SBSTA item 10(b) "Emissions from fuels used for international aviation and maritime transport".  Provisional agenda and annotations for SBSTA 47.

FCCC/SBSTA/2017/5, paragraph 43-44.

Impact of the implementation of response measures
Views on aspects related to economic diversification and transformation and just transition of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality jobs, in the context of sustainable development, with a view to informing the in-forum discussion on possible needs for modelling tools, including capacity-building opportunities, to take place at SBI 47 and SBSTA 47 and the in-forum training workshop on the use of economic modelling tools at SBI 48 and SBSTA 48

(April–May 2018).
FCCC/SB/2017/L.2, paragraph 5

Voluntary submission submitted to SBSTA 47 

Information on indicators of adaptation and resilience at the national and/or local level or for specific sectors.
FCCC/SBSTA/2016/2 para. 18
(Deadline 20 September 2017)

Information on topics such as good practices, lessons learned and available tools and methods, based on recent work in the area of human settlements and adaptation
FCCC/SBSTA/2016/2, para 15(b) (ii) and (v)
(Deadline 20 September 2017)

Information on lessons learned and good practices in relation to adaptation actions and plans that could enhance economic diversification and have mitigation co-benefits
FCCC/SBSTA/2016/2, para. 15(d) (i) and (ii)
(Deadline 20 September 2017)

Views on principles and structure of the technology framework under Article 10, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement
FCCC/SBSTA/2016/4, paragraph 30
(Deadline 10 April 2017)

SBSTA item 8(f) "Emissions from fuels used for international aviation and maritime transport"
Provisional agenda and annotations for SBSTA 46, paragraphs 49-50.

Voluntary submission submitted to SBSTA 46

Views on the guidance referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Paris Agreement. (229 kB)

The local communities and indigenous peoples' platform
Views on the purpose, content and structure of the platform in order to inform the multi-stakeholder dialogue, co-moderated by the Chair and a representative of indigenous peoples' organization (dialogue to be held in conjunction with the forty-sixth sessions of the subsidiary bodies).
Decision 1/CP.21 paragraph 135
(Deadline 31 March 2017)

Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
Information in relation to adaptation planning processes that address ecosystems and interrelated areas such as water resources; lessons learned and good practices in monitoring and evaluating the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation; and tools for assessing the benefits of mitigation and adaptation to enhancing resilience and emission reductions that ecosystem-based adaptation provides.
FCCC/SBSTA/2016/2, para. 15(c) (i) and (ii)
(Deadline 25 January 2017)

The SBSTA invited Parties and observer organizations to submit their views on the development of modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through public interventions in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 7, of the Paris Agreement, by 29 August 2016,2 for compilation into a miscellaneous document.

FCCC/SBSTA/2016/2, paragraph 107

Scientific and Technological Advice call for views on the development of modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through public interventions in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 7, of the Paris Agreement (696 kB)

Submission by CGIAR: identification of adaptation measures (1193 kB)

Submission by CGIAR: identification and assessment of agricultural practices and technologies (1260 kB)

Submission by FAO to UNFCCC on issues relating to agriculture: adaptation measures (1687 kB)

Submission by FAO to UNFCCC on issues relating to agriculture: agricultural practices and technologies (595 kB)

Technical examination process on adaptation

Parties and observer organizations to submit information on concrete opportunities for strengthening resilience, reducing vulnerabilities and increasing the understanding and implementation of adaptation actions.

FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, paragraph 133

The  SBSTA  noted  with  appreciation  the  information  provided  by  WMO  on  the developments regarding the implementation of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) and the outcome of the second session of the Intergovernmental Board on Climate Services.
The  SBSTA  noted  that  GFCS  has  moved  into  an  implementation  phase  and encouraged Parties to make use of the opportunities that GFCS provides to help to address climate   variability   and   change   at   the   national   level,   including   to   enhance   climate observations  and  monitoring,  and  to  support  the  formulation  and  implementation  of national adaptation planning processes, as appropriate. The SBSTA invited WMO to report, by SBSTA 43, on progress made on the implementation of GFCS.

