The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement,
Recalling decisions 7/CMA.1, 19/CMA.1 and 4/CMA.2,
1. Welcomes with appreciation the annual report of the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures (hereinafter referred to as the Katowice Committee on Impacts) for 2020–2021 and the progress of the Katowice Committee on Impacts in supporting the work of the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures (hereinafter referred to as the forum), noting that, on an exceptional basis, the 2020–2021 annual report was considered before consideration of the 2020 annual report and continuation of consideration of the 2019 annual report;
2. Welcomes the informal event and technical expert meetings held virtually in 2020 and 2021 by the Chairs of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, which served as input to the forum’s work on implementing the relevant activities in the workplan of the forum and its Katowice Committee on Impacts and underscores the challenges experienced with participating in meetings in a virtual setting in 2020 and 2021;
3. Notes the limitations to progress and limited progress in the implementation of the functions and modalities of the forum and of certain activities in the workplan by the forum, including due to the exceptional circumstances, and therefore requests the secretariat to hold a two-day workshop in conjunction with the fifty-sixth sessions of the subsidiary bodies (June 2022) to further advance the implementation of workplan activities 3, 4 and 11;
4. Welcomes the progress made by the Katowice Committee on Impacts in implementing the workplan and the inputs of experts, practitioners and relevant organizations to the work of the forum and its Katowice Committee on Impacts;
5. Adopts the recommendations pertaining to activity 1 of the workplan contained in annex I, forwarded by the forum in the 2020–2021 annual report of the Katowice Committee on Impacts, and invites Parties to implement them, as applicable;
6. Adopts the revised rules of procedure of the Katowice Committee on Impacts contained in annex II;
7. Recalls decision 7/CMA.1 and the functions of the forum and notes that the forum, when considering the annual reports of the Katowice Committee on Impacts and the recommendations contained therein, should consider ways to promote actions to minimize the adverse impacts and maximize the positive impacts of the implementation of response measures;
8. Requests the forum, at the fifty-sixth sessions of the subsidiary bodies, to consider ways to promote actions to minimize the adverse impacts and maximize the positive impacts of the implementation of response measures on the recommendations contained in annex I;
9. Recalls the rules of procedure of the Katowice Committee on Impacts and encourages groups to nominate members to the Katowice Committee on Impacts taking into account the goal of achieving gender balance;
10. Requests the secretariat to organize a regional workshop on activity 3 of the workplan before the fifty-sixth sessions of the subsidiary bodies in collaboration with relevant organizations and stakeholders, to address regional needs and acknowledge the work that is being carried out by the Katowice Committee on Impacts and notes that further regional workshops on activity 3 could be decided on by the forum;
11. Invites Parties and observers to submit via the submission portal by April 2022 their views on the elements of the midterm review of the workplan of the forum and its Katowice Committee on Impacts and requests the secretariat to prepare a summary of the submissions with a view to informing Parties’ discussion on the midterm review starting at the fifty-sixth sessions of the subsidiary bodies;
12. Encourages, recalling decisions 19/CMA.1 and 4/CMA.2, Parties to submit their views on efforts related to addressing the social and economic consequences and impacts of response measures via the submission portal by February 2022 and requests the secretariat to prepare and submit a compilation of the submissionsfrom Parties as input to the first global stocktake;
13. Also requests, recalling decisions 19/CMA.1 and 4/CMA.2, the Katowice Committee on Impacts to submit by February 2022, with the assistance of the secretariat, a synthesis report reflecting the relevant work of both the forum and its Katowice Committee on Impacts as an input to the technical assessment component of the first global stocktake, which will start at the fifty-sixth sessions of the subsidiary bodies;
14. Takes note of the estimated budgetary implications of the activities to be undertaken by the secretariat referred to in paragraphs 3, 11, 12 and 13 above;
15. Requests that the actions of the secretariat called for in this decision be undertaken subject to the availability of financial resources.
Annex II
Revised rules of procedure of the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures
III. Members
4. The CMA, by decision 7/CMA.1, decided that the KCI shall be composed of 14 members, of which:
(a) Two members from each of the five United Nations regional groups;
(b) One member from the least developed countries;
(c) One member from the small island developing States;
(d) Two members from relevant intergovernmental organizations.
5. By the same decision, the CMA also decided that members shall be nominated by their respective groups. Groups are encouraged to nominate members taking into account the goal of achieving gender balance. The Chairs of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) shall be notified of these appointments.
6. The CMA further decided that members shall serve in their expert capacity and should have relevant qualifications and expertise in the technical and socioeconomic fields related to the areas of the work programme of the forum.
7. Further, the CMA decided that members shall serve a term of two years and be eligible to serve a maximum of two consecutive terms in office. The following rules shall apply:
(a) Half of the members shall be nominated initially for a term of three years and half of the members for a term of two years;
(b) Thereafter, members are nominated for a term of two years;
(c) The members shall remain in office until their successors are nominated. In such a case, the KCI shall notify the Chairs of the SBSTA and the SBI.
8. The term of office of a member shall commence at the first meeting of the KCI in the calendar year of their appointment and end immediately before the first meeting of the KCI in the calendar year after their second calendar year in office.
9. If a member of the KCI resigns or is otherwise unable to complete the assigned term of office or to perform the functions of that office, the KCI shall request the group that nominated the member to nominate another member for the remainder of the unexpired term, in which case the appointment shall count as one term. In such a case, the KCI shall notify the Chairs of the SBSTA and the SBI.
10. If a member is unable to participate in two consecutive meetings of the KCI or unable to perform the functions and tasks set by the KCI, the Co-Chairs of the KCI will bring this matter to the attention of the KCI and seek clarification from the group that nominated that member on the status of their membership.
