B.23/03: Report on the activities of the Co-Chairs: Co-Chairs consultations: decision-making in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted

The Board, having considered document GCF/B.23/09 titled “Co-Chairs consultations: decision-making in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted”:

  1. Adopts the procedures for adopting decisions in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted as set out in annex III;
  2. Confirms that the procedures for adopting decisions in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted shall only be used as a last resort;
  3. Requests the Co-Chairs to continue to enhance the effectiveness of pre-Board meeting consultations in an open, inclusive, consultative and transparent matter; and
  4. Also requests the Co-Chairs to consult and present to the Board for its consideration, not later than the twenty-fourth meeting of the Board, a proposal regarding the next steps in the event that during the application of the procedure referred to in section VI of annex III, any Board member expresses the view that they are unable to join consensus regarding the outcome of such procedure.