9 November 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published the report (FCCC/AWGLCA/2010/15) of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) on its 12th session, held in Tianjin, China, from 4-9 October 2010.

The AWG-LCA considered the negotiating text circulated in August 2010 (FCCC/AWGLCA/2010/14), which encompasses key aspects of the Bali Action Plan (BAP) (decision 1/CP.13), namely a shared vision for long-term cooperative action, mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology, as well as capacity building. The meeting focused in particular on those issues that lend themselves to resolution within the time available, bearing in mind the need to achieve balance. Parties conducted their work by attempting to find areas of convergence on these issues and to streamline the text.

Outputs from the session comprise draft texts and notes from the drafting group facilitators and these will be incorporated into an information document prepared by the Secretariat. The AWG-LCA negotiation text will still remain the main text for negotiations at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 16) to be held in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November-10 December 2010. [The Report] [IISD Coverage of the Tianjin Meeting]