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Eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change
Convention and first meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
Palais de Congrès, Montréal, Canada | 28 November-9 December 2005
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COP/MOP 1 Adopts the Marrakesh Accords
On Wednesday, delegates convened in COP and COP/MOP plenary meetings and
in contact groups. The COP discussed deforestation in developing
countries and the procedure for appointing an Executive Secretary.
COP/MOP adopted a package of 21 decisions forwarded by the COP to
operationalize the Kyoto Protocol as agreed under the Marrakesh Accords.
COP/MOP also considered the report of the Executive Board of the Clean
Development Mechanism (CDM), joint implementation, compliance, Protocol
Article 3.9 (future commitments), and various other matters. Contact
groups met on the financial mechanism, LULUCF, education, training and
public awareness, technology transfer, adaptation, and LDCs.
Above: Stéphane Dion, President of COP 11 and COP/MOP 1, gavels
the adoption of the Marrakesh Accords.
Please see ENB's
CBD SBSTTA-11 coverage for photos of the Joint Informal Meeting of
UNFCCC/CBD on Biodiversity and Climate Change.
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Wednesday, 30 November
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COP 11 and COP/MOP 1
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Papua New Guinea introduced a proposal on
avoiding deforestation in developing countries.
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Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew, Canada, said the Marrakesh Accords "will
breathe life into the Kyoto Protocol" and provide the basis for
implementation.
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Sushma Gera, chair of the CDM Executive Board, presented its annual report
for 2004-2005, noting "significant momentum" over the past year.
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Speaking for the EU, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia, the UK urged a prompt
agreement on practical measures to operationalize Joint Implementation.
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Mohammed Al-Saban, Saudi Arabia, noted its proposal to amend the Kyoto
Protocol and called for an independent, legally-binding instrument.
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Samy Watson, Canada, cautioned that a process to amend the Kyoto Protocol's
compliance mechanism could be unpredictable.
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Jose Romero, Switzerland, called for broad participation in the process
on future commitments.
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Harald Dovland, Norway, proposed that a 2008 deadline be set for talks
on future commitments.
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Yu Jie, Greenpeace, speaking for environmental NGOs, called for a "strong
response" to future commitments.
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Contact Groups
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The contact group on the financial mechanism, chaired by Rawleston Moore,
Barbados, and Karsten Sach, Germany, met throughout the morning,
and informally in the afternoon, in an attempt to remove bracketed text
from the draft COP decision on the Special Climate Change Fund.
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The contact groups on methodologies, chaired by Audun Rosland, Norway, and
Newton Paciornik, Brazil, discussed the common reporting format for LULUCF
under the Convention and criteria for cases of failure to submit information
relating to sinks under the Kyoto Protocol.
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Chaired by Crispin D'Auvergne, Saint Lucia, the contact group on Article 6
discussed funding issues and the new information clearinghouse.
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Around COP-11
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Friends of the Earth International unveiled a mosaic of more than 3,000
tiles painted by people around the world, calling for acceptance of the
Marrakesh Accords.
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