NOTIFICATION November 2012: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Special Intersessional Meeting New Haven, CT 2 and

3 November 2012
Dear Honorable Delegates, On behalf of Secretary General Gordon Geballe you are cordially invited to the COP18/CMP8 sessions of the UNFCCC. The meeting will have parallel discussions (see below for details). We are thankful that Lauren Barredo, Environment Minister of Egypt , Kyle Poorman, Environment Minister of France, and Jeff Gustafson, Environment Minister of Belgium, have agreed to chair the AWG-KP, AWG-LCA and AWG-DP consultations, respectively. These consultations will hopefully move us to a more defined and agreed upon negotiating text. We also welcome Mr. Sai Navoti, Lead Negotiator of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Nauru to the United Nations, as our keynote speaker and honored guest. Please see attached agenda, list of attendees, negotiation block assignments, negotiation block chair assignments and note on principled negotiation texts. As our Secretary-General, recently stated, Leadership at the highest level is needed to protect the planet, save lives and build a more sustainable global economy for all. In Doha this December, the world must sign a deal. It is the hopes of the secretariat that this session will move us closer to fulfilling this goal. The Secretary General and the COP Presidents look forward to substantive discussions and a constructive meeting. Additional instructions and materials are forthcoming. Yours Sincerely, Alark Saxena, Executive Secretary UNFCCC Jeffrey Chow Co-president UNFCCC COP 18/CMP8 Robert Fetter Co-president UNFCCC COP 18/CMP8

When:

Friday, November 2, 2012 5:00-11:00PM Saturday, November 3, 2012 8:00 AM-5:00PM

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Where: Who: Attire:

Kroon Hall, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University Please see attached invite list Friday: Business Casual, Saturday: Business

AGENDA ****The COP Presidents will be very strict on following the schedule down to the minute in order to respect the delegates precious time. We thank you for your attendance****
Friday, November 2 4:45 pm 5:30 pm 6:20 pm 6:30 pm Registration Meet and greet -Delegates and observers Opening remarks Keynote Address: Sai Navoti, Lead Negotiator, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Nauru to the United Nations 7:30 pm 8:30 pm Buffet Dinner for delegates and guests Negotiation begins (Block meetings). Knobloch Center Kroon Hall Kroon Hall 3rd Floor Knobloch Center Burke Auditorium Burke Auditorium

Saturday, November 3 8:00- 9:00 am 9:00-9:30 am 9:30- 10:30 am 10:30-11:30 am Breakfast Welcome remarks by the Secretary General Opening Plenary (remarks made by Blocks) Drafting sessions for respective thematic areas (three simultaneous sessions) 11:30 - 12:30 pm 11:30 - 12:30 pm Lunch (Delegation meetings) Side Event: International Red Cross/Red Crescent Adaptation Game 12:30 - 1:30 pm 1:30 - 2:30 pm 2:30-3:30 pm Country Block meetings - draft meeting preparation. Plenary Drafting sessions for respective thematic areas (three simultaneous sessions) Kroon Hall Burke Auditorium KP- Kroon 319, LCA Kroon 321, DPBurke Auditorium Kroon Hall 3rd Floor Burke Auditorium Burke Auditorium KP- Kroon 319, LCAKroon 321, DPBurke Auditorium Knobloch Center Knobloch Center

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3:30 - 4:30 pm 4:30 - 5:00 pm 5:00 - 5:30 pm 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Closing Plenary Closing remarks Debriefing (Q and A -experience sharing) Closing Reception

Burke Auditorium Burke Auditorium Burke Auditorium Knobloch Center

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LIST OF INVITEES

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NEGOTIATING BLOCKS
AFRICAN UNION Berkouwer, Susanna Bayasgalan, Onon Garcia, Esperanza Herron, Rick Hogue, Sarah Jones, Hunter Medinamora, Jose Nicholson, Lia Redmond, Mark Santin, Kent Zhang, Xiang susanna.berkouwer@yale.edu onon.bayasgalan@yale.edu egarcia.ecohope@gmail.com richard.herron@yale.edu sjh2167@columbia.edu hunter.jones@duke.edu jose.medinamora@yale.edu lia.nicholson@yale mark.redmond@yale.edu ks3023@columbia.edu xiang.zhang.xz266@yale.edu South Africa The Gambia Democratic Republic of Congo Kenya Uganda Angola Algeria Liberia Egypt Madagascar Somalia Chair

