Report of the joint IPCC/Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) under the Montreal Protocol Expert Meeting on options for the limitation of emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs).

Ogunlade R Davidson, Co-Chair, IPCC Working Group II (e-mail: ogunlade.davidson@risoe.dk, on the left), and Dr. Lambert Kuijpers, Member of the TEAP HFC and PFC Task Force (e-mail: lambermp@wxs.nl, right), talk to Peter Doran about their report. Ogunlade sets the scene, describing the origins of the report, which is to presented to SBSTA at COP-5.

Some useful web sites:

Presenter Irina Yesserkepova, National Focal Point on Climate Change of the Republic of Kazakhstan, at a side event on the results of a study on her country's GHG inventory and mitigation assessments.

NGOs push for sound Compliance regime

A number of NGOs have tabled recommendations to inform negotiations at COP-5 on the design and implementation of a compliance regime for the Kyoto Protocol. A number of these ideas were the subject of discussion at a side event Monday evening.

NGOs such as Greenpeace believe that it is essential to the Protocol's environmental and economic success and that major elements and principles must be agreed at COP-6 when the rules for the flexible mechanisms are adopted. They want to see COP-5 make substantial progress and establish a well resourced process, working all the way up to COP-6.

Useful links for NGOs working on compliance issues:

Jennifer L. Morgan (e-mail: jennifer.morgan@wwfus.org), Worldwide Fund for Nature & Stephen J. Porter (e-mail: cielus@igc.apc.org), Centre for International Environmental Law are the authors of a discussion draft prepared for COP-5, Compliance Institutions for the Kyoto Protocol: A Joint CIEL/WWF Proposal.

Glenn Wiser and Donald Goldberg (left) of the Centre for International Environmental Law have prepared a report, The Compliance Fund: A New Tool for Achieving Compliance Under the Kyoto Protocol.

Tim Hargrave (right), Ned Helme, Suzi Kerr and Tim Denne (e-mail: mailto:general@ccap.org) at the Center for Clean Air Policy have written a report, Defining Kyoto Protocol Non-Compliance Procedures and Mechanisms, published as part of the Leiden series.

Conference participants enjoy the COP President and Executive Secretary's reception.

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