First plenary meetings of the COP and CMP and resumption of CMA

Conference of the Parties (COP)

1. Opening of the session.

2. Organizational matters

(a). Election of the President of the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-fourth session;

(b). Adoption of the rules of procedure;

(c). Adoption of the agenda;

(d). Election of officers other than the President;

(e). Admission of organizations as observers;

(f). Organization of work, including for the sessions of the subsidiary bodies;

(g). Dates and venues of future sessions;

(h). Adoption of the report on credentials.

3. Reports of the subsidiary bodies:

(a). Report of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice;

(b). Report of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation;

(c). Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement.

4. Preparations for the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement.

5. Consideration of proposals by Parties for amendments to the Convention under Article 15:

(a). Proposal from the Russian Federation to amend Article 4, paragraph 2(f), of the Convention;

(b). Proposal from Papua New Guinea and Mexico to amend Articles 7 and 18 of the Convention;

(c). Proposal from Turkey to delete the name of Turkey from the list in Annex I to the Convention.

6. Report of the Adaptation Committee.

7. Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts.

8. Development and transfer of technologies and implementation of the Technology Mechanism:

(a). Joint annual report of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network;

(b). Linkages between the Technology Mechanism and the Financial Mechanism of the Convention.

9. Second review of the adequacy of Article 4, paragraph 2(a) and (b), of the Convention.

10. Matters relating to finance:

(a). Long-term climate finance;

(b). Matters relating to the Standing Committee on Finance;

(c). Report of the Green Climate Fund to the Conference of the Parties and guidance to the Green Climate Fund;

(d). Report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties and guidance to the Global Environment Facility;

(e). Identification of the information to be provided by Parties in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 5, of the Paris Agreement.

11. Reporting from and review of Parties included in Annex I to the Convention.

12. Reporting from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention.

13. Capacity-building under the Convention.

14. Implementation of Article 4, paragraphs 8 and 9, of the Convention:

(a). Implementation of the Buenos Aires programme of work on adaptation and response measures (decision 1/CP.10);

(b). Matters relating to the least developed countries.

15. Gender and climate change.

16. Other matters referred to the Conference of the Parties by the subsidiary bodies.

17. Administrative, financial and institutional matters:

(a). Audit report and financial statements for 2017;

(b). Budget performance for the biennium 2018–2019;

(c). Decision-making in the UNFCCC process.

18. High-level segment:

(a). Statements by Parties;

(b). Statements by observer organizations.

19. Other matters.

20. Conclusion of the session:

(a). Adoption of the draft report of the Conference of the Parties on its twenty-fourth session;

(b). Closure of the session.


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Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP)

upon completion of the opening of the COP


1. Opening of the session.

2. Organizational matters:

(a). Adoption of the agenda;

(b). Election of additional officers;

(c). Organization of work, including for the sessions of the subsidiary bodies;

(d). Approval of the report on credentials;

(e). Status of ratification of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol.

3. Reports of the subsidiary bodies:

(a). Report of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice;

(b). Report of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation.

4. Matters relating to the clean development mechanism.

5. Matters relating to joint implementation.

6. Report of the Compliance Committee.

7. Matters relating to the Adaptation Fund.

8. Report on the high-level ministerial round table on increased ambition of Kyoto Protocol commitments.

9. Reporting from and review of Parties included in Annex I:

(a). National communications;

(b). Annual compilation and accounting report for the second commitment period for Annex B Parties under the Kyoto Protocol.

10. Capacity-building under the Kyoto Protocol.

11. Matters relating to:

(a). Article 2, paragraph 3, of the Kyoto Protocol;

(b). Article 3, paragraph 14, of the Kyoto Protocol.

12. Other matters referred to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol by the subsidiary bodies.

13. Administrative, financial and institutional matters

(a). Audit report and financial statements for 2017;

(b). Budget performance for the biennium 2018–2019.

14. High-level segment:

(a). Statements by Parties;

(b). Statements by observer organizations.

15. Other matters.

16. Conclusion of the session:

(a). Adoption of the draft report of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol on its fourteenth session;

(b). Closure of the session.


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Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA)

upon completion of the opening of the CMP


1. Opening of the session

2. Organizational matters:

(a). Adoption of the agenda;

(b). Application of the rules of procedure of the Conference of the Parties;

(c). Election of additional officers;

(d). Organization of work;

(e). Status of ratification of the Paris Agreement;

(f). Approval of the report on credentials.

3. Matters relating to the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

4. High-level segment.

5. Other matters.

6. Conclusion of the session:

(a). Adoption of the report of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its first session;

(b). Closure of the session.


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