Transcript National Communications

Workshop on exchange of
experiences and good practices
among non-Annex I Parties in
preparing national communications
and on cross-cutting issues
Cairo, Egypt, 20-22 Sept. 2006
Yolando Velasco
UNFCCC secretariat
The national
communications
process: status and
trends
Status of preparation of
national communications
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Timing of submission of 2nd/3rd nat. comms…
 Shall make all efforts to submit their second and, where appropriate,
third national communication, within four years of the initial
disbursement of financial resources for the actual preparation of the
national communication…
…may use an extension of up to one year for submission, after having
informed the secretariat;
 …least developed countries may submit their second national
communication at their discretion;
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160
62
Initial national communication
60
121
50
120
100
96
85
27
30
27
4
6
1997
1998
1
2000
1
1
2001
2002
60
40
10
1999
23
15
8
22
10
80
23
20
12
6
36
76
49
20
0
121
140
111
40
10
134
132
129
144
1
2
2003
1
23
3
3
3
2004
2005
INC
SNC
Total INC
Total SNC
20
2
3
2006
Second national communication
70
2007
0
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Year
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30
25
25
20
20
Africa
15
10
Asia and the Pacific
13
Latin America and the Caribbean
9
10
11
10
8
11
11
Other
8
6
6
5
0
2010
2011
2012
Remaining Parties
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Trends and implications…
 Technical support: Increased demand for technical support in
GHG inventories, vulnerability and adaptation assessments and
mitigation assessments.
 Funding for subsequent NCs: “…should apply for the
financing of their subsequent national communications at any
time between three to five years of the initial disbursement of
financial resources for the actual preparation of their previous
national communications…(decision 8/CP.11)
 National needs…
 Integration of NCs into national development planning
process
 Training of trainers
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THANK YOU
United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Bonn, Germany
(E-mail: [email protected])
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