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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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Crowds Jam Contact Groups in Montréal
On Thursday, delegates convened in a dozen contact groups and a number
of informal consultations to advance work on agenda items under the COP,
COP/MOP and subsidiary bodies. Contact groups convened to discuss the
CDM Executive Board's report, implications of the CDM for other
environmental treaties, joint implementation (JI), capacity building
under the Kyoto Protocol, the Protocol's international transaction
log, Protocol Article 3.9 (future commitments), research and systematic
observation, deforestation in developing countries, Annex I
communications, the IPCC Special Report on carbon dioxide capture and
storage, the Secretariat's institutional linkage to the UN and privileges
and immunities of individuals serving on bodies established under the
Protocol. Informal consultations covered issues such as technology
transfer, the financial mechanism, mitigation, and emissions from
aviation and maritime transport. Above: Some contact groups, like
this one on future commitments, were standing-room-only events.
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Thursday, 1 December
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Contact Groups
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The contact group on the CDM executive board report, co-chaired by
David Brackett, Canada and André do Lago, Brazil, decided to
consider general CDM implementation issues, including the registration
deadline for prompt-start projects, environmental integrity, CDM's
continuity after 2012, cooperation with entities from non-Kyoto Parties,
and technology transfer.
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William Agyemang-Bonsu, Ghana, and Thomas Verheye, European Commission,
co-chaired the contact group on the IPCC's Special Report on Carbon
Dioxide Capture and Storage. Their request to delegations for comments
on the Special Report resulted in numerous responses, and the Co-Chairs
will consult informally.
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In the contact group on implications of the CDM for other environmental
treaties, Chair Børsting explained that, based on Parties'
submissions and views, options to address perverse incentives from the
crediting of HCFC-23 destruction had been identified.
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Co-chairs Joyceline Goco, Philippines and Anders Turesson, Sweden,
explained that the contact group on capacity-building would be asked
to work on two draft decisions, one for developing countries and one
for countries with transition economies.
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The contact group on future commitments, co-chaired by Alf Wills, South
Africa, and David Drake, Canada, heard presentations of submissions by
the G-77 and China, European Union, and Japan. The Co-Chairs will
prepare a compilation document.
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Around COP 11 and COP/MOP 1
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Masao Nakayama, Micronesia, chaired the contact group on administrative
and institutional matters.
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During the contact groups, delegates were frequently seen conferring...
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...and reviewing documents.
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UN Security welcomed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police local security lead.
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