1. Are there any rules of procedure for Contact Groups under the UNFCCC, both in terms of how they are established and how they should operate? Do the Draft Rules of Procedure (RoP) of the UNFCCC apply mutatis mutandis to Contact Groups? In particular, does the Contact Group need to discuss all the proposals that […]

What are the consequences for the process of the COP when the Chair of the COP calls to “suspend the COP” rather than”close the COP”? The draft Rules of Procedure for UNFCCC (the Rules were never formally adopted) specify at Rule 23 that the Chair has the power to suspend the COP.  Also, Rule 38 […]

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What are the procedures for suspending the COP? How could a Party initiate this process and what would be required to achieve this? Please answer this query in relation to suspension/adjournment of the current Durban session until resumption in a COP17-bis and CMP7-bis in 2012. This could be by keeping the LCA session open until […]

1. What is the procedure for a party to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol? Are there any regulations or guidelines beyond what is set out in article 27? Specifically, what would the procedure be for Canada to withdraw? 2. If the Protocol expires in 2012, and, on expiry, Canada has not met its emissions reduction […]