FCCC/SBSTA/2014/5 paragraph 41

Outcomes of the Seventeenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-17) with respect to the World Climate Programme (WCP), Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information (IG3IS) (185 kB)

The SBSTA recalled the conclusions from SBSTA 39 and welcomed the plans of the GCOS secretariat to organize, in collaboration with the IPCC and the secretariat, a workshop to identify ways to enhance systematic observation and related capacity, especially in developing countries to support preparedness and adaptation in a changing climate proposed to be held in February 2015 in Bonn, Germany. It invited the GCOS secretariat to provide a report on the workshop by SBSTA 43

FCCC/SBSTA/2015/3, paragraph 39

Report of the GCOS Workshop on Enhancing Observations to Support Preparedness and Adaptation in a Changing Climate - learning from the IPCC AR5 Report (3645 kB)

The SBSTA welcomed the plan of the GCOS Steering Committee and secretariat to prepare, in broad consultation with relevant partners, by early 2015, a third report on the adequacy of the global observing systems for climate and, by 2016, a new implementation plan for the global observing system for climate, which would, inter alia, support the Convention. The SBSTA invited the GCOS secretariat to provide the third adequacy report to the SBSTA in 2015 by its forty-third session, and the final implementation plan to the SBSTA in 2016 by its forty-fifth session. The SBSTA encouraged the GCOS secretariat to provide a draft of the new implementation plan to the SBSTA by its forty-third session in 2015.

FCCC/SBSTA/2012/5, paragraph 37

• Status Report of the Global Observing System for Climate. Cover letter (432 kB)
• Status of the Global Observing System for Climate.  Full report (15972 kB)
• Status of the Global Observing System for Climate. Executive summary (626 kB)
• Draft Outline of a new GCOS Implementation Plan (560 kB)

The SBSTA expressed its appreciation to CEOS and CGMS for their updated report on the progress made by space agencies providing global observations in their coordinated response to relevant needs of the Convention. It noted the importance of continuing and sustaining satellite observations on a long-term basis and welcomed the efforts to develop an architecture for climate monitoring from space. It invited CEOS to report on progress at SBSTA 43, and at subsequent sessions, as appropriate.

FCCC/SBSTA/2015/3, paragraph 37

CEOS-CGMS Progress Report on a coordinated response to UNFCCC needs for global observations (715 kB)

COMESA submission on of issues related to agriculture under SBSTA (158 kB)

1.   World Animal Protection submission (96 kB)
2. A case study of triple wins in milk and beef production (841 kB)

1. Development of early warning systems and contingency plans in relation to extreme weather events and its effects such as desertification, drought, floods, landslides, storm surge, soil erosion, and saline water intrusion (148 kB)
2. Assessment of risk and vulnerability of agricultural systems to different climate change scenarios at regional, national and local levels, including but not limited to pests and diseases (772 kB)  

1.   Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared (1434 kB)
2. Expanding the Contribution of Early Warning to Climate-Resilient Agricultural Development in Africa (921 kB)
3. Climate and Livestock Disease: assessing the vulnerability of agricultural systems to livestock pests under climate change scenarios (867 kB)
4. Climate Change and Aquatic Animal Disease (509 kB)

Methodologies for the reporting of financial information by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention

Invites Parties and observer organizations to submit to the secretariat, by 25 March 2015, views on the methodologies for the reporting of financial information, as referred to in decision 2/CP.17, paragraph 19, for compilation into a miscellaneous document.  (FCCC/CP/2014/10/Add.2 Paragraph 2)

The joint MDB climate finance group (171 kB)

Submission on elements for the construction of a MRV system of finance from a developing country perspective

• English (1107 kB)
• Spanish (951 kB)

Submission by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) (218 kB)

Enhanced monitoring and cataloguing of hazard/extreme events and slow onset climatic indicators in support of the UNFCCC Warsaw Mechanism for Loss and Damage, the SDGs and the post-2015 Framework for DRR.

