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42. Requests the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert
Group to jointly develop modalities to recognize the adaptation efforts of developing
country Parties, as referred to in Article 7, paragraph 3, of the Agreement, and make
recommendations for consideration and adoption by the Conference of the Parties serving
as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its first session;
43. Also requests the Adaptation Committee, taking into account its mandate and its
second three-year workplan, and with a view to preparing recommendations for
consideration and adoption by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to the Paris Agreement at its first session:
(a) To review, in 2017, the work of adaptation-related institutional arrangements
under the Convention, with a view to identifying ways to enhance the coherence of their
work, as appropriate, in order to respond adequately to the needs of Parties;
(b) To consider methodologies for assessing adaptation needs with a view to
assisting developing countries, without placing an undue burden on them;
44. Invites all relevant United Nations agencies and international, regional and national
financial institutions to provide information to Parties through the secretariat on how their
development assistance and climate finance programmes incorporate climate-proofing and
climate resilience measures;
45. Requests Parties to strengthen regional cooperation on adaptation where appropriate
and, where necessary, establish regional centres and networks, in particular in developing
countries, taking into account decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 13;
46. Also requests the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert
Group, in collaboration with the Standing Committee on Finance and other relevant
institutions, to develop methodologies, and make recommendations for consideration and
adoption by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris
Agreement at its first session on:
(a) Taking the necessary steps to facilitate the mobilization of support for
adaptation in developing countries in the context of the limit to global average temperature
increase referred to in Article 2 of the Agreement;
(b) Reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of adaptation and support referred
to in Article 7, paragraph 14(c), of the Agreement;
47. Further requests the Green Climate Fund to expedite support for the least developed
countries and other developing country Parties for the formulation of national adaptation
plans, consistent with decisions 1/CP.16 and 5/CP.17, and for the subsequent
implementation of policies, projects and programmes identified by them;
L
OSS AND DAMAGE
48. Decides on the continuation of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and
Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts, following the review in 2016;
49. Requests the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism to
establish a clearinghouse for risk transfer that serves as a repository for information on
insurance and risk transfer, in order to facilitate the efforts of Parties to develop and
implement comprehensive risk management strategies;
50. Also requests the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism to
establish, according to its procedures and mandate, a task force to complement, draw upon
the work of and involve, as appropriate, existing bodies and expert groups under the
Convention including the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert
Group, as well as relevant organizations and expert bodies outside the Convention, to
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develop recommendations for integrated approaches to avert, minimize and address
displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change;
51. Further requests the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism
to initiate its work, at its next meeting, to operationalize the provisions referred to in
paragraphs 49 and 50 above, and to report on progress thereon in its annual report;
52. Agrees that Article 8 of the Agreement does not involve or provide a basis for any
liability or compensation;
F
INANCE
53. Decides that, in the implementation of the Agreement, financial resources provided
to developing countries should enhance the implementation of their policies, strategies,
regulations and action plans and their climate change actions with respect to both
mitigation and adaptation to contribute to the achievement of the purpose of the Agreement
as defined in Article 2;
54. Also decides that, in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 3, of the Agreement,
developed countries intend to continue their existing collective mobilization goal through
2025 in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation;
prior to 2025 the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris
Agreement shall set a new collective quantified goal from a floor of USD 100 billion per
year, taking into account the needs and priorities of developing countries;
55. Recognizes the importance of adequate and predictable financial resources,
including for results-based payments, as appropriate, for the implementation of policy
approaches and positive incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest
degradation, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and
enhancement of forest carbon stocks; as well as alternative policy approaches, such as joint
mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of
forests; while reaffirming the importance of non-carbon benefits associated with such
approaches; encouraging the coordination of support from, inter alia, public and private,
bilateral and multilateral sources, such as the Green Climate Fund, and alternative sources
in accordance with relevant decisions by the Conference of the Parties;
56. Decides to initiate, at its twenty-second session, a process to identify the information
to be provided by Parties, in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 5, of the Agreement with
the view to providing a recommendation for consideration and adoption by the Conference
of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its first
session;
57. Also decides to ensure that the provision of information in accordance with Article
9, paragraph 7 of the Agreement shall be undertaken in accordance with modalities,
procedures and guidelines referred to in paragraph 96 below;
58. Requests Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice to develop
modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through public
interventions in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 7, of the Agreement for consideration
by the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-fourth session (November 2018), with the
