COP 11 and COP/MOP 1

Canada hosted the first meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Montreal in conjunction with the eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention.

The conference was an historic event. The Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met for the 11th time, while marking the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol. At Montreal, the first ever meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (MOP) ran parallel to the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP). The United Nations Climate Change Conference was the largest intergovernmental climate conference since the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997. Some 10,000 participants attended.

The conference attracted unprecedented business interest as a result of two operation trading systems: the pan-European emissions trading scheme and the Clean Development Mechanism, a tool to promote sustainable development and combat climate change.

United Nations Climate Change Conference agrees on future critical steps to tackle climate change
Montreal, 10 December 2005--The United Nations Climate Change Conference closed with the adoption of more than forty decisions that will strengthen global efforts to fight climate change. Reflecting on the success of Montreal 2005, the Conference President, Canadian Environment Minister Stéphane Dion said: “Key decisions have been made in several areas. The Kyoto Protocol has been switched on, a dialogue about the future action has begun, parties have moved forward work on adaptation and advanced the implementation of the regular work programme of the Convention and of the Protocol.”
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Decisions adopted by COP 11 and COP/MOP 1

COP 11	COP/MOP 1
Dialogue on long-term cooperative action to address climate change by enhancing implementation of the Convention (85 kB)	Consideration of commitments for subsequent periods for Annex I Parties to the Convention under article 3.9 of the Kyoto Protocol (KP) (76 kB)
Five-year programme of work of the SBSTA on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (101 kB)	Further guidance relating to the clean development mechanism (CDM) (129 kB)
Further guidance for the operation of the LDC fund (78 kB)	Guidance relating to the CDM (403 kB)
Extension of the mandate of the LDC Expert Group (77 kB)	Modalities and procedures for a CDM, as defined in Article 12 of the KP (223 kB)
Additional guidance to an operating entity of the financial mechanism (72 kB)	Modalities and procedures for afforestation and reforestation project activities under the CDM in the first commitment period of the KP (196 kB)
Development and transfer of technologies (81 kB)	Simplified modalities and procedures for small-scale afforestation and reforestation project activities under the CDM (150 kB)
Review processes during the period 2006-2007 for Annex I Parties to the Convention (75 kB)	Procedures and mechanisms relating to compliance under the KP (121 kB)
Submission of second and, where appropriate, third national communications from non-Annex I Parties to the Convention (85 kB)	Implementation of Art. 6 of the KP (214 kB)
Tables of the common reporting format for LULUCF (326 kB)	Guidelines for the implementation of Article 6 of the KP (160 kB)
Research needs relating to the Convention (73 kB)	Principles, nature and scope of the mechanisms pursuant to Articles 6, 12 and 17 of the KP (84 kB)
Flexibility for Croatia under Art. 4, paragraph 6, of the Convention (70 kB)	Modalities, rules and guidelines for emissions trading under Article 17 of the KPl (93 kB)
Institutional linkage of the secretariat to the United Nations (74 kB)	Modalities for the accounting of assigned amounts under Article 7.4 of the KP (182 kB)
Programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (148 kB)	Guidance relating to registry systems under Article 7, paragraph 4, of the KP (91 kB)
Budget performance in the biennium 2004-2005 as at 30 June 2005 (78 kB)	Initial guidance to an entity entrusted with the operation of the financial mechanism of the Convention, for the operation of the Adaptation Fund (82 kB)
	Capacity-building relating to the implementation of the KP in developing countries (84 kB)
	Capacity-building relating to the implementation of the KP in Parties with economies in transition (77 kB)
	Land use, land-use change and forestry (121 kB)
	Good practice guidance for land use, land-use change and forestry activities under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the KP (90 kB)
	Matters relating to Article 3, paragraph 14, of the KP (90 kB)
	Guidelines for national systems under Article 5, paragraph 1, of the KP (120 kB)
	Guidelines for the preparation of the information required under Article 7 of the KP (174 kB)
	Standard electronic format for reporting KP units (214 kB)
	Guidelines for review under Article 8 of the KP (301 kB)
	Terms of service for lead reviewers (64 kB)
	Issues relating to the implementation of Article 8 of the KP-1 (107 kB)
	Issues relating to the implementation of Article 8 of the KP-2 (81 kB)
	Good practice guidance and adjustments under Article 5, paragraph 2, of the KP (434 kB)
	Issues relating to adjustments under Article 5, paragraph 2, of the KP (82 kB)
	Review processes during the period 2006-2007 for Parties included in Annex I to the Convention that are also Parties to the KP (81 kB)
	Criteria for failure to submit information from activities under Art. 3.3 and 3.4 of KP (89 kB)
	Determination of quantified emission reduction commitment for Belarus (68 kB)
	Implications of the establishment of new HCFC-22 facilities seeking to obtain certified emission reductions for the destruction of HFC-23 (82 kB)
	Privileges and immunities for individuals on constituted bodies established under the KP (69 kB)
	Programme Budget for the biennium 2006-2007 (112 kB)
	Budget performance in the biennium 2004-2005 as at 30 June 2005 (72 kB)
	Arrangements for the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the KP at its first session (75 kB)
Expression of gratitude to the Government of Canada and the people of the City of Montreal (70 kB)

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