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 6th november 2006

The Kazakhstani Delegation made official statement about the base year.

Russia, Belarus, Ukrain, Turkmenistan suppported our statement. Finland on behalf of EU invited parties for discussion. Workin group on our issue has been created and the first discussion of the working group will be held on Wednesday 8th of November.

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STATEMENT OF THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN ON THE TWELFTH CONFERENCE OF PARTIES OF THE UNFCCC
(Information about the base year of Kazakhstan)

November 6, 2006       Nairobi, Kenya

Your Excellency, Mr. Chairman!

First of all let me please express the gratitude to the Government and people of Kenya for the warm hospitality. Mr. Chairman, taking this opportunity I would like to congratulate you with the election of the COP12 President and wish successful solution of those tasks we are facing at this stage. 

As you are aware Kazakhstan has expressed its voluntary wish to adopt its  obligations on greenhouse gas emissions reduction and to join to Annex I of the Convention based on the Article 4.2g. In Marrakesh the COP 7 has adopted a decision on the status of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the frames of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol   ( FCCC/CP/2001/13/Add.4).

Today we would like to inform the Conference of Parties about its base year which will be related to determination of the quantitative commitments.  

As we have earlier informed in the statements and speeches by our delegations on COP 9, COP 10 and confirmed on COP 11 we are advising to the Parties participating in this Conference that our quantitative commitments for the 2008 – 2012 period will be tense and real for our country. The GHG inventory being implemented within the last 7 years by Kazakhstan shows that 1992 is applicable for us as the base year where the total net greenhouse gas emissions were 340 million tons resulted by the last GHG Inventory.      

GHG Inventory Report has been submitted to the Convention Secretariat. Moreover we prepared it in the CRF format as nowadays all Annex I Parties submit. First of all we have paid attention to the correct and reliable data in our inventory. In this regard Kazakhstan as the country with the economy in transition addressed to the Parties of the Conference to meet our selection and adopt 1992 as the base year for our next GHG inventories. I would like also keep you informed that after the USSR decay Kazakhstan has obtained its independence in the end of 1991. And only in 1992 we managed to collect properly the state statistical data. And beginning from this year the data on social and economic development and the data of the energy sector in our opinion are complete and reliable.    

Please accept this information and request you to support my country on the eve of the important decision to be adopted at the end of this year. I mean the fact that the Kyoto Protocol will be ratified this year. The draft Law on the Kyoto Protocol has been agreed by the Government and in the nearest days will be submitted to the Parliament of Kazakhstan. We are sure  that this draft Law will be adopted as at the beginning of this year at the public hearings on economic, environmental and political aspects of the Kyoto Protocol ratification the Parliament has recommended to submit this draft Law for its ratification.  

In conclusion let me please once again express my appreciation to Kenya for hospitality and excellent organization of the preparatory period. Wish you all of us success in this Conference.

Thank you for attention.

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Above: COP 12 President Kivutha Kibwana, Kenya's Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Arthur Moody Awori, Vice-President of Kenya, and Anna Tibaijuka, Director-General of the UN Office at Nairobi and UN-HABITAT's Executive Director.

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7 November 2006

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8 November 2006

 On Wednesday, SBI met in the morning to discuss Annex I communications, the Adaptation Fund, capacity building under the Kyoto Protocol, Protocol Article 3.14 on adverse effects and response measures, amendment of the Protocol relating to compliance, the international transaction log, and privileges and immunities for members of the Protocol's constituted bodies. The AWG convened in the afternoon to hear general statements and a summary of the previous day's in-session workshop, and to discuss future commitments and the AWG's work plan. In addition, contact groups and informal consultations took place throughout the day on issues such as the adaptation work programme, technology transfer, the financial mechanism, and response measures.

