Committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance referred to in Article 15, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement

The committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance referred to in Article 15, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement (‘the Committee’) was established through decision 20/CMA.1 in Katowice, in December 2018.

The CMA decided that the Committee shall be expert-based and facilitative in nature and function in a manner that is transparent, non-adversarial and non-punitive and shall be guided by the provisions of the Paris Agreement. In addition to reporting annually to the CMA, the first review of the modalities and procedures of the Committee will take place at the seventh session of the CMA in 2024.

The secretariat to the Committee can be contacted by clicking here.

Members and alternate members to the Committee can access additional information and documents by clicking here. 

Composition of committee

The Committee consists of 12 members, with 2 members each from the five regional groups of the United Nations and 1 member each from the small island developing States and the least developed countries, taking into account the goal of gender balance. Information on the nomination and election process is available here. 
 

Current composition of the committee

 

Africa

Asia-Pacific

Eastern Europe

GRULAC

WEOG

SIDS

LDCs

Member

Ms. Selame Kidane-Abebe*

(Ethiopia)

Mr. Shang Baoxi***
(China)

Ms. Jana Sobotova*
(Slovakia

Nomination pending

Mr. Jacob Werksman*
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Mr. Ziaul Haque*
(Bangla-desh)

Ms. Rueanna Haynes***

(Trinidad and Tobago)

Alternate

Mr. Mominata Campaore*

(Burkina Faso)

Mr. Tomonobu Sato***
(Japan)

Mr. Grzegorz Grobicki* (Poland)

Mr. Michai Robertson***
(Antigua and Barbuda)

Mr. Johan Lundberg* (Sweden)

Ms. Edith Kasajja* (Uganda)

 

Ms. Danielle Yeow*** (Singapore)

Member

Mr. Cornelius Schultz* (South Africa)

Mr. Haseeb Gohar** (Pakistan)

Ms. Iryna Stavchuk* (Ukraine)

Nomination pending

Ms. Christina Voigt*
(Norway)

 

Alternate

Mr. Choukhri Meghazi* (Tunisia)

Mr. Seung Jick Yoo** (Republic of Korea)

Mr. Ivan
Narkevitch*
(Belarus) 

Nomination pending

Ms. Julia Gardiner* (Australia)

 

 

*     Term of office to be decided
**   Elected for a 2 years term
*** Elected for a 3 years term

The first meeting of the committee is planned for the first quarter of 2020.

Meetings of the committee

Unless otherwise decided, the Committee shall meet at least twice per year, beginning in 2020. The first (virtual) meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 2- June 2020. 

Further information

The Paris Agreement

CMA decision 20/CMA.1

List of UN regional groups of member states

Other constituted bodies serving the Paris Agreement

  1. Adaptation Committee (AC), modalities and procedures of the AC
  2. Adaptation Fund Board (AFB), rules of procedure of the AFB
  3. Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM-EB), rules of procedure of the CDM-EB
  4. Consultative Group of Experts (CGE), rules of procedure of the CGE
  5. Advisory Board of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN Advisory Board), rules of procedure of the CTCN Advisory Board
  6. Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures (KCI), draft rules of procedure of the KCI
  7. Technology Executive Committee (TEC), rules of procedure of the TEC
  8. Standing Committee on Finance (SCF), terms of reference for the review of the functions of the SCF
  9. The Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts (WIM-ExCom), rules of procedure of the WIM ExCom