view to making a recommendation for consideration and adoption by the Conference of the
Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its first session;
59. Decides that the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environment Facility, the
entities entrusted with the operation of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention, as well
as the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund, administered
by the Global Environment Facility, shall serve the Agreement;
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60. Recognizes that the Adaptation Fund may serve the Agreement, subject to relevant
decisions by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto
Protocol and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris
Agreement;
61. Invites the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the
Kyoto Protocol to consider the issue referred to in paragraph 60 above and make a
recommendation to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the
Paris Agreement at its first session;
62. Recommends that the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties
to the Paris Agreement shall provide guidance to the entities entrusted with the operation of
the Financial Mechanism of the Convention on the policies, programme priorities and
eligibility criteria related to the Agreement for transmission by the Conference of the
Parties;
63. Decides that the guidance to the entities entrusted with the operations of the
Financial Mechanism of the Convention in relevant decisions of the Conference of the
Parties, including those agreed before adoption of the Agreement, shall apply mutatis
mutandis;
64. Also decides that the Standing Committee on Finance shall serve the Agreement in
line with its functions and responsibilities established under the Conference of the Parties;
65. Urges the institutions serving the Agreement to enhance the coordination and
delivery of resources to support country-driven strategies through simplified and efficient
application and approval procedures, and through continued readiness support to
developing country Parties, including the least developed countries and small island
developing States, as appropriate;
T
ECHNOLOGY
D
EVELOPMENT
A
ND
T
RANSFER
66. Takes note of the interim report of the Technology Executive Committee on
guidance on enhanced implementation of the results of technology needs assessments as
referred to in document FCCC/SB/2015/INF.3;
67. Decides to strengthen the Technology Mechanism and requests the Technology
Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network, in supporting the
implementation of the Agreement, to undertake further work relating to, inter alia:
(a) Technology research, development and demonstration;
(b) The development and enhancement of endogenous capacities and
technologies;
68. Requests the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice to initiate, at
its forty-fourth session (May 2016), the elaboration of the technology framework
established under Article 10, paragraph 4, of the Agreement and to report on its findings to
the Conference of the Parties, with a view to the Conference of the Parties making a
recommendation on the framework to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting
of the Parties to the Paris Agreement for consideration and adoption at its first session,
taking into consideration that the framework should facilitate, inter alia:
(a) The undertaking and updating of technology needs assessments, as well as
the enhanced implementation of their results, particularly technology action plans and
project ideas, through the preparation of bankable projects;
(b) The provision of enhanced financial and technical support for the
implementation of the results of the technology needs assessments;
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(c) The assessment of technologies that are ready for transfer;
(d) The enhancement of enabling environments for and the addressing of barriers
to the development and transfer of socially and environmentally sound technologies;
69. Decides that the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology
Centre and Network shall report to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of
the Parties to the Paris Agreement, through the subsidiary bodies, on their activities to
support the implementation of the Agreement;
70. Also decides to undertake a periodic assessment of the effectiveness of and the
adequacy of the support provided to the Technology Mechanism in supporting the
implementation of the Agreement on matters relating to technology development and
transfer;
71. Requests the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to initiate, at its forty-fourth
session , the elaboration of the scope of and modalities for the periodic assessment referred
to in paragraph 70 above, taking into account the review of the Climate Technology Centre
and Network as referred to in decision 2/CP.17, annex VII, paragraph 20 and the modalities
for the global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Agreement, for consideration and
adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-fifth session (November 2019);
C
APACITY
-
BUILDING
72. Decides to establish the Paris Committee on Capacity-building whose aim will be to
address gaps and needs, both current and emerging, in implementing capacity-building in
developing country Parties and further enhancing capacity-building efforts, including with
regard to coherence and coordination in capacity-building activities under the Convention;
73. Also decides that the Paris Committee on Capacity-building will manage and
oversee the work plan mentioned in paragraph 74 below;
74. Further decides to launch a work plan for the period 2016
–
2020 with the following
activities:
(a) Assessing how to increase synergies through cooperation and avoid
duplication among existing bodies established under the Convention that implement
capacity-building activities, including through collaborating with institutions under and
outside the Convention;
(b) Identifying capacity gaps and needs and recommending ways to address
them;
(c) Promoting the development and dissemination of tools and methodologies for
the implementation of capacity-building;
(d) Fostering global, regional, national and subnational cooperation;
(e) Identifying and collecting good practices, challenges, experiences, and
lessons learned from work on capacity-building by bodies established under the
Convention;
(f)
Exploring how developing country Parties can take ownership of building
and maintaining capacity over time and space;
(g) Identifying opportunities to strengthen capacity at the national, regional, and
subnational level;
(h) Fostering dialogue, coordination, collaboration and coherence among
relevant processes and initiatives under the Convention, including through exchanging
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