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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)- Workshop on the use of the guidelines for the preparation of national communications from non. Annex I Parties Port Louis, Mauritius 8 - 11 April 2003 Philip S. Weech UNFCCC secretariat pweech@unfccc. int

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION • V. OTHER INFORMATION CONSIDERED RELEVANT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CONVENTION Paragraphs 41 - 48 Sub headings (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Transfer of Technologies Research and systematic observations Education, training and public awareness Capacity Building Information and networking UNFCCC some thoughts on “other information” COP 7 MAccord

V. OTHER INFORMATION CONSIDERED RELEVANT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CONVENTION All Parties to the Convention commit themselves to the provisions of Article 12 (1) … (b) and (c) to the following; (c) Any other information that the Party considers relevant to the achievement of the objective of the Convention and suitable for inclusion in its communication, including, if feasible, material relevant for calculations of global emission trends. • 41. With a view to facilitating the formulation and implementation of sustainable development programmes, non-Annex I Parties are encouraged, as appropriate, to provide information on any steps they have taken to integrate climate change considerations into relevant social, economic and environmental policies and actions in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 1 (f), of the Convention. Article 12 Communication of Information related to Implementation

ARTICLE 4, PARAGRAPH 1 (F), OF THE CONVENTION • ARTICLE 4 • COMMITMENTS • 1. All Parties, taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities and their specific national and regional development priorities, objectives and circumstances, shall: • (f) Take climate change considerations into account, to the extent feasible, in their relevant social, economic and environmental policies and actions, and employ appropriate methods, for example impact assessments, formulated and determined nationally, with a view to minimizing adverse effects on the economy, on public health and on the quality of the environment, of projects or measures undertaken by them to mitigate or adapt to climate change;

A. TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES • 42. Pursuant to decision 4/CP. 7, its annex, and the implementation of Article 4, paragraph 5, of the Convention, non. Annex I Parties are encouraged, encouraged in the light of their social and economic conditions, to provide information on activities relating to the transfer of, and access to, environmentally sound technologies and know-how, the development and enhancement of endogenous capacities, technologies and know-how, and measures relating to enhancing the enabling environment for development and transfer of technologies. • WHY Provide this information? ?

ARTICLE 4 (5) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER • 5. The developed country Parties and other developed Parties included in Annex II shall take all practicable steps to promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate, the transfer of, or access to, environmentally sound technologies and know how to other Parties, particularly developing country Parties, to enable them to implement the provisions of the Convention. In this process, the developed country Parties shall support the development and enhancement of endogenous capacities and technologies of developing country Parties. Other Parties and organizations in a position to do so may also assist in facilitating the transfer of such technologies.

B. RESEARCH AND SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION • • • 43. Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to provide information on climate change research and systematic observation, including their participation in and contribution to activities and programmes, as appropriate, of national, regional and global research networks and observing systems. [1] 44. Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to provide information on research relating to programmes containing measures to mitigate climate change; programmes containing measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change; and the development of emission factors and activity data. [1] Such as the Global Climate Observing System, Global Terrestrial Observing System and Global Ocean Observing System.

C. EDUCATION, TRAINING AND PUBLIC AWARENESS • 45. Non-Annex I Parties are invited to provide information on activities relating to climate change education, training and public awareness. Context for ETPA - achievement of the objective of the Convention – CGE reported that; • all reporting Parties had provided information on ETPA in varying levels of detail. • programmes had not been developed, and where the programmes exists, implementation was either “weak or non-existent”. • concerned about the inadequacy of national programmes on ETPA relating to climate change for » academic and research institutions, » » policy makers, practitioners in the media and industry, students and teachers in formal and non-formal educational systems, non-governmental and community-based organizations, and the public at large.

ETPA 11/CP. 8 Adopts 5 year work programme on Article 6 contained in the annex undertake a review of the work programme in 2007, with an intermediate review of progress in 2004, to evaluate its effectiveness; Requests Parties to prepare reports (within their national communications, where possible) on their efforts to implement the work programme for the purpose of reviewing the programme in 2004 and 2007; Encourages to continue their activities relevant to Article 6 and invites them to develop programmatic responses to the five-year work programme; 5. Encourages Parties to make full use of the existing opportunities provided by the Global Environment Facility, as an entity operating the financial mechanism of the Convention, in particular in accordance with decision 6/CP. 7, paragraph 1 (h) 2 and decisions 2/CP. 7 and 3/CP. 7, or in the context of national communications, as well as the opportunities provided by other multilateral and bilateral sources of funding; 6. Requests the Global Environment Facility to provide financial resources to Parties not included in Annex I of the Convention (non-Annex I Parties), in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them, in accordance with decisions 11/CP. 1 and 6/CP. 7, to support the implementation of the work programme; 7. Encourages multilateral and bilateral organizations to support the activities relating to the implementation of Article 6 and its work programme, as well as relevant capacitybuilding activities in non-Annex I Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them.

D. CAPACITY-BUILDING 46. Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to provide, in accordance with decision 2/CP. 7, information on how capacitybuilding activities, as contained in the framework annexed to that decision, are being implemented at national and, where appropriate, at subregional and/or regional levels. This could include, inter alia, options and priorities for capacity-building, participation in and promotion of South–South cooperation, the involvement of stakeholders in capacity-building, coordination and sustainability of capacity-building activities, and the dissemination and sharing of information on capacitybuilding activities. • 47. Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to include, as appropriate, information on national, subregional and/or regional capacity-building activities for integrating adaptation to climate change into medium and long-term planning.

CAPACITY BUILDING • Framework for CB 2/CP. 7 • Invites Parties to provide information through national communications and other reports to enable the SBI to monitor progress in the implementation of this framework (para 12 of 2/CP. 7) • (FCCC/SBI/2002/15) CGE report • NCSA GEF 3 conventions • “Top-Up” • Regional activities CPACC

E. INFORMATION AND NETWORKING • 48. Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to provide information on their efforts to promote information sharing among and within countries and regions. Information could cover, as appropriate, participation in and contribution to networks, and access to, and use of, information technologies for information exchange. – Cursory exam would indicate that a Party could simply report on its web site, – In the context of the work of the CGE however “information and networking” have a much larger and more prominent context (FCCC/SBI/202/15) “central to implementation of the UNFCCC”, “Interrelated activities”, “information systems”, “exchange of information through networks @ the national/regional/interregional”