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Thursday,
8 June:
Delegates
to the informal meetings preceding SB-12 continued discussions on:
mechanisms; land use, land-use change and forestry; compliance;
FCCC Article 4.8 and 4.9 and Protocol Article 3.14 (adverse effects);
and guidelines under Protocol Articles 5 (methodological issues),
7 (communication of information) and 8 (review of information).
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Right: wild
rabbits eating the grass in front of the Hotel Maritim, site
of SB-12
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Interview
with Co-Chair Dovland
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Harald Dovland
(Norway), Co-Chair of the Joint Working Group on Compliance states
that, as a core part of the BAPA, the establishment of a compliance
system is necessary before ratification. The system will need to
indicate how to handle cases of non-compliance and what consequences
can be expected. Dovland pointed out that compliance is a complex
issue with continual developments in thought, and this week's informals
are the Parties' venue for discussing ideas and forming elements
that may contribute to the skeleton of a future compliance system.
The decisions to remove some options or include others will then
feed into the formal meetings next week.
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 The
UNFCCC Learning Center
Ronald de la Cruz [left]
and Svenja Drews [center], of the
UNFCCC Secretariat, staff the Climage Change Learning Centre
providing first hand information to CSB-12 participants, and disseminating
information on the climate change policy development process.
The Learning Centre also provides the Climate Talk Kiosk
[below] where small-group presentations,
screenings for videos, and press briefings can be made.
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Preparing
for the future
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French representatives promote Lyon, France - the
host of SB-13 in September 2000. For more information,
or to book hotels visit [http://sb13.lso-intl.com]
or e-mail Stephane Teboul at <stephane.teboul@lso-intl.com>.
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Miscellaneous
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SB-12 participants'
first destination each day: the monitors that display the
day's schedule
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The fountain
of knowledge: the document distribution center
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Chow Kok
Kee, Chair of the Workshop on Mechanisms [left];
Horacio Peluffo, UNFCCC Secretariat [center]
and John Ashe, Chair of SBI [right],
enjoying the last moments of their lunch break before returning
to the meetings
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In the corridors
Some participants have expressed concern
over what they feel is undue haste in these meetings to produce
the basis for negotiating texts, such as in the LULUCF, mechanisms
and adverse effects groups. While they applaud progress, they fear
that the urgency in the lead-up to COP-6 means negotiations may
be pushed more rapidly than they are prepared for at this stage.
Indeed, some delegates sense that these informal meetings have reached
the limits of their mandate.
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RealAudio of the interview
