Highlights for Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Members of civil society demonstrate in the hallway, calling for an ambitious outcome at COP 24
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The Katowice Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday, shifting from the high-level statements delivered on Monday into detailed negotiations. Many informal consultations met to discuss issues related to the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), which is slated for completion at this meeting. The issues discussed included:
Guidance on the mitigation section of nationally determined contributions;
Adaptation communications;
Transparency;
Global stocktake; and
Climate finance.
On some of these issues, parties identified the need for guidance by heads of delegation. A meeting of the heads of delegation took place in the late afternoon.During a special event to unpack the new scientific knowledge and key findings in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee outlined the report’s findings:
climate change is already affecting people, livelihoods, and ecosystems worldwide;
limiting warming to 1.5°C is not impossible but would require unprecedented transitions in all sectors of society;
there are clear benefits to keeping warming to 1.5°C rather than 2°C or higher; and
limiting warming to 1.5°C can have co-benefits for achieving other global goals.
The COP 24 Presidency announced the Driving Change Together – Katowice Partnership for Electromobility declaration and the associated partnership between Poland and the UK. Several speakers at the event underscored the importance of decarbonizing the transport sector as crucial to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.For more details on the day's events and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB).
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily reports, daily web coverage, and a summary and analysis from the Katowice Climate Change Conference – December 2018.
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Global Climate Action High-level Event: Embracing Multilateralism
View of the dais during the opening of the Global Climate Action High-level event
UN Secretary-General António Guterres
Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister, Poland
Mae Jemison, Principal, 100 Year Starship
Michał Kurtyka, COP 24 President
Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister, Scotland
Mahendra Singhi, Managing Director and CEO, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd.
A video played during the session
Ralph Hamers, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, ING Group
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous Peoples
Tomasz Chruszczow, High-level Climate Champion, Poland
Inia Seruiratu, High-level Climate Champion, Fiji
Delegates during the event
Partnership for Electromobility Declaration
View of the dais during the event
UN Secretary-General António Guterres
President Alexander Van der Bellen, Austria
José Mendes, Chairman, Transport Decarbonisation Alliance
Regis Immongault, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gabon
Informal Consultations and Contact Groups throughout the Day
Informal consultations on implementation and compliance (APA item 7)
SBSTA contact group on matters related to Article 6 (cooperative approaches)
SBI informal consultations on developing modalities for the public registry for NDCs
Informal consultations on adaptation communication (APA agenda item 4)
SBI informal consultations on ex ante finance (Paris Agreement Article 9.5)
Informal consultations on the global stocktake (APA agenda item 6)
Delegates sit on the floor as rooms are filled to capacity
SBSTA-IPCC Special Event
A slide from the SBSTA-IPCC Special Event: Unpacking the New Scientific Knowledge and Key Findings in the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C
IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France
IPCC Working Group III Co-Chair Jim Skea, UK
IPCC Working Group I Co-Chairs Valérie Masson-Delmotte, France, and Panmao Zhai, China
IPCC Working Group II Co-Chairs Hans-Otto Pörtner, Germany, and Debra Roberts, South Africa
Slides from the IPCC presentation
Delegates during the session
Leon Charles, Grenada
Gabriel Mannah Kpaka, Sierra Leone
Frank McGovern, Ireland
Cheryl Jeffers, St. Kitts and Nevis
Paul Oquist Kelley, Nicaragua
Stephan Singer, Climate Action Network (CAN) International
Civil Society Demonstrations throughout the Day
A representative from ACT Alliance dressed as a 'sick planet,' caused by a high temperature, calls for climate justice and demands urgent climate action to halt global temperature rise
Participants in an action organised by Corporate Accountability International call for ambition and equity at COP 24, presenting the "People's Demands for Climate Justice"
Around the Venue
Austrian delegation with President Alexander Van der Bellen, Austria (center)
Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP (left)
Harald Winkler, South Africa, speaks with Marianne Karlsen, Norway
Mona Al-Attas, Saudi Arabia, speaks with a delegate
Delegates from Bangladesh
Delegates around the venue
In the exhibition center, traditional Fijian Kava is served at the Fiji Pavilion
Delegates dance to traditional music at the Indonesia Pavilion
