to facilitate the participation of the developing countries parties to ensure a balanced outcome that would feed into the Koronivia road map.

The G77 and China is looking forward to bringing agriculture as a standing agenda item under both SBSTA and SBI while welcoming the work by other related entities to enhance the work of agriculture under the convention, to deliver assurances for food security, zero hunger and eradicating poverty, taking into consideration the contribution of the agriculture sector in our economies.

Capacity Building

The 8th The 8th Group welcomes the successful hosting of the meeting of the PCCB and the meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building focusing on “Strengthening institutions at the national level to support capacity building for the implementation of NDCs in developing countries”. The Group believes that the outcomes of these important events will contribute significantly to enhancing the review and implementation of capacity building activities in developing countries. We also welcome the conclusion of the Term of Reference to guide both the review of the capacity building framework in developing countries and the PCCB.

Periodic Review

The Group has delivered a strong message at this session reaffirming that the mandated periodic review under the Convention should take place and regret that other partners see the periodic review under the Convention as being replaced by the global stocktake under the Paris Agreement. A scope for the periodic review that looks at both the adequacy of the long-term global goal under the Convention and the overall progress towards achieving that goal, including a consideration of the implementation of commitments under the Convention, is essential in order to ensure that the periodic review plays its proper role as the integrated, holistic, and systemic process under which a collective understanding of the impact of the activities undertaken by Parties under the Convention can be obtained.

Nairobi Work Programme

Under SBSTA agenda item 3 on the “Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change”, we appreciate the efforts of all Parties to reach consensus, and we find the draft conclusion reflects the needs of the G77 and China to bridge the knowledge gaps regarding the thematic areas such as extreme weather events; drought, water scarcity, forests, oceans and land degradation neutrality; agriculture and food security, in the context of the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative. Future NWP annual reports have to include information on the lessons learned and challenges encountered in implementing the NWP work plans as well as on the experience of knowledge users in accessing and utilizing knowledge products developed under the NWP. We request the secretariat to collaborate with NWP partner organizations in contributing to the work mandated to the AC by the CMA as well as to the adaptation knowledge related activities set out in the AC three-year work plan, including: (a) Developing and updating an inventory of methodologies for assessing adaptation needs; (b) Sharing experience and lessons learned from developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems. Finally, we request the secretariat

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