SBI opening plenary

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 second biennial reports from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention

(b) Compilation and synthesis of second biennial reports from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention

(c) Revision of the “Guidelines for the preparation of national communications by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention, Part II: UNFCCC reporting guidelines on national communications”;

(d) Report on national greenhouse gas inventory data from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention for the period 1990–2014;

(e) Compilation and accounting reports for Annex B Parties under the Kyoto Protocol

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) Provision of financial and technical support

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Matters relating to the mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol

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

(b) Procedures, mechanisms and institutional arrangements for appeals against decisions of the Executive Board of the clean development mechanism

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

8. Matters relating to the least developed countries

9. National adaptation plans

10. Report of the Adaptation Committee

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

12. Development and transfer of technologies

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

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

(c) Poznan strategic programme on technology transfer

13. Terms of reference for the review of the functions of the Standing Committee on Finance

14. Capacity-building in developing countries

(a) Third comprehensive review of the implementation of the framework for capacity-building under the Convention

(b) Third comprehensive review of the implementation of the framework for capacity-building under the Kyoto Protocol

(c) Paris Committee on Capacity-building

15. 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

16. Gender and climate change

17. Administrative, financial and institutional matters

(a) Budget performance for the biennium 2016–2017

(b) Audit report and financial statements for 2015

(c) Other financial matters

18. Reports on activities related to the implementation of Article 6 of the Convention

19. Other matters