See more coverage of this event on the main IISD ENB website
We have launched a new website to better share our reports of global environmental negotiations.
As well as current coverage of new negotiations, you can find our original reports from this event by clicking here.
![]() |
|
Seventh
Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change Marrakesh, Morocco 29 October to 9 November 2001 |
||||
|
||||||
|
![]() |
Highlights for Friday, 2 November 2001 Delegates to COP-7 met in a
morning Plenary session to hear progress reports from the chairs of the
subsidiary bodies and the negotiating groups, and to consider input to the
World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). In the afternoon and
evening, the negotiating group on mechanisms resumed its work, and
drafting groups met on mechanisms, compliance and Protocol Articles 5
(methodological issues), 7 (communication of information) and 8 (review
of information). In addition, informal groups met on a number of issues,
including the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE). |
|
||
PLENARY:
![]() COP-7 President Elyazghi (right) invited the chairs of the subsidiary bodies and negotiating groups to report on progress made so far. |
||
PROGRESS REPORTS BY THE CHAIRS OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODIES: | ||
![]() ![]() |
||
|
||
|
||
Mechanisms:
![]() ![]() |
||
![]() CANADA, for the UMBRELLA GROUP, expressed concern with the manner in which the discussion on linkages between compliance and eligibility to participate in the mechanisms was dealt with in the mechanisms contact group Thursday evening. He said several Parties did not agree with the Co-Chairs' formulation on this issue, and expressed concern that these objections had been overruled. ![]() |
||
![]() JAPAN supported Canada's statement and expressed "alarm" at how this issue had been addressed. |
||
![]() |
||
Articles 5, 7 and 8: Chair Dovland reported that this group had engaged in an initial discussion on almost all outstanding issues, making some progress on a limited number of them. He indicated that two drafting groups had been formed to address the most difficult issues. | ||
![]() Compliance: Co-Chair Slade reported on consultations on the draft compliance text in a drafting group and in smaller groups, noting that agreements had been confirmed or reconfirmed on a number of issues, but that a range of key issues remained unresolved, with some awaiting results of work in other groups. ![]() |
||
![]() Left photo: The view of the plenary with a screenshot of Belgium making a statement on behalf of the EU. |
||
![]() |
||
![]() |
||
![]() |
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
|
© 2001, IISD. All rights reserved. |
|