BOLIVARIAN ALLIANCE FOR THE AMERICAS (ALBA) Stabert, Nora elinore.stabert@duke.edu Barbosa, Jorge jorge.barbosa@yale.edu Davila, Liliana liliana.davila@yale.edu Emmerman, David david.emmerman@yale.edu Graham, Laura lauren.graham@yale.edu Knodel, Marissa marissa.knodel@yale.edu ALLIANCE OF SMALL ISLAND STATES (AOSIS) Shan, Lizzie shaxuan.shan@yale.edu Ashebir, Adedana adedana.ashebir@yale.edu Barbosa, Jorge jorge.barbosa@yale.edu Caballero, Vivienne vivienne.caballero@gmail.com Davila, Liliana liliana.davila@yale.edu Li, Fan f.li@yale.edu Malik, Omar omar.malik@yale.edu Miao, William niancen.miao@yale.edu Uuganbayar, Bo Bo.uuganbayar@yale.edu BASIC Wright, Kathryn Berkouwer, Susanna Goldfarb, Benjamin Johnson, Laura Mitchell-Larson, Eli Ryvola, Rebeka Schinn, Dustin Vernoit, Alexander

Venezuela Dominica Cuba Ecuador Nicaragua Bolivia

Chair

Nauru Papua New Guinea Dominica Belize Cuba Tuvalu Maldives Solomon Islands Antigua and Barbuda

Chair

kathryn.wright@yale.edu susanna.berkouwer@yale.edu benjamin.goldfarb@yale.edu laura.a.johnson@yale.edu eli.mitchell-larson@yale.edu rebeka.ryvola@yale.edu dustin.schinn@yale.edu alexander.vernoit@yale.edu

India South Africa India China China Brazil India China

Chair

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ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY GROUP (EIG) Auel, Erin ema39@georgetown.edu Harris, Emily eah85@georgetown.edu West, Laura lcw26@georgetown.edu EUROPEAN UNION (EU) Callagy, Alana alana.callagy@yale.edu Babalola, Elizabeth elizabeth.babalola@yale.edu Dagan, Mathew doug.dagan@yale.edu Holmatov, Bunyod bunyod.holmatov@yale.edu Mani, Aparna aparna.mani@yale.edu Semenov, Andrey andrey.semenov@yale.edu Tyree, Lucas lucas.tyree@yale.edu G77+CHINA Ashebir, Adedana Medinamora, Jose Barbosa, Jorge Bayasgalan, Onon Berkouwer, Susanna Caballero, Vivienne Comte, Adrien Cornelius, Adam Davila, Liliana Du, Jing Emmerman, David Fonseca, Sarah Garcia, Esperanza Goldfarb, Benjamin Graham, Laura Herron, Rick Hogue, Sarah Jagannathan, Anusha Johnson, Laura Joiner, Andrew Scott Jones, Hunter Knodel, Marissa Lee, Dong Won Li, Fan Lika, Selim Malik, Omar Miao, William Mitchell-Larson, Eli Navani, Aman

Mexico Republic of Korea Switzerland

Chair

Cyprus France Germany Spain Greece Italy United Kingdom

Chair

adedana.ashebir@yale.edu jose.medinamora@yale.edu jorge.barbosa@yale.edu onon.bayasgalan@yale.edu susanna.berkouwer@yale.edu vivienne.caballero@gmail.com adrien.comte@duke.edu adam.cornelius@duke.edu liliana.davila@yale.edu jing.du@duke.edu david.emmerman@yale.edu sarahfons@gmail.com egarcia.ecohope@gmail.com benjamin.goldfarb@yale.edu lauren.graham@yale.edu richard.herron@yale.edu sjh2167@columbia.edu anusha.jagannathan@duke.edu laura.a.johnson@yale.edu jsa18@duke.edu hunter.jones@duke.edu marissa.knodel@yale.edu dl2783@columbia.edu f.li@yale.edu selimlika@gmail.com omar.malik@yale.edu niancen.miao@yale.edu eli.mitchell-larson@yale.edu amn2165@columbia.edu

Algeria Papua New Guinea Dominica The Gambia South Africa Belize Iran Qatar Cuba Qatar Ecuador Laos Democratic Republic of Congo India Nicaragua Kenya Uganda Saudi Arabia China Qatar Angola Bolivia Nepal Tuvalu Cambodia Maldives Solomon Islands China Bangladesh

Chair

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Nicholson, Lia Peyraud, Charlotte Redmond, Mark Ryvola, Rebeka Santin, Kent Schinn, Dustin Shan, Lizzie Stabert, Nora Uuganbayar, Bo Vernoit, Alexander Wright, Kathryn Zhang, Xiang

lia.nicholson@yale Cfp2114@columbia.edu mark.redmond@yale.edu rebeka.ryvola@yale.edu ks3023@columbia.edu dustin.schinn@yale.edu shaxuan.shan@yale.edu elinore.stabert@duke.edu Bo.uuganbayar@yale.edu alexander.vernoit@yale.edu kathryn.wright@yale.edu xiang.zhang.xz266@yale.edu

Liberia Yemen Egypt Brazil Madagascar India Nauru Venezuela Antigua and Barbuda China India Somalia

LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDC) Bayasgalan, Onon onon.bayasgalan@yale.edu Barrer, Reginald Rex reginaldrex.barrer@yale.edu Fonseca, Sarah sarahfons@gmail.com Garcia, Esperanza egarcia.ecohope@gmail.com Hogue, Sarah sjh2167@columbia.edu Jones, Hunter hunter.jones@duke.edu Lee, Dong Won dl2783@columbia.edu Li, Fan f.li@yale.edu Lika, Selim selimlika@gmail.com Miao, William niancen.miao@yale.edu Navani, Aman amn2165@columbia.edu Nicholson, Lia lia.nicholson@yale Peyraud, Charlotte Cfp2114@columbia.edu Santin, Kent ks3023@columbia.edu Zhang, Xiang xiang.zhang.xz266@yale.edu LIKE-MINDED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Johnson, Laura laura.a.johnson@yale.edu Emmerman, David david.emmerman@yale.edu Franceschini, Laura laura.franceschini@yale.edu Goldfarb, Benjamin benjamin.goldfarb@yale.edu Graham, Laura lauren.graham@yale.edu Jagannathan, Anusha anusha.jagannathan@duke.edu Knodel, Marissa marissa.knodel@yale.edu Mitchell-Larson, Eli eli.mitchell-larson@yale.edu Redmond, Mark mark.redmond@yale.edu Schinn, Dustin dustin.schinn@yale.edu Vernoit, Alexander alexander.vernoit@yale.edu Wright, Kathryn kathryn.wright@yale.edu

The Gambia Afghanistan Laos Democratic Republic of Congo Uganda Angola Nepal Tuvalu Cambodia Solomon Islands Bangladesh Liberia Yemen Madagascar Somalia

Chair

China Ecuador Phillippines India Nicaragua Saudi Arabia Bolivia China Egypt India China India

Chair

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ORGANIZATION OF THE PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC) Joiner, Andrew Scott jsa18@duke.edu Qatar Comte, Adrien adrien.comte@duke.edu Iran Cornelius, Adam adam.cornelius@duke.edu Qatar Du, Jing jing.du@duke.edu Qatar Emmerman, David david.emmerman@yale.edu Ecuador Jagannathan, Anusha anusha.jagannathan@duke.edu Saudi Arabia Jones, Hunter hunter.jones@duke.edu Angola Shi, Wenjing wenjing.shi@duke.edu United Arab Emirates Stabert, Nora elinore.stabert@duke.edu Venezuela Thompson, Dacie dacia.thompson@gmail.com United Arab Emirates UMBRELLA GROUP Cho, Haein Anjum, Rubaina Jiang, Lin Livengood, Avery Lloyd, Matt Son, Myeongyeon Song, Jiayin Willensky, Regina Zhou, Changchang

Chair

haein.cho@duke.edu rubaina.anjum@duke.edu lin.jiang@duke.edu avery.livengood@duke.edu matthew.lloyd@duke.edu ms458@duke.edu js487@duke.edu regina.willensky@duke.edu zcc.900129@gmail.com

United States Australia United States United States Canada Norway Japan Ukraine Russian Federation

Chair

GROUND RULES

The first reading of the text provides the opportunity for delegates to express their acceptance or disapproval of the text to be negotiated. This is the time when the secretariat takes those comments and translates them on the screen with the edited text in brackets with country name supporting that motion. At the end of the first day this new text with country positions will be emailed around to the delegates to help inform your week of informal discussions. For example, this is what the paragraphs will basically look like after the first reading:
PP 8 Alt 5 Deeply concerned that the adverse impacts of climate change[, including sea level rise (Russia add phrase)] [could constitute give rise to (CARICOM)] security [risks to implications for (CARICOM, supported by United States)] affected countries (New Zealand proposed pp 8 alt 5) (Switzerland would not want could, view supported by EU)

Role of Science:
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The IPCC Secretariat can only provide advice during the meeting when asked for by a country delegate or the Chairman. Please take advantage of this. In addition, all science used for negotiating points are only acceptable if in the Fourth Assessment Report unless new research post-AR4 can be adequately justified by the country delegate. The Scoping document for the Fifth Assessment Report could be used to promote priorities by different delegates.

ALL DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY CONSENSUS, AND CONSENSUS ONLY!!

Consensus Decision Making Under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol Decisions under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol are made by consensus, not majority vote. The provision in the UNFCCC Rules of Procedure relating to voting was never adopted because countries objected to being bound by majority vote. Consensus decision-making requires that all major countries consent to the arrangements you negotiate. If a country does not agree to the arrangements and the group adopts a decision without them, that country is unlikely to sign or ratify the new arrangement, which undermines the goal of an international climate regime designed to prevent dangerous climate change. Below are the ground rules previously agreed to by stakeholders. These rules require that members: Avoid making personal attacks on other group members; Share relevant information with other group members; Explain the reasons behind one's statements, questions, and actions; Keep to the agenda; Make decisions by consensus, rather than majority rule; No private discussions; all discussions take place as a group; and Cell phones turned off at all times. Only one person per group will serve as spokesman. During the First Reading for each motion the delegate is only allowed 2 minutes to state and defend their suggested addition or deletion; The participants will achieve the best results if they present themselves as the persons described in their particular role throughout the week.

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