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COP efficiency note and possible contradictions with Rules of Procedures

18 September 2025

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Do any of the proposals suggested in the UNFCCC secretariat’s note on “Approaches to and opportunities for increasing the efficiency of the UNFCCC process, including visualization of options for streamlining the agendas of the governing and subsidiary bodies”[1] contradict the rules of procedures of the COP and its subsidiary bodies, and the respective rules of procedures of the bodies, mechanisms and institutions? If so, how?

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A note by the secretariat of the UNFCCC was circulated during the June Climate Meetings (SB 62) containing proposals to increase the efficiency of the UNFCCC process and streamline its agenda. However, some of the proposals included in the note could undermine the rules of procedure of the COP and its subsidiary bodies, which were adopted by Parties in 1996.

COP efficiency note and possible contradictions with Rules of Procedures

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