Key messages
•  Arabic
•  English
•  French
•  Russian
•  Spanish

Matters related to systematic observation 
SBSTA 33 invited the secretariat of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) to report on progress made in the implementation of the 2010 updated GCOS implementation plan on a regular basis.
(FCCC/SBSTA/2010/13, paragraph 45)

Submission from the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) to SBSTA 41 on agenda item 8 (b) Research and systematic observation

REDD+ SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION SYSTEM (SIS)
WHAT SHOULD FURTHER GUIDANCE DELIVER? SUBMISSION BY THE REDD+ SAFEGUARDS WORKING GROUP

Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation (AIPP) Submission on methodological issues related to non-carbon benefits resulting from the implementation of REDD+ activities

Land use, land-use change and forestry under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Kyoto Protocol and under the clean development mechanism (SBSTA)
Views on specific possible additional land use, land-use change and forestry activities and specific alternative approaches to addressing the risk of non-permanence under the clean development mechanism.
(FCCC/SBSTA/2013/3, paragraph 143; FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.26, paragraph 4)
Deadline: 28 February 2014

• Inputs on modalities and procedures for possible additional LULUCF activities under the CDM in response to the call for submissions per the decision of the SBSTA 39 on the agenda item 12(b), paragraph 3
  
• Inputs on modalities and procedures for alternative approaches to addressing the risk of non-permanence under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) per the decision of the SBSTA 39 on the agenda item 12(b), paragraph 3

Third World Network (TWN), The Gaia Foundation and Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EEA)

UNFCCC submission on modalities and procedures for possible additional LULUCF activities under the CDM, and alternative approaches to addressing the risk of non-permanence under the CDM

Framework for various approaches
Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the role and technical design of the framework for various approaches
FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.6, paragraph 4 (a) 
Deadline: 2 September 2013

New market-based mechanism
Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the role and technical design of the new market-based mechanism
(FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.8, paragraph 6 (a)) 
Deadline: 2 September 2013

Land use, land-use change and forestry under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Kyoto Protocol and under the clean development mechanism
Views from Parties and relevant organizations on specific possible additional LULUCF activities under the CDM and specific alternative approaches to addressing the risk of non-permanence under the CDM
(FCCC/SBSTA/2013/L.5, paragraph 5)
Deadline: 2 September 2013

Research and systematic observation
Update on developments in research activities relevant to the needs of the Convention; and information from Parties and regional and international research programmes and organizations active in climate change research on the technical and scientific aspects of emissions by sources, removals by sinks, and reservoirs of all greenhouse gases, including emissions and removals from terrestrial ecosystems such as steppe, savannah, tundra and peatlands, with a view to identifying and quantifying the impact of human activities, for consideration as a theme for the next research dialogue (SBSTA 38)
(FCCC/SBSTA/2007/4, paragraph 47(a-f) and (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/5, paragraph 52)
Deadline: 25 March 2013

Submission by UNU - IHDP

• Full version
• Abridged version

General guidelines for domestic measurement, reporting and verification of domestically supported nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties
(FCCC/SBSTA/2012/l.24, paragraph 3)
Deadline 25 March 2013 

Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the matters referred to in paragraphs 44–46 of document FCCC/CP/2012/L.14/Rev.1, including information, experience and good practice relevant to the design and operation of various approaches (Framework for various approaches)
( Decision 1/CP.18, paragraph 48)
Deadline 25 March 2013

Views on D. Various approaches, including opportunities for using markets

Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the matters referred to in paragraphs 50–51 of document FCCC/CP/2012/L.14/Rev.1, including information, experience and good practice relevant to the design and operation of the mechanism referred to in paragraph 50 (New market-based mechanism)
( Decision 1/CP.18, paragraph 52)
Deadline 25 March 2013

Work programme on clarification of quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets of developed country Parties
Views by all Parties on the work programme referred to in paragraph 8 of FCCC/CP/2012/L.14/Rev.1

Additional information by developed country Parties for the clarification of their targets and associated assumptions and conditions as outlined in decision 2/CP.17, paragraph 5.

Invitation to developed country Parties to submit information on the progress made towards the formulation of their low-emission development strategies.
(FCCC/CP/2012/L.14/Rev.1 paragraphs 10 and 11)
25 March 2013