Conclusions

At its 3 rd meeting, on 27 July, having considered an oral report by the co-chairmen of the informal consultations, the SBSTA adopted the following conclusions:

(a) The SBSTA recalled that the COP, at its third session, had decided that the proposal presented by Brazil in document FCCC/AGBM/1997/MISC.1/Add.3 should be referred to the SBSTA for its advice regarding the methodological and scientific aspects (FCCC/CP/1997/7/Add.1);

(b) The SBSTA took note of the progress report on the review of the scientific and methodological aspects of the proposal by Brazil contained in document FCCC/SBSTA/2001/INF.2, including the conclusions of an expert meeting, held in Bonn from 28 to 30 May 2001, on the scientific and methodological aspects of the proposal;

(c) The SBSTA encouraged Parties to pursue and support the research effort on the scientific and methodological aspects of the proposal by Brazil as recommended in document FCCC/SBSTA/2001/INF.2 and to communicate such activities to the secretariat;

(d) The SBSTA requested the secretariat to continue to coordinate the review of this proposal, to facilitate the dissemination of scientific and methodological information on this proposal, to organize an expert meeting to share information on the development of the scientific and methodological aspects of the proposal by Brazil, to broaden participation and to build scientific understanding of this subject before its seventeenth session, and to prepare a report for that session. To this end, the SBSTA requested all Parties, especially those not included in Annex I to the Convention, to nominate additional experts to the UNFCCC roster of experts;

(e) The SBSTA decided to consider this matter further at its seventeenth session.