The first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term
Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWGLCA 1) and the fifth
session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for
Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (AWG 5) are taking place
from 31 March to 4 April 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. The AWGLCA
was established by the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP 13),
held in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2007, as a follow up
process to the “Dialogue on long-term cooperative action to
address climate change by enhancing implementation of the
Convention.” This new subsidiary body has been mandated to
launch a comprehensive process to enable the full, effective and
sustained implementation of the Convention through long-term
cooperative action, now, up to and beyond 2012. The AWGLCA must
complete its work by COP 15 in 2009. At its first meeting, the
AWGLCA is expected to focus on developing its work programme
covering, among other things, miti