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information and assessments on climate change and its

impacts,

as

well

as

relevant

technical,

social

and

economic information. Such reviews shall be coordinated

with

pertinent

reviews

under

the

Convention,

in

particular those required by Article 4, paragraph 2(d), and

Article 7, paragraph 2(a), of the Convention. Based on

these reviews, the Conference of the Parties serving as

the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall take

appropriate action.

2. The first review shall take place at the second session of

the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of

the Parties to this Protocol. Further reviews shall take

place at regular intervals and in a timely manner.

Article 10

All

Parties,

taking

into

account

their

common

but

differentiated responsibilities and their specific national

and

regional

development

priorities,

objectives

and

circumstances,

without

introducing

any

new

commitments for Parties not included in Annex I, but

reaffirming

existing

commitments

under

Article

4,

paragraph

1,

of

the

Convention,

and

continuing

to

advance the implementation of these commitments in

order to achieve sustainable development, taking into

account

Article

4,

paragraphs

3,

5

and

7,

of

the

Convention, shall:

(a) Formulate, where relevant and to the extent possible,

cost-effective national and, where appropriate, regional

programmes to improve the quality of local emission

factors, activity data and/or models which reflect the

socio-economic

conditions

of

each

Party

for

the

preparation and periodic updating of national inventories

of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by

sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the

Montreal Protocol, using comparable methodologies to

be agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties, and

consistent with the guidelines for the preparation of

national communications adopted by the Conference of

the Parties;

(b) Formulate, implement, publish and regularly update

national and, where appropriate, regional programmes

containing measures to mitigate climate change and

measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate

change:

(i)

Such programmes would, inter alia , concern the

energy,

transport

and

industry

sectors

as

well

as

agriculture,

forestry

and

waste

management.

Furthermore, adaptation technologies and methods for

improving spatial planning would improve adaptation to

climate change; and

(ii) Parties included in Annex I shall submit information on

action

under

this

Protocol,

including

national

programmes, in accordance with Article 7; and other

Parties

shall

seek

to

include

in

their

national

communications,

as

appropriate,

information

on

programmes which contain measures that the Party

believes contribute to addressing climate change and its

adverse impacts, including the abatement of increases in

greenhouse gas emissions, and enhancement of and

removals

by sinks, capacity building and adaptation

measures;

(c) Cooperate in the promotion of effective modalities for

the development, application and diffusion of, and take

all practicable steps to promote, facilitate and finance, as

appropriate, the transfer of, or access to, environmentally

sound technologies, know-how, practices and processes

pertinent to climate change, in particular to developing

countries,

including

the

formulation

of

policies and

programmes for the effective transfer of environmentally

sound technologies that are publicly owned or in the

public

domain

and

the

creation

of

an

enabling

environment for the private sector, to promote and

enhance the transfer of, and access to, environmentally

sound technologies;

(d) Cooperate in scientific and technical research and

promote

the

maintenance

and

the development of

systematic observation systems and development of data

archives to reduce uncertainties related to the climate

system, the adverse impacts of climate change and the

economic and social consequences of various response

strategies,

and

promote

the

development

and

strengthening of endogenous capacities and capabilities

to participate in international and intergovernmental

efforts,

programmes

and

networks on research and

systematic observation, taking into account Article 5 of

the Convention;

(e) Cooperate in and promote at the international level,

and,

where

appropriate,

using

existing

bodies,

the

development

and

implementation

of education and

training programmes, including the strengthening of

national

capacity

building,

in particular human and

institutional capacities and the exchange or secondment

of personnel to train experts in this field, in particular for

developing countries, and facilitate at the national level

public awareness of, and public access to information on,

climate change. Suitable modalities should be developed

to implement these activities through the relevant bodies

of the Convention, taking into account Article 6 of the

Convention;

(f) Include in their national communications information

on programmes and activities undertaken pursuant to

this Article in accordance with relevant decisions of the

Conference of the Parties; and

(g)

Give

full

consideration,

in

implementing

the

commitments under this Article, to Article 4, paragraph 8,

of the Convention.

Article 11

1. In the implementation of Article 10, Parties shall take

into account the provisions of Article 4, paragraphs 4, 5, 7,

8 and 9, of the Convention.

2. In the context of the implementation of Article 4,

paragraph 1, of the Convention, in accordance with the

provisions of Article 4, paragraph 3, and Article 11 of the

Convention, and through the entity or entities entrusted

with the operation of the financial mechanism of the

Convention, the developed country Parties and other

developed Parties included in Annex II to the Convention

shall:

(a) Provide new and additional financial resources to

meet

the

agreed

full

costs

incurred

by developing

country Parties in advancing the implementation of

existing commitments under Article 4, paragraph 1(a), of

the

Convention

that

are

covered

in

Article

10,

subparagraph (a); and

(b) Also provide such financial resources, including for the

transfer of technology, needed by the developing country

Parties to meet the agreed full incremental costs of

advancing the implementation of existing commitments

under Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention that are

covered by Article 10 and that are agreed between a

developing country Party and the international entity or

entities referred to in Article 11 of the Convention, in

accordance with that Article.

The implementation of these existing commitments shall

take

into

account

the

need

for

adequacy

and

predictability in the flow of funds and the importance of

appropriate burden sharing among developed country

Parties. The guidance to the entity or entities entrusted

with the operation of the financial mechanism of the

Convention in relevant decisions of the Conference of the

Parties, including those agreed before the adoption of

this

Protocol,

shall

apply

mutatis

mutandis

to

the

provisions of this paragraph.

3. The developed country Parties and other developed

Parties in Annex II to the Convention may also provide,

and

developing

country

Parties

avail themselves of,

financial resources for the implementation of Article 10,

through

bilateral,

regional

and

other

multilateral

channels.

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