COP 24 Meeting Notes

COP 24 Note – (notes are linked from the name of each participant).  As many RINGOs are not able to attend COP 24 or not able to attend sessions they are interested in, we appreciate submission of notes by our RINGO members who are in attendance.  Notes can be sent to wustl@ringofocalpoint.org.

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Please find notes sorted by UNFCCC body and agenda item, in chronological order.

Talanoa Dialogue

Talanoa Dialogue: Wrap-up Meeting of the Preparatory Phase

Thursday 6 December 2018  – 10:00 – 12:00
** Marissa Lerner – Washington University in St. Louis

COP

 COP24 Presidency Briefing with Observer Organisations  – Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 11am-12noon, Climate Action Room 2
**Melissa Low – National University of Singapore

COP agenda item 8b: informal consultation on linkages between the Technology
Mechanism and the Financial Mechanism of the Convention

Monday 10 December 2018 
**
Annkatrin Tritschoks, Uppsala University – 11:00-12:00 MR 2 
** Annkatrin Tritschoks, Uppsala University – 17:00-18:15 MR 2 

 Tuesday 11 December 2018 11:00-12:00 MR 2 
**Annkatrin Tritschoks, Uppsala University 


APA

 APA Co-Chairs Briefing with Observer Organisations  – Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 11am-12noon, Climate Action Room 2
**Melissa Low – 
National University of Singapore

APA Agenda Item 3 –  Further guidance in relation to the mitigation section of decision 1/CP.21

Tuesday 4 December 2018
**Noah Adelstein – Washington University in St. Louis

Wednesday 5 December 2018 10:00-11:00
**Emma Waltman and Noah Adelstein – Washington University in St. Louis

Wednesday 5 December 2018 17:00-18:00
**Melissa Low– National University of Singapore
**Emma Waltman and Noah Adelstein – Washington University in St. Louis

Thursday 6 December 2018 
**Emma Waltman and Noah Adelstein – Washington University in St. Louis
** Melissa Low – National University of Singapore

Friday 7 December 2018 1500
** Melissa Low – National University of Singapore
**Emma Waltman and Noah Adelstein – Washington University in St. Louis
**Emma Waltman and Noah Adelstein – Washington University in St. Louis – Afternoon session

APA Agenda Item 4 Further guidance in relation to the adaptation communication, including, inter alia, as a component of nationally determined contributions, referred to in Article 7, paragraphs 10 and 11, of the Paris Agreement

Wednesday 5th December 2018
** Edward Morgan – Griffith University 

Thursday 6 December 2018
** Carol Yuen, National University of Singapore
** Kristina Johansson – Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

APA Agenda Item 5 – Modalities, procedures and guidelines for the
transparency framework for action and support referred to in Art. 13 of the Paris Agreement.

Tuesday 4 December 2018
**Melissa Low– National University of Singapore

Thursday 6 December 2018 –
**11:00 – 12:00  Melissa Low – National University of Singapore
**16:00 – 17:00  Melissa Low – National University of Singapore

APA Agenda Item 6 -Matters relating to the global stocktake (GST) referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement: (a) Identification of the sources of input for the global stocktake (b) Development of the modalities of the global stocktake

Tuesday 4 December 2018 – 12:00-13:00, MR 20
**Marissa Lerner – Washington University in St. Louis
**Annkatrin Tritschoks – Uppsala University

Wednesday 5 December 2018 – 16:00 – 17:00, MR 20
**Marissa Lerner – Washington University in St. Louis
**Annkatrin Tritschoks – Uppsala University

Thursday 6 December 2018 – 15:00 -16:00
**Annkatrin Tritschoks  – Uppsala University
** Marissa Lerner – Washington University in St. Louis

Friday 7 December 2018
**Annakatrin Trischoks  – Uppsala University
** Marissa Lerner – Washington University in St. Louis

Saturday 8 December 2018
**AnnaKatrin Trischoks– Uppsala University

APA Agenda Item 7 –  Modalities and procedures for the effective operation of the committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance referred to in Article 15, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement

Wednesday, 5 December 2018
10-11am, Meeting Room 23
**Melissa Low– National University of Singapore
**Charlie Kuo- Vermont Law School
**Lucas Frye – American Chemical Society
**Joanna Cornelius – Lund University
Notes from Charlie, Lucas and Joanna

