The sixteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 16) and the fourteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the UNFCCC (AWG-LCA 14) will resume for the third time this year from 1-7 October in Panama City, Panama. The work of AWG-KP and AWG-LCA will continue based on agendas adopted during the UN Climate Change Conference Bangkok, which took place from 3-8 April 2011. The organization of the AWG-KP’s work will be undertaken in a contact group on further commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol and with work on specific issues in spin-off groups.

The AWG-LCA will work on all agenda items in informal groups under the contact group, taking into account recommendations made at the June session for focused in-depth discussions to facilitate progress on technical issues. The agenda includes preparation of a comprehensive and balanced outcome to enable the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention through long-term cooperative action, entailing: a shared vision for long-term cooperative action; enhanced action on mitigation and adaptation; finance; technology development and transfer; and capacity-building. Other agenda items include the Review, legal options, and other matters such as parties undergoing the process of transition to a market economy and those whose special circumstances are recognized by the COP.