Summary
On Monday, 7 November, COP 21/CMP 11 President Ségolène Royal, France, opened the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, Morocco. Parties elected Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Morocco, as the COP 22/CMP 12 President by acclamation. Welcoming delegates to the "red city," he said the conference demonstrates a whole continent’s commitment to climate action.
Throughout the day, opening plenaries convened for the Conference of the Parties (COP), COP serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA). In the afternoon, SBSTA and SBI contact groups and informal consultations met.
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COP 22/CMP 12 Opening Plenary
View of the dais during the COP 22/CMP 12 opening plenary
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Morocco, and COP 22/CMP 12 President
Mohammed Larbi Belcadi, Mayor of Marrakech, Morocco
Ségolène Royal, COP 21/CMP 11 President
Hoesung Lee, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chair
Ségolène Royal, COP 21/CMP 11 President, hands over the gavel to Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President
Delegates shine solar lights as a symbol of the transformation to clean technology which is essential to achieve the Paris Agreement goals
Performers play traditional Moroccan drums to welcome delegates to the Marrakech Climate Change Conference
Delegates during plenary
Paul Watkinson, France
Elina Bardram, EU
Franz Perrez, Switzerland
Khalid Muhammed Abuleif, Saudi Arabia
Mehmet Emin Birpınar, Turkey
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) Opening Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA opening plenary
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Andrea Faulkner, Australia, speaking on
behalf of the Umbrella Group
Martin Cames, EU
Spencer Linus Thomas, Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) Advisory Board
Mareer Mohamed Husny, Maldives
Kanchana Patarachoke, Thailand, speaking
on behalf of the G-77/China
Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) Opening Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI opening plenary
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Rawleston Moore, the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Patricia Espinosa
Shereen D'Souza, US
Victor Kabengele wa Kadilu,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) Opening Plenary
View of the dais during the APA opening plenary
APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia,
and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on
behalf of the Umbrella Group
Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group
Adriana Murillo, Costa Rica, speaking on behalf of the Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC)
Contact Groups and Informal Consultations throughout the Day
SBSTA contact group on modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through
public interventions in accordance with Article 9.7 of the Paris Agreement
SBSTA informal consultations on guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement
SBSTA informal consultations on greenhouse gas data interface
Welcome Reception Hosted by the Government of Morocco
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President, and Ségolène Royal, COP 21/CMP 11 President, welcome delegates to the reception
Around the Venue
Delegates enter the Marrakech plenary hall
Football stars gather outside the Marrakech plenary
UNFCCC Global Climate Action Champion Hakima El Haité, Morocco, speaks with the press
Delegates from Mali confer
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, WWF International and
former COP 20/CMP 10 President
Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair, enters the plenary with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
and Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President
Solar powered lights during the opening plenary
APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia,
and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
Delegates from Oman
Delegates from Venezuela
Moroccan delegates walk throug the venue, lead by UNFCCC Global Climate Champion Hakima El Haité, Morocco
Photographic exhibition on display throughout the venue
Artwork created by Nordine Znati, Morocco
