Summary
On Tuesday, 15 November, the UN Climate Change Conference continued in Marrakech, Morocco. In the morning, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) closed, and the opening plenary of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1) convened. The opening ceremony of the joint high-level segment of the COP, COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) and CMA took place.
Contact groups and informal consultations under the COP and CMP took place throughout the day. In the afternoon, the joint high-level segment continued. The webcast of the joint high-level segment is available at: http://unfccc.cloud.streamworld.de/webcast/high-level-segment.
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Family photo of heads of state and government, and ministers attending COP 22
Opening of the High-Level Segment
View of the dais during the opening of the high-level segment (HLS)
King of Morocco Mohammed VI
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Miriame Mouhoub, Morrocan Youth delivering a 'Statement on the Future of the Planet'
Laurene Powell Jobs, Emerson Collective
Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly
President François Hollande, France
Security during the high-level segment
Children participate in a song to welcome delegates to the high-level segment
High-Level Segment
View of the dais during the high-level segment
President Mahamadou Issoufou, Niger, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Prince Albert II, Monaco
President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Djibouti
Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
President Macky Sall, Senegal
President Michelle Bachelet, Chile
President Baron Waqa, Nauru
President Danny Rollen Faure, Seychelles
President Gjorge Ivanov, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Dignitaries Meet Informally
Dignitaries gather in the VIP section of the venue
COP 21/CMP 11 President Laurent Fabius, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, France
Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Amina J. Mohammed, Minister of the Environment, Nigeria
Presidents and prime ministers speak informally
King of Morocco Mohammed VI
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia
President François Hollande, France
Dignitaries are served traditional Moroccan mint tea
Dignitaries from Oman
Around the Venue
Delegates gather for the start of the high-level segment
A red carpet is rolled out for dignitaries
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly, arrive at the venue
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President, and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President, sychronize their watches for climate action
President Michelle Bachelet, Chile
President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, Sudan
Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
