(د) ورحبت الهيئة الفرعية بتبادل الآراء الذي جرى أثناء الحدث الجانبي الخاص. واعتُرف في سياق الحوار الذي دار بين الفريق الحكومي الدولي المعني بتغير المناخ وبرامج البحوث الدولية الممثلة في الاجتماع والهيئة الفرعية بأهمية القضايا الرئيسية التالية:
The independence of the IPCC and those international research programmes, and their willingness to respond to the scientific challenges posed by the Convention and the Third Assessment Report (TAR); The role of the IPCC in conducting regular assessments of climate change knowledge, and in providing the results of these to the SBSTA; The increased collaboration among international research programmes; The needs for stronger links between international and regional research programmes, and to enhance the contribution of developing country scientists to research efforts; The timeline for new research in the context of the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC, notably the aim to make the report available in 2007;