1. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol shall periodically review this Protocol in the light of the best
available scientific information and assessments on climate change and its
impacts, as well as relevant technical, social and economic information. Such
reviews shall be coordinated with pertinent reviews under the Convention, in
particular those required by Article 4, paragraph 2(d), and Article 7,
paragraph 2(a), of the Convention. Based on these reviews, the Conference of
the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall take
appropriate action.
2. The first review shall take place at the second session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol. Further reviews shall take place at regular intervals and in a timely manner.