Transcript Workshop on the preparation of national communications

United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Workshop on the preparation of national
communications from non-Annex I Parties
Manila, Philippines
26 - 30 April 2004
Philip S. Weech
UNFCCC secretariat
[email protected]
V. OTHER INFORMATION CONSIDERED
RELEVANT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE
OBJECTIVE OF THE CONVENTION
Paragraphs 41- 48
OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
Research and systematic observations - OLGA (UNFCCC)
Transfer of Technologies
- Yolando (UNFCCC)
Education, training and public awareness
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Capacity Building
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Information and networking
- Jack (CGE)
Summary of guidelines
Old guidelines (decision 10/CP.2)
New guidelines (decision 17/CP.8)
• Objectives
• National circumstances
• National circumstances
• Inventory of emissions/removals
• National GHG inventory
• General description of steps
• General description of steps
– programmes containing measures to
facilitate adequate adaptation
– programmes containing measures to
mitigate climate change
• Other information
• Other information
– transfer of technologies (4/CP.7)
– research and systematic observation
(5/CP.5)
– education, training and public awareness
(Article 6)
– capacity-building (2/CP.7)
– information and networking
• Financial and technological
needs and constraints
•Constraints and gaps
UNFCCC Guidelines- Thoughts on “Other
information”
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CONTEXT-guided by the
objective of the Convention
112 Initial National
communications have been
presented to the UNFCCC
CGE & UNFCCC have
examined and reported on
85 INC (99) C&S
Initial reports cover all
major topics on “Other
Information”
NC “inform(s)” the process
and if done well, can be
used to guide the “process”
of implementation
• WHY
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In the context of the evolving
scientific, research and efforts
at the national regional and
international & inter regional
levels the work of the
Convention and related
processes is evolving and
ongoing.
There is a continuing need to
inform the process on
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Achievements/progress made
since INC
What still needs to be done
What financial and technical
support required
Advise on emerging issues
that the Convention in the
process of implementing the
convention NEEDS to consider
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
• 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;