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Doha Climate Change Conference - November 2012
26 November - 8 December 2012 | Doha, Qatar
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Photo: UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, COP 18/CMP 8 President Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, and COP 17/CMP 7 President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa |
| The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, opened on Monday morning, 26 November, at the Qatar National Convention Centre. Following an opening ceremony, during which Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah of Qatar was elected COP President, delegates gathered for the opening plenary meetings of the COP, CMP, SBI and SBSTA. A number of side events also convened. |
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Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, President of COP 18/CMP 8, addresses participants during the opening ceremony |
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A view of the dais during the opening plenary of the COP (l-r): AWG-LCA Chair Aysar Tayeb; Halldór Thorgeirsson, Director for Implementation Strategy, UNFCCC Secretariat; UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Richard Kinley; UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres;June Budhooram, COP Secretary; Rapportuer Andrej Kranjc, Slovenia; and ADP Co-Chairs Harald Dovland, Norway, and Jayant Moreshwar Mauskar, India |
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| Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, President of COP 18/CMP 8 (center), entering the conference center |
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A short film is viewed by delegates before the morning plenary begins |
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres addresses the opening plenary |
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Members of the Secretariat listening to the opening statements |
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| A spider sculpture dominates the lobby in the Qatar National Convention Centre and makes a natural meeting place for delegates |
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ADP Co-Chair Harald Dovland, Norway, John Kilani, Director, Sustainable Development Mechanisms, UNFCCC Secretariat, and AWG-LCA Chair Aysar Tayeb, Saudi Arabia |
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| The EU delegation intervening in the opening COP plenary |
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| Halldór Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC Secretariat, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, and outgoing COP President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane |
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| Bidding farewell: UNFCCC Executive Secretary Figueres, and outgoing COP President Nkoana-Mashabane |
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| Su Wei, China, speaking for the BASIC countries |
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| Anjali Appadurai, speaking for Climate Justic Now! (left), and Ulrike Rohr, speaking for Women (right) |
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| Justin Lee, Australian Ambassador for Climate Change, speaking for the Umbrella Group |
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| AWG-LCA Chair Aysar Tayeb |
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| AWG-KP Chair Madeleine Diouf, Senegal, during the CMP plenary |
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| Delegates meeting in the lobby of the conference center |
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| Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator, SBSTA Chair Richard Muyungi, and Hanna Hoffman, UNFCCC Secretariat, during the opening SBSTA plenary |
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