14 September 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the provisional agenda for the 8th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 8), which will take place in Doha, Qatar, from 26 November – 7 December 2012. Annotations to the provisional agenda are also included.

The session will consider, inter alia: organizational matters; parties’ proposals to amend the Kyoto Protocol; issues relating to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); issues relating to Joint Implementation (JI); compliance matters under the Kyoto Protocol; the Adaptation Fund; capacity building; and administrative and financial matters. The agenda indicates that seven bodies will be meeting during the sessional period and that a High-level segment will also take place from 4-7 December. [Provisional COP/MOP 8 Agenda]