ENB @ UNFCCC COP-12 and Kyoto COP/MOP-2, Nairobi, Kenya; 10 November 2006

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	Twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention and second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol United Nations Office at Nairobi, Gigiri, Kenya \| 6-17 November 2006


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Multiple Contact Groups and Informals Convene

On Friday, SBSTA convened in the morning to consider cooperation with relevant international organizations, various progress reports, Protocol Article 2.3 (adverse impacts of policies and measures), and emissions from fuel used for international aviation and maritime transport ("bunker fuels"). In addition, contact groups and informal consultations took place throughout the day on issues such as capacity building, technology transfer, deforestation, the CDM, the Joint Implementation (JI) Supervisory Committee, the programme of work on adaptation, Protocol Article 9 (review of the Protocol), issues under the AWG, and privileges and immunities for individuals serving on Protocol bodies.

Above: UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer wishes AWG Chair Michael Zammit Cutajar a happy birthday.

Friday, 10 November
SBSTA

Kuwait conferred with SBSTA Chair Kumarsingh.	Norway announced its intention to host a (non-UNFCCC) technical meeting on emissions from aviation and maritime transport in October 2007.	Earth Negotiations Bulletin writer Chris Spence discussed a document with SBSTA Coordinator Halldor Thorgeirsson.

AWG
AWG Chair Zammit Cutajar with Henning Wuester of the UNFCCC Secretariat.	EU delegates conferred.	Japanese NGO delegates.
CDM
Co-chaired by Christiana Figueres, Costa Rica, and Georg Børsting, Norway, the contact group exchanged views on a range of CDM-related issues.
Brazil cautioned against perverse incentives for deforestation.	Japan said it was unfortunate that the CDM Executive Board was unable to reach a conclusion on biomass.	Chinese delegation at the CDM contact group.
SBSTA Contact Group: Adaptation Programme of Work
Co-chaired by Leon Charles, Grenada, and Helen Plume, New Zealand, the contact group on the adaptation programme of work made progress on the chapeau paragraphs.
COP/MOP Contact Group: Report of the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee
Co-chaired by William K. Agyemang-Bonsu, Ghana, and Johan Nylander, Sweden, the contact group exchanged initial ideas. The Co-Chairs will prepare draft text.
Article 9 Informals
In informal consultations chaired by Fernando Tudela Abad, Mexico, delegates engaged in a frank exchange on issues such as the scope of the review, the purpose of the review, and how it should be conducted.
UNFCCC Daily Press Briefing
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer and JISC Chair Daniela Stoycheva.
Around COP 12
Exchange students from North America visited the conference for a day.
EU delegates shared a laugh with AWG chair Zammit Cutajar	Delegates conferred during the CDM contact group.	Delegates conferred during the contact group on adaptation.
Secretariat staff posted information on side events.	WMO kiosk.	IPCC kiosk.
Russian delegates heading to an appointment with the COP President.
Kevin Grose, UNFCCC, introduces David Waweru, CEO, Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation, to Cecile Gunera, head of webcasting for UNFCCC. This conference is the first time KBC has been the broadcast host for an event at the United Nations.