SBI
China, for the G-77/CHINA, expressed concern at rising Annex I greenhouse gas emissions and delays in reporting.	Japan said the GEF is best placed to manage the Adaptation Fund.	The Philippines stressed that the Fund should be accountable to the COP/MOP.
AWG
Alf Wills, South Africa, for the G-77/China, said discussions should be limited to future commitments and not linked to other Protocol articles.	Canada stressed the need to make it easier to extend the "Kyoto family."	The Russian Federation emphasized considering national circumstances when determining targets.
Renato Constantino, Climate Action Network, said discussions on further Annex I commitments should be concluded by 2008.	James Wolf, Business Council for Sustainable Energy, called for longer commitment periods.	Teobaldo Hernandez, Indigenous Peoples representative.
SBSTA Contact Group: Adaptation Five-Year Programme of Work
The contact group on the five-year programme of work on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change was co-chaired by Helen Plume, New Zealand, and Leon Charles, Grenada.
SBSTA Contact Group: Technology Transfer
The contact group on the development and transfer of technologies was co-chaired by Carlos Fuller, Belize, and Kunihiko Shimada, Japan.
SBI Contact Group: Financial Mechanism
The contact group on the financial mechanism was co-chaired by Tina Guthrie, Canada, and Osita Anaedu, Nigeria.
European Union Press Briefing
Nicole Wilke, Artur Runge-Metzger and Outi Berghäll presented information to, and answered questions from, the press.
International Emissions Trading Association Press Briefing
IETA launched its position paper, "2006 State of the CDM."
UNEP Press Conference
The United Nations Environment Programme launched its "Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign" with support from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai and His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, and in cooperation with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner introduced the campaign.	Professor Wangari Maathai called for all to be involved.	Professor Maathai and Executive Director Steiner looked at a Vitex keniensis seedling, native to East Africa.
Around COP 12
UNEP staff in beige vests waited for the Billion Tree Campaign press conference to begin.	NGO delegates conferred during the AWG session.	The peatlands booth noted that burning and draining of peatlands is responsible for about ten percent of human greenhouse gas emissions

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Thursday, 9 November

On Thursday, COP/MOP reconvened to finalize its agenda and to consider issues relating to the CDM, the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee, the Compliance Committee, a proposal from Belarus to amend Annex B of the Protocol, and the Russian proposal on voluntary commitments. In addition, contact groups and informal consultations took place throughout the day on issues such as the Adaptation Fund, reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries, issues under the AWG, and capacity building under both the UNFCCC and the Protocol.

Above: Oleg Shamanov, the Russian Federation, discusses the Russian proposal on voluntary commitments with Khalid Mohammed Abuleif and Aysar Ahmad Tayeb, Saudi Arabia.

COP/MOP
President Kibwana reminded delegates that the COP/MOP had agreed earlier in the week to continue working on the basis of its provisional agenda, with the exception of an item on the Russian proposal.	José Domingos Gonzalez Miguez, Chair of the CDM Executive Board, reported significant growth in the use of the CDM in the past year and a significant increase expected in the Board's workload over the next 12 months.	Colombia, on behalf of several countries in the region, suggested that the Executive Board had exceeded its mandate in relation to forestry issues by incorporating new elements not agreed on by the COP/MOP.
Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee Chair Daniela Stoycheva, Bulgaria, presented the JISC's first annual report, explaining that the JISC is facing a US$2 million shortfall but could become self-financing by 2009.	Mohamed Salim Sorour Al-Sabban, Saudi Arabia, reported on the First International Conference on the CDM, held this September in Riyadh.	Steve Sawyer, Greenpeace International, for the Climate Action Network, urged a mandate to COP/MOP3 to conclude negotiations by COP/MOP4 and noted that, notwithstanding historical and common but differentiated responsibilities, non-Annex I countries will also need to cut emissions.
SBI Contact Group: Adaptation Fund
Co-chaired by Adrian Macey, New Zealand, and Philip Gwage, Uganda, the contact group on the Adaptation Fund began consideration of the Fund's overarching principles.
A representative of Indigenous Peoples.	Patricia Bliss-Guest, GEF.	Bernaditas Castro-Muller, Philippines, conferred with German Velasquez, UNEP.
Jukka Uosukainen, Finland.
AWG Contact Group
AWG Chair Zammit Cutajar suggested an approach to a programme of work based on clusters of quantitative and qualitative issues and invited parties to respond.
Raphael Azeredo, Brazil, conferred with Khalid Mohammed Abuleif, Saudi Arabia and Alf Wills, South Africa.
SBSTA Contact Group: Reducing emissions from deforestation
Having agreed on the need for a second workshop before SBSTA 26, the contact group on reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries, chaired by Audun Rosland, New Zealand, and Hernán Carlino, Argentina, focused on the scope of that workshop.
Kevin Conrad, Papua New Guinea, suggested the workshop focus on existing as well as new proposals to address deforestation.	Thelma Krug, Brazil, proposed moving ahead by focusing on specific policy issues and, once these are refined, looking at relevant technical needs.	Jim Penman, United Kingdom, speaking for the EU, stressed the importance of also addressing technical and methodological issues.
UNFCCC Press Briefing
UNFCCC Secretariat Head of Communications and Media John Hay, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer and José Domingos Gonzalez Miguez, Chair of the CDM Executive Board, appeared at the daily press breifing.
Around COP 12
Climate Network Africa (CNA) booth.	Environnement et Developpement du Tiers-Monde (ENDA-TM) booth.	Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) booth.

