1. Information on the work of the AWG-KP in accordance with decision 4/CMP.3
Claudio Forner
UNFCCC secretariat
8 consultants

2. Contents of the presentation
Mandate and work programme
Progress
Further work

3. Mandate
A process to consider further commitments for Annex I Parties for the period beyond 2012 in accordance with Article 3.9 of the Protocol (1/CMP.1)
An open ended AWG of Parties; ensure no gap between the first and second commitment periods
AWG-KP 4.2 agreed to forward the results of its work to CMP.5

4. Work programme Adopted in Nairobi. Reiterative and consisting of:
Analysis of mitigation potentials and ranges of emission reduction objectives of Annex I Parties;
Analysis of possible means to achieve mitigation objectives;
Consideration of further commitments by Annex I Part

5. Progress: Overview Three years of work, 6 sessions
AWG-KP 4 (2007): mitigation potentials and ranges of emission reduction objectives
AWG-KP 5 and 6.1: Means to reach emission reduction targets, methodological issues and spillover effects

6. Progress: Mechanisms To be available as means, and could be improved
AWG-KP 6.1: identified possible improvements (scope; effectiveness and efficiency; accessibility; contribution to sustainable development)
Chair to elaborate elements of those improvements; some may require amending the Protocol
Further work at AWG-KP 6.2

7. Progress: LULUCF and sectoral emissions
LULUCF to be available as means; principles to be taken into account
AWG-KP 6.1: compiled four options (definitions, rules for activities, harvested wood products and natural disturbances)
To be further considered at AWG-KP 6.2
Approaches targeting sectoral emissions as means to reach emission reduction targets, to be further considered at AWG-KP 6.2

8. Progress: GHGs and methodological issues
Broaden coverage of GHGs, sectors and source categories.
AWG-KP 6.1: basket approach to continue; it considered:
New gases (secretariat to provide info)
2006 guidelines
GWPs and GTPs (IPCC invited to undertake technical assessment)
Work to continue at AWG-KP 6.2

9. Further work
On the means: Further assess elements and options and their implications
Spillover effects
Legal issues and the duration of the commitment periods
AWG-KP 7, 8 and subsequent sessions to focus on an agreement on further commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol for the period beyond 2012

10. Thank you