15:00 – 16:00 Meeting Room 3
**Melissa Low – National University of Singapore
**Charlie Kuo – Vermont Law School
**Lucas Frye – American Chemical Society
**Joanna Cornelius – Lund University

APA Agenda Item 8Informal consultations on issues related to Adaptation Fund

Tuesday 4 December 2018 – 15:00-15:45 Meeting Room Tatry
** Annkatrin Tritschoks – Uppsala University
** Anna McGinn, University of Maine,

Wednesday 5 December 2018 – 15:00-16:00 Meeting Room 23
**Danielle Falzon – Brown University
**Yuen Ai Zhen Carol – National University of Singapore
**Gillian Bowser – Colorado State University
**Kevin Adams – SEI
**Charlotte Schwebel – Colorado College

Thursday 6 December 2018 – 12:00 – 13:00
**AnnaKatrin Tritschoks  – Uppsala University
** Ike Uri – Brown University
** Carol Yuen – National University of Singapore
**Anna McGinn – University of Maine

 APA Stocktaking Meeting on Agenda Items 3-8

Thursday, 6 December 2018, 5-6pm, Plenary Śląsk 
**Melissa Low– National University of Singapore
**AnnaKatrin Tritschoks – Uppsala University
**Marissa Lerner – Washington University in St. Louis

Friday 7 December  5:00 – 6:00 PM Stocktake/Contact Group
**AnnaKatrin Tritschoks – Uppsala University

Saturday 8 December 12:30 – 14:00 – Contact Group
**AnnaKatrin Trischoks– Uppsala University

SBI/SBSTA

SBI/SBSTA informal consultations on report of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts

Tuesday 4 December 2018
**Marissa Lerner – Washington University in St. Louis

 Informal meeting by the SB Chairs on PAWP 

Thursday 6 December 2018
**Annkatrin Tritschoks, Uppsala University

SBSTA

SBSTA Contact Group/Informal Consultation on modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through public interventions in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 7, of the Paris Agreement

Tuesday 4 December 2018 3.45-4.30pm
**Melissa Low– National University of Singapore

SBSTA informal consultations on research and systematic observation

Tuesday 4 December 2018 – 12:00 – 13:00 
** Elinor Martin –  University of Oklahoma

Thursday 6 December 2018 – 1500-1700
**Elinor Martin – University of Oklahoma

SBSTA informal consultations on emissions from fuel used for international aviation and maritime transport

Wednesday 5 December 2018 1700-1800
** Elinor Martin – University of Oklahoma

Thursday 6 December 2018 – 1500-1600
**Elinor Martin – University of Oklahoma

SSBSTA informal consultations on local communities and indigenous peoples platform

Tuesday 4 December 2018 – 10:00 – 11:00 
** Elinor Martin–  University of Oklahoma
** Katie Balfany – Washington University in St. Louis

Friday 7 December 2018 1000-1100
**Elinor Martin–  University of Oklahoma

Presidency Dialogue on the LCIPP – 5 December 2018
** Katie Balfany – Washington University in St. Louis

SBI

SBI informal consultations on gender and climate change

Tuesday 4 December 2018 – 15:00 – 16:00
** Elinor Martin –  University of Oklahoma
** Katie Balfany – Washington University in St. Louis

Thursday 6 December 2018 – 12:00 – 13:00
** Elinor Martin –  University of Oklahoma
**Katie Balfany – Washington University in St. Louis

SBI informal consultations on common time frames for nationally determined contributions

Tuesday 4 December 2018 – 10:00 – 12:00
**Noah Adelstein – Washington University in St. Louis
**Emma Waltman– Washington University in St. Louis

Thursday 6 December 2018 – 10:00-11:00
**Emma Waltman and Noah Adelstein – Washington University in St. Louis
**Melissa Low – National University of Singapore
** Elinor Martin – University of Oklahoma

Saturday 8 December 2018 11:00
11:00 **Emma Waltman and Noah Adelstein – Washington University in St. Louis
12:45 **Emma Waltman and Noah Adelstein – Washington University in St. Louis

CMP

CMP agenda item 7 – informal consultation on matters relating to the Adaptation Fund

Wednesday 5 December 2018 – 10:30-11:00 -MR 4
** Annkatrin Tritschoks – Uppsala University