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Copenhagen Accord
UNITED
NATIONS
Distr.
GENERAL
FCCC/CP/2009/11/Add.1
30 March 2010
Original: ENGLISH

CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES

Report of the Conference of the Parties on its fifteenth session, held in Copenhagen from 7 to 19 December 2009
Addendum

Part Two: Action taken by the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth session
CONTENTS

Decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties
Decision
1/CP.15

Page
Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on
Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention .............

3

2/CP.15

Copenhagen Accord .................................................................

4

3/CP.15

Amendment to Annex I to the Convention...............................

10

4/CP.15

Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries .

11

Work of the Consultative Group of Experts on National
Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention .....................................................................

13

6/CP.15

Fourth review of the financial mechanism ...............................

17

7/CP.15

Additional guidance to the Global Environment Facility ........

21

5/CP.15

GE.10-60563

FCCC/CP/2009/11/Add.1
Page 2
Decision

Page

8/CP.15

Capacity-building under the Convention ..................................

22

9/CP.15

Systematic climate observations ...............................................

23

10/CP.15

Updated training programme for greenhouse gas inventory review experts for the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention

25

11/CP.15

Administrative, financial and institutional matters...................

29

12/CP.15

Programme budget for the biennium

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