Informe de la Comisión creada para analizar el modo de resolver el problema del quórum en las reuniones de la CoP 15

The report recommends reducing the CoP quorum from a majority to one-third of member parties to facilitate decision-making. It further proposes updating rules regarding delegation credentials, extending the notice period for meeting invitations to four months, and implementing measures to support the participation of smaller member countries with limited resources, such as shortening meeting durations and providing proposal-writing workshops for scientists.

• The report recommends amending Article 24 to reduce the quorum required to establish and conduct plenary and commission sessions from a majority to one-third of the Parties. Based on the current membership of 19 countries, this would lower the minimum quorum from ten to seven members, meaning only four votes would be needed for a decision.
• To improve diplomatic and logistical planning, the report proposes amending Article 10 to require that joint invitations from the Executive Director and the host country be sent no less than four months before the start of the CoP, including a list of key topics for debate.
• The report suggests rewriting Article 3 to clarify delegation credentials, removing the requirement for members to 'designate' representatives for every single CoP and instead allowing the Executive Director to invite Permanent Representatives to confirm their participation.
• To support smaller member countries with limited resources, the report recommends reducing the duration of CoP meetings by having the Executive Committee (CE) synthesize debates and recommendations beforehand, requesting host countries to select venues within one hour of major airports, and funding workshops to help scientists from resource-poor countries compete for IAI research grants.
• The author argues that the current Rules of Procedure for the Executive Committee and the CoP are fundamentally flawed and should be rewritten from scratch in the long term rather than receiving piecemeal amendments.

APA

B., B. L. (2008). Informe de la Comisión creada para analizar el modo de resolver el problema del quórum en las reuniones de la CoP 15. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-ec-26-scrp-report-s.pdf

Chicago

B., Brown, Louis. Informe de la Comisión creada para analizar el modo de resolver el problema del quórum en las reuniones de la CoP 15. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2008. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-ec-26-scrp-report-s.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{b2008informe, author = {B., Brown, Louis}, title = {{Informe de la Comisión creada para analizar el modo de resolver el problema del quórum en las reuniones de la CoP 15}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2008}, month = may, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-ec-26-scrp-report-s.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }