1. UNFCCC Negotiations Status
after
Panama Climate Change Talks
United Nations Development Programme

2. Panama Talks – What was discussed
Ad hoc Working Group on Further Commitments of Annex I Parties –
AWG KP
2nd commitment period, Annex I Parties commitments (numbers),LULUCF,
Mechanisms, Methodological issues, Response measures
Ad hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action – AWG LCA
Shared vision, mitigation by developed countries, NAMAs by developing
countries, REDD+, Sectoral approaches, Markets and non-market
approaches, Response measures, Adaptation, Finance, Technology, Capacity
building, Review of the long-term global goal, Legal options for the agreed
outcome, Other matters—economies in transition and countries and Turkey

3. 2nd Commitment Period (AWG KP)
• No significant progress
• Canada, Japan, Russia – reiterated that they will not commit to the 2nd CP
• Denmark – increased its pledge reduction pledge to 40%
• To be decided in Durban:
Numbers – how much, how to express the objectives, base year or base
period
Length of the 2nd CP – five or seven years
Legal text – amendments to the KP (commitments, mechanisms, new
mechanisms, entry into force…)

4. Shared vision (AWG LCA)
• Very bulky text of non-paper (all submissions by Parties)
• Many other issues included: issues related to trade (non
introduction of tariffs for climate change purposes on developing
countries); response measures; intellectual property rights;
human rights; rights of Mother Earth; right to survive; an
international climate court of justice; warfare (stopping wars and
diversion of military to combating climate change
• Main issues:
Goal for peaking of the global emissions (time and level): proposals are 30, 40,
45, 50% by 2020 compared to 1990; 40, 50% by 2017; peaking years: 2013, 2015,
and 2017
Global goal for emissions in 2050 (2°C): 80, 95%; 100% by 2040

5. Mitigation by developed countries (AWG LCA)
• Specific figures not discussed (waiting for AWG KP to decide)
• US (not being KP party) and with Canada, Japan and Russia very
likely not being committed by 2nd CP under the KP – problems
with agreeing on equal level of efforts among all Annex I Parties
• Some progress on reporting and review:
International assessment and review: objectives, scope, frequency, inputs,
processes, outputs
Biennial reports: objectives, GHG trends including (or not) assumptions scope,
rules and methods used for baselines, progress in achieving commitments, etc.

6. NAMAs by developing countries (AWG LCA)
• Issues discussed: deviation in emissions compared to BAU, support
needed for NAMAs, diversity of mitigation actions, biennial reports by
DCs, ICA… No draft decision texts.
Deviation from BAU: DCs consider their reduction ambition satisfactory, no need
for regular update of information on NAMAs
Support needed for NAMAs: decision on financing to support for preparation and
implementation of NAMAs, incl. national institutional arrangements level
Biennial reports: no disagreement on their need, capacity building in DCs is
required.
International consultations and analysis (ICA): timing and frequency; scope;
content of analysis; output; format for international consultations.
Register: how to do matching NAMAs with support, format of NAMAs. SBI to
further elaborate the features of the registry.

7. REDD+ (AWG LCA)
• Lot of convergence, discussion focused on finance. Decision still
to be drafted – most of the work under the SBSTA, links to the
GCF Transitional Committee work
Sources of finance for REDD+: public, private, multilateral, incl. special window
under the GCF, bilateral, market, non-market, combination, new
What should be financed and when, safeguards, forest emissions reference levels,
forest reference levels, MRV

8. Sectoral approaches (AWG LCA)
• Agriculture and International aviation and maritime transports
(bunkers) as sectors, many options for the text, not a lot of
convergence (9 options)
Agriculture: market mechanisms should or should not be applied; possible
discrimination or restriction of the intl. trade; unilateral measures (phytosanitary,
technical…); food security; economic development and poverty eradication
Bunkers: role of IMO and ICAO, guidance to IMO and ICAO (2°C, 10% or 20%
reduction target for bunkers…); prevention of unilateral action (such as EU ETS),

9. Adaptation (AWG LCA)
• Progress on Adaptation Committee – mandate and reporting, ToR,
decision-making process,
Composition of AC: how many members, from which constituencies, advisory
members?
How to work: frequency of the meetings, mode of work: subcommittees, or
experts from NWP, linkages to other work…
Review of the AC: when – after 4 years and then periodically every three years,
or only after four years
Activities of the AC for the first year: procedural and substantive, for adpotion by
COP18

10. Finance (AWG LCA)
• Progress on Standing Committee, waiting for final meeting of
Transitional Committee on GCF. No discussion on pledges to fund
Status: should the SC be a permanent subsidiary body or not, scope of work and
responsibilities
Composition of SC: how many members 16 or 24, from which constituencies,
advisory members?
How to work: frequency of the meetings, mode of work: subcommittees, or
experts from NWP, linkages to other work…
Activities of the SC for the first year: procedural and substantive, for adoption by
COP18

11. Technology (AWG LCA)
• Climate Technology Centre and Network to be established by COP17
• Draft decision discussed, procurement draft to be prepared by UNFCCC
Secretariat
Governance: Should CTCN have its own independent governance structure or will
be govern by Technology Executive Committee
Selection procedure: timeline, who will do actual evaluation and selection – TEC
or special panel of 6 experts
Architecture: Only one seat or regional and country offices; relation to the
network and governments, linkages to financial and adaptation mechanisms
Other issues: Selection criteria; financing of the CTCN; reporting, roles and
responsibilities; ToR,

12. Durban – before and after
• Before:
• Parties to convene multilateral and bilateral informal consultations
• Submissions on several texts by 21 October
• After:
2nd CP under KP adopted
Outline/roadmap for the new global agreement adopted
Standing Committee approved and Green Climate Fund rules in place
Adaptation Committee established
Climate Technology Centre and Network agreed
Capacity building framework agreed