Friday, 10 November

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On Friday, SBSTA convened in the morning to consider cooperation with relevant international organizations, various progress reports, Protocol Article 2.3 (adverse impacts of policies and measures), and emissions from fuel used for international aviation and maritime transport ("bunker fuels"). In addition, contact groups and informal consultations took place throughout the day on issues such as capacity building, technology transfer, deforestation, the CDM, the Joint Implementation (JI) Supervisory Committee, the programme of work on adaptation, Protocol Article 9 (review of the Protocol), issues under the AWG, and privileges and immunities for individuals serving on Protocol bodies.

SBSTA
Kuwait conferred with SBSTA Chair Kumarsingh.	Norway announced its intention to host a (non-UNFCCC) technical meeting on emissions from aviation and maritime transport in October 2007.	Earth Negotiations Bulletin writer Chris Spence discussed a document with SBSTA Coordinator Halldor Thorgeirsson.
AWG
AWG Chair Zammit Cutajar with Henning Wuester of the UNFCCC Secretariat.	EU delegates conferred.	Japanese NGO delegates.
CDM
Co-chaired by Christiana Figueres, Costa Rica, and Georg Børsting, Norway, the contact group exchanged views on a range of CDM-related issues.
Brazil cautioned against perverse incentives for deforestation.	Japan said it was unfortunate that the CDM Executive Board was unable to reach a conclusion on biomass.	Chinese delegation at the CDM contact group.
SBSTA Contact Group: Adaptation Programme of Work
Co-chaired by Leon Charles, Grenada, and Helen Plume, New Zealand, the contact group on the adaptation programme of work made progress on the chapeau paragraphs.
COP/MOP Contact Group: Report of the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee
Co-chaired by William K. Agyemang-Bonsu, Ghana, and Johan Nylander, Sweden, the contact group exchanged initial ideas. The Co-Chairs will prepare draft text.
Article 9 Informals
In informal consultations chaired by Fernando Tudela Abad, Mexico, delegates engaged in a frank exchange on issues such as the scope of the review, the purpose of the review, and how it should be conducted.
UNFCCC Daily Press Briefing
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer and JISC Chair Daniela Stoycheva.
Around COP 12
Exchange students from North America visited the conference for a day.
EU delegates shared a laugh with AWG chair Zammit Cutajar	Delegates conferred during the CDM contact group.	Delegates conferred during the contact group on adaptation.
Secretariat staff posted information on side events.	WMO kiosk.	IPCC kiosk.

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Saturday, 10 November

Negotiations Continue in Small Groups

On Saturday, delegates met in contact groups and informal consultations on a range of issues, including the adaptation programme of work, Annex I and non-Annex I communications, AWG, the Belarus proposal, capacity building, deforestation, education and public awareness (UNFCCC Article 6), HCFC-22 and HFC-23, privileges and immunities, research and systematic observation, response measures, review of the Protocol (Article 9), and technology transfer.

Above: Delegates from the United States, Argentina, Sudan, Ghana and South Africa (for the G-77) huddle to reach agreement on text during informal consultations on the adaptation five-year programme of work.

SBSTA Contact Group: Development and Transfer of Technologies
Above: Delegates from Japan, the United States and Canada conferred during the contact group on technology transfer. Below: Delegates from Europe conferred during the contact group on technology transfer.
SBI Contact Group: Capacity Building
The contact group on capacity building, co-chaired by Helmut Hojesky, Austria, and Crispin d'Auvergne, Saint Lucia, considered capacity building under the Convention. Participants discussed two proposed draft texts from the EU and G-77/China. Little progress was made, and consultations will continue on Monday.
Angela Churie-Kallhauge, Sweden, conferred with a United Kingdom delegate during the contact group on capacity building.
SBI Informal Consultations on Convention Article 6
Informal consultations on Article 6 of the Convention were chaired by Marie Jaudet, France. Negotiations focused on the review of the New Delhi work programme and the timeline for an enhanced work programme. Consultations will continue on Monday.
SBSTA Informal consultations on Research and Systematic Observation
Informal consultations on Research and Systematic Observation, co-chaired by Stefan Rösner, Germany, and Soobaraj Nayroo Sok Appadu, Mauritius, resulted in draft conclusions to be submitted to the SBSTA Chair.
Informal consultations on the Adaptation Five-Year Programme of Work
Judy Beaumont, South Africa for the G-77/China, conferred with Paul Watkinson, France for the EU, during informal consultations on the Adaptation Five-Year Programme of Work.
Around COP 12
NGO participants chatted with members of the Brazilian delegation.
Britta Freitag, Climate Alliance, spoke at the Climate Change Kiosk on the "Zoom - Kids on the Move" program, which promotes sustainable mobility among European schoolchildren.	Elmer Holt, United States, conferred with technology transfer contact group Co-Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize.	Stefania Proietti, Perugia University, spoke at the Climate Change Kiosk on technologies for mitigation of greenhouse gases.
As discussions got down to fine details, delegates held informal consultations anywhere possible - even in the breezeways.

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Monday, 13 November

COP/MOP Plenary
Outti Berghäll, Finland, conferred with Oleg Shamanov, the Russian Federation.	William Agyemang-Bonsu (Ghana) reported on the status of consultations on the Russian proposal on procedures for the approval of voluntary commitments.	President Kibwana deferred consideration of the Russian proposal in plenary until later in the week.
SBI contact group: Progress on Implementation of Decision 1/CP.10
	Co-Chair Angela Churie-Kallhauge, Sweden, presented revised draft conclusions noting discussions at SBI 25 and that talks will continue at SBI 26, with a view to adopting a decision at COP 13.
SBI contact group: Financial Mechanism
Jozef Buys, Belgium for the EU, chatted with Co-Chair Osita Anaedu, Nigeria.
SBI contact group: Capacity Building
Delegates from the United Kingdom for the EU, and Tanzania for the G-77/China, conferred with Co-Chairs Hojesky and d'Auvergne.
SBSTA contact group: Deforestation in Developing Countries
Co-Chairs Audun Rosland, Norway, and Hernán Carlino, Argentina.
Antonio Lumicis, Italy, discussed documents with another delegate.	Bernhard Schlamadinger, Joanneum Research, talked with other participants.	Thelma Krug, Brazil, discussed draft text with Jim Penman, United Kingdom, and other delegates.
SBSTA contact group: Development and Transfer of Technology
Parties met in small group consultations throughout the day and in a contact group in the evening. No agreement was reached on the draft conclusions, decision or terms of reference.