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Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
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Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
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Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference opened in Bonn, Germany. In the morning, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, was elected COP 23 President by acclamation. He then presided over a traditional Fijian ceremony, the Qaloqalovi, which included the presentation of a Tabua, the tooth of a sperm whale. During the opening ceremony, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa called on parties to act with urgency, saying “right here, right now is where we begin.”
The opening plenaries of the Conference of the Parties (COP), Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) and Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) met during the morning and early afternoon.
In the afternoon, the opening plenaries of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) met in parallel and, later, in a joint plenary. Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) roundtables met on compliance and on further guidance relating to the mitigation section of Decision 1/CP.21 (the Paris outcome) in the afternoon. SBSTA and SBI contact groups and informal consultations also met in the afternoon.
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Opening Ceremony
Delegates gather for the opening of COP 23/CMP/CMA
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 President, hands the gavel to Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, and COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Delegates are welcomed to the meeting with a musical performace
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Hoesung Lee, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chair
Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Ashok-Alexander Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn, Germany
Jan Szysko, Minister of Environment, Poland, and incoming COP 24/CMP 14/CMA 1-3 President; Frank Bainimarama
COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President; and Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 President
Representatives from Fiji perform a traditional ceremony, known as the Qaloqalovi, to open the meeting
Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany,
and Sai Navoti, Fiji, drink kava - a traditional Fijian drink used in welcoming ceremonies
COP, CMP and CMA Opening Plenaries
View of the dais during the opening plenaries
Ravi Prasad, India
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Chen Zhihua, China
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Ian Fry, Tuvalu
Meelis Münt, EU
Halldor Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC Secretariat
Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP/CMP, UNFCCC
Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Gemedo Dalle, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Abdullahi Majeed, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Delegates during plenary
SBSTA Opening Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA opening plenary
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Elena Manaenkova, WMO
Thinley Namgyel, Vice Chair of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) Advisory Board
Michael Rantil, Technology Executive Committee (TEC) Chair
Abdalah Mokssit, IPCC
SBI Opening Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI opening plenary
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary
Felipe Ferreira, Brazil
Philip Weech, the Bahamas
Chizuru Aoki, the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
SBI/SBSTA Joint Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI/SBSTA joint plenary
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland, and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Jean Diur Muland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaking on behalf of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN)
Chan-Woo Kim, Republic of Korea, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Liliam Ballón Sánchez de Amézaga, Peru, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC)
Around the Venue
Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany, arrives in plenary
Hamza Tber, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 Presidency, with Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 Presidency
Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency, speaks with a delegate
Delegates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, and the US
Delegates between sessions
Highlights and images for 17 May 2017
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2017
The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Wednesday, 17 May. Throughout the day, informal consultations and contact groups met to discuss various issues under the forty-sixth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 46) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46), as well as the third part of the first session on the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-3). The APA contact group met in the afternoon and evening.
Throughout the day, mandated events convened. The Technical Expert Meeting on adaptation met all day, focusing on how national adaptation plans can enable linkages between national and subnational development planning processes and strategies. In the afternoon, the multi-stakeholder dialogue on the operationalization of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform continued discussions.
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Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)/Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) Technical Expert Meeting (TEM): Adaptation
Delegates gather for the second day of the Technical Expert Meeting on adaptation
Akio Takemoto, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Musonda Mumba, UN Environment
Beth Lavender, Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) Member
Benjamin Karmorh, Environment Protection Agency, Liberia
Sione Fulivai, Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications, Tonga
Delegates ask questions through an online platform
Delegates share ideas with their neighbors
Delegates during the session
Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) Contact Group
View of the dais during the APA contact group
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Co-Facilitator for agenda item 8 - other matters
Nicolas Zambrano Sanchez, Ecuador, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 4 - adaptation communications
Janine Felson, Belize, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 7 - committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance
Xolisa Ngwadla, South Africa, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 6 - global stocktake
Xiang Gao, China, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 5 - transparency framework
Sin Liang Cheah, Singapore, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 3 - mitigation
María del Pilar Bueno, Argentina, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 8 - further matters, Adaptation Fund
Delegates read the draft conclusions presented by the Co-Chairs
Raed Albasseet, Saudi Arabia, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group
Andrea Faulkner, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Ravi Prasad, India
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)
Kim Carnahan, US
Delegates from the EIG
Delegates speak with APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
Delegates from the LMDCs
Delegates from the African Group
Delegates from the LDCs
Delegates from the Umbrella Group
Delegates huddle to discuss a way forward for the APA
Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on the Operationalization of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
Delegates gather for the second day of the multi-stakeholder dialogue on the operationalization of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Grace Balawag, International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC)
Pamela Rocha, Ecuador
Koko Warner, UNFCCC Secretariat
Geert Fremout, EU
Ella Havnevik Giske, Norway
Julio Cordano, Chile
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNSRRIP)
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, IIPFCC
Inka Saara Arttijeff, Sámi Parliament, Finland
Sