UNFCCC presentation template

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The national communications process status and
trends

• Workshop on exchange of experiences and good
  practices among non-Annex I Parties in preparing
  national communications and on cross-cutting
  issues
• Cairo, Egypt, 20-22 Sept. 2006
• Yolando Velasco
• UNFCCC secretariat

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Status of preparation of national communications
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• Timing of submission of 2nd/3rd nat. comms
• Shall make all efforts to submit their second
  and, where appropriate, third national
  communication, within four years of the initial
  disbursement of financial resources for the
  actual preparation of the national communication
• may use an extension of up to one year for
  submission, after having informed the
  secretariat
• least developed countries may submit their
  second national communication at their discretion

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Trends and implications

• Technical support Increased demand for
  technical support in GHG inventories,
  vulnerability and adaptation assessments and
  mitigation assessments.
• Funding for subsequent NCs should apply for
  the financing of their subsequent national
  communications at any time between three to five
  years of the initial disbursement of financial
  resources for the actual preparation of their
  previous national communications(decision
  8/CP.11)
• National needs
• Integration of NCs into national development
  planning process
• Training of trainers

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THANK YOU United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Bonn,
Germany (E-mail Yvelasco_at_unfccc.int)