First Plenary Meeting of SBI

1. Opening of the session.

2. Organizational matters:

(a). Adoption of the agenda;

(b). Organization of the work of the session;

(c). Multilateral assessment working group session under the international assessment and review process;

(d). Facilitative sharing of views under the international consultation and analysis process;

(e). Other mandated events;

(f). Election of officers other than the Chair.

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

(a). Status of submission and review of seventh national communications and third biennial reports from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention;

(b). Compilations and syntheses of second and third biennial reports from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention;

(c). Report on national greenhouse gas inventory data from Parties included in AnnexI to the Convention for the period 1990–2016.

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

(a). Information contained in national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention;

(b). Work of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention;

(c). Review of the terms of reference of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention;

(d). Provision of financial and technical support;

(e). Summary reports on the technical analysis of biennial update reports of Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention.

5. Common time frames for nationally determined contributions referred to in Article 4, paragraph 10, of the Paris Agreement.

6. Development of modalities and procedures for the operation and use of a public registry referred to in Article 4, paragraph 12, of the Paris Agreement.

7. Development of modalities and procedures for the operation and use of a public registry referred to in Article 7, paragraph 12, of the Paris Agreement.

8. Matters relating to the mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol:

(a). Review of the modalities and procedures for the clean development mechanism;

(b). Report of the administrator of the international transaction log under the Kyoto Protocol.

9. Koronivia joint work on agriculture.

10. Report of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts.

11. Report of the Adaptation Committee: 2018 report; and matters referred to in paragraphs 41, 42 and 45 of decision 1/CP.21.

12. Matters relating to the least developed countries; and matters referred to in paragraphs 41 and 45 of decision 1/CP.21.

13. National adaptation plans.

14. Development and transfer of technologies:

(a). Scope of and modalities for the periodic assessment of the Technology Mechanism in relation to supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement;

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

(c). Poznan strategic programme on technology transfer.

15. Matters relating to climate finance: identification of information to be provided by Parties in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 5, of the Paris Agreement.

16. Matters relating to capacity-building for developing countries:

(a). Capacity-building under the Convention;

(b). Annual technical progress report of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building;

(c). Capacity-building under the Kyoto Protocol.

17. Impact of the implementation of response measures:

(a). Improved forum and work programme;

(b). Modalities, work programme and functions under the Paris Agreement of the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures;

(c). Matters relating to Article 3, paragraph 14, of the Kyoto Protocol;

(d). Progress on the implementation of decision 1/CP.10.

18. Gender and climate change.

19. Report on activities related to Action for Climate Empowerment.

20. Administrative, financial and institutional matters:

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

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

(c). Budgetary matters;

(d). Continuous review of the functions and operations of the secretariat.

21. Other matters.

22. Closure of and report on the session.

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