Plenary meeting of the 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. Special needs and special circumstances of Africa under the Paris Agreement.


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


18. 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.


19. High-level segment:

(a). Statements by Parties;

(b). Statements by observer organizations.


20. Other matters.


21. 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.