35. Finally, the SBSTA requested its Chairman to continue the series of meetings of the Joint Working Group of Officers of the UNFCCC and the IPCC, as and when appropriate, and to report on these meetings to future sessions of the SBSTA. FCCC/SB/1996/L.1 page 23 Annex INITIAL LIST OF ITEMS ON WHICH THE IPCC COULD PROVIDE INPUT TO THE SBSTA All available research results in the open literature relevant to all SBSTA items have been addressed in either the Second Assessment Report or the IPCC Special Report on Radiative Forcing (IPCC 1994). All SBSTA items will be covered in the Third Assessment Report. It is recognized that particular emphasis would be placed on the technical papers and on regional scenarios of climate change, regional impacts of climate change and response measures, methodological and technological aspects of technology transfer,and adaptation measures. Initiation of all Special Reports is subject to approval by the IPCC at its XIIth session. Special Reports will follow the full IPCC review and approval procedures and require approximately 18 months for preparation and approval. Technical papers will require approximately 6-9 months for preparation, review, and release by the Bureau of the IPCC. Already included in the IPCC programme of work for 1996-1997 Using previous IPCC peer review process. IPCC BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR 1993-1995 (submitted by the Chairman, IPCC) All amounts cited in the estimate are in Swice Franoc unlcoG otherwise stated. 1. Budget estimate for the balance of 1993 and 1994-1995 1: This does not include the person-year costs of the IPCC Secretary and the Senior Programme Officer; these are 200,000 and 150,000 and are borne by the WMO and UNEP respectively. 2: Taken from IPCC-1X/Doc.6. The Bureau meeting shown for late 1993 has been moved to 3-4 February 1994 in Cenova. 3: Taken from BUR/VI/Doc.2, Add.1 for UCI and otimated for UC II and III. Includes: Lead Auther avreers : MG IBCO and EITS, 500,000; WG 11 DC and EIT, 700,000; va il! - bcs and EITS, 400,000; all 3 WGs • about 20 LAS from industrialized countries who cannot find other support, 400,000. Workshops: VG 1 500,000; WG 11 -700,000; WG 111 - 600,000. 4: Translation and publication of 200-page special report to COP-1. 5000 copies. quality of report similar to the MO catalogue of publications". Cost of publishing the Secand Assessment Reports still to be estimated. |