholders in capacity-building,
coordination and sustainability of capacity-building activities,
and the dissemination and sharing of information on capacitybuilding activities.
• 47. Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to include, as
appropriate, information on national, subregional and/or
regional capacity-building activities for integrating adaptation
to climate change into medium and long-term planning.
CAPACITY BUILDING
• Framework for CB 2/CP.7
• Invites Parties to provide information through
national communications and other reports to
enable the SBI to monitor progress in the
implementation of this framework (para 12 of 2/CP.7)
• (FCCC/SBI/2002/15) CGE
report
• NCSA GEF 3 conventions
• “Top-Up”
• Regional activities CPACC
E. INFORMATION AND NETWORKING
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48.
Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to provide
information on their efforts to promote information sharing among
and within countries and regions. Information could cover, as
appropriate, participation in and contribution to networks, and access
to, and use of, information technologies for information exchange.
– Cursory exam would indicate that a Party could simply report on its
web site,
– In the context of the work of the CGE however “information and
networking” have a much larger and more prominent context
(FCCC/SBI/202/15) “central to implementation of the UNFCCC”,
“Interrelated activities”, “information systems”, “exchange of
information through networks @ the national/regional/interregional”