Bonn Climate Change Conference - June 2014

The Bonn Climate Change Conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) continued on Thursday, 12 June. The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) convened in the morning in a contact group to discuss workstream 2 (pre-2020 ambition), and to continue discussions on intended nationally-determined contributions (INDCs). A follow-up session on the Thematic Expert Meetings (TEMs) that took place during the fourth session of the second meeting of the ADP (ADP 2-4) on renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) took place, during which partner organizations presented on actions they have taken since March 2014, and delegates discussed ways to take the work of the TEMs forward.

In the afternoon, a stocktaking plenary assessed progress under the ADP, where delegates, inter alia, addressed how to identify and elaborate elements of the 2015 agreement. During the plenary, briefings were presented on Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Green Climate Fund (GCF) work relevant to the ADP.

The second part of the In-session Workshop on Long-Term Climate Finance convened in the morning addressing: strategies and approaches for scaled-up climate finance from 2014-2020; cooperation on enhanced enabling environments and support for readiness activities; and needs for support to developing countries.

The first two parts of the 3rd Meeting of the Durban Forum on Capacity Building took place. Throughout the day, participants discussed enhancing and creating enabling environments, building capacity to mitigate, and assessing options for, and implementation of, mitigation measures. A number of informal consultations and contact groups under the SBI and SBSTA also took place.