One of the three specialized bodies (CoP, SBI and SBSTA) of the UNFCCC making recommendations on policy and implementation issues, and also on budgetary and administrative matters, to the CoP and, if requested, to other bodies.
The two permanent subsidiary bodies (SBI and SBSTA) giving advice to the CoP, meet in parallel at least twice a year, and jointly tackle subjects common to both areas of expertise.
SBI key tasks are to examine the information given in the national communications and emission inventories of the different Parties in order to estimate the effectiveness of the Convention, to review the financial assistance given to Non-Annex I Parties in order to help them to respect their commitments, and to give advice to the CoP on guidance to the financial mechanism.
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