Status report on consideration of agenda items at SBSTA 42
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SBSTA agenda item

Status

1

Opening of the session

Session opened
                     

2

Organizational matters

Organizational matters presented 
 
                    

(a)

Adoption of the agenda

Agenda adopted as proposed                  

(b) 

Organization of the work of the session        
               

Organization of work agreed                                  

(c)

Election of officers other than the Chair  

www.unfccc.int/6558       

No nominations received. Current Rapporteur remains in office.
                                                 

3

Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate changes

www.unfccc.int/8036

Draft conclusions adopted as presented

4

Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries

www.unfccc.int/7377                             

Draft conclusions and draft decisions adopted as presented
 

5 

Issues relating to agriculture

www.unfccc.int/8793                                 

Draft conclusions adopted as presented
                                               

6 

Matters relating to science and review        
                               

(a)        

Research and systematic observation
 
www.unfccc.int/3461                  

Draft conclusions adopted as presented
                                                            

(b)         

The 2013–2015 review

www.unfccc.int/6998  
                                                  

Draft conclusions adopted as presented

7           

Impact of the implementation of response measures                

(a) 

Forum and work programme

www.unfccc.int/4908 
                                                 

Draft conclusions adopted as presented

(b) 

Matters relating to Article 2, paragraph 3, of the Kyoto Protocol

www.unfccc.int/4908
                                             

 8           

Methodological issues under the Convention
                               

(a)

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

www.unfccc.int/2807                                   

Draft conclusions adopted as presented

(b)

Common metrics to calculate the carbon dioxide equivalence of greenhouse gases

www.unfccc.int/8245
www.unfccc.int/6737                     

Draft conclusions adopted as presented

(c)       

Emissions from fuel used for international aviation and maritime transport 

www.unfccc.int/1057                             

Draft conclusions adopted as presented

9          

Methodological issues under the Kyoto Protocol                       
                                             

(a) 

Implications of the implementation of decisions 2/CMP.7 to 4/CMP.7 and 1/CMP.8 on the previous decisions on methodological issues related to the Kyoto Protocol, including those relating to Articles 5, 7 and 8 of the Kyoto Protocol

Annex to document FCCC/KP/CMP/2014/L.6
                                      

Draft conclusions including draft decisions adopted as presented                      

(b)

Accounting, reporting and review requirements for Annex I Parties without a quantified emission limitation and reduction commitment for the second commitment period

FCCC/TP/2014/6 (chapter V.G),
www.unfccc.int/1029, www.unfccc.int/8525
                     

Draft conclusions adopted as presented

(c)

Clarification of the text in section G (Article 3, paragraph 7 ter) of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, in particular the information to be used to determine the “average annual emissions for the first three years of the preceding commitment period”

FCCC/KP/CMP/2013/7

Annex to document FCCC/SBSTA/2014/L.25
                       

Draft conclusions adopted as presented

(d)       

Implications of the inclusion of reforestation of lands with forest in exhaustion as afforestation and reforestation clean development mechanism project activities

http://cdm.unfccc.int/about/incl_reforestation/index.html
                       

Draft conclusions adopted as presented

10       

Market and non-market mechanisms under the Convention 
                        

(a)

Framework for various approaches

www.unfccc.int/7551
                                         

Deliberations concluded for this session            

(b)

Non-market-based approaches

www.unfccc.int/7551                 

Deliberations concluded for this session             

(c)

New market-based mechanism

www.unfccc.int/7551

Deliberations concluded for this
session

11         

Scientific, technical and socioeconomic aspects of mitigation of climate change

www.unfccc.int/6111                                  

Draft conclusions adopted as presented

12        

Cooperation with other international organizations

www.unfccc.int/2533      

Draft conclusions adopted as presented
                                                   

13        

Other matters                                              

 
No other matters raised.

14       

Closure of and report on the session                                              

Draft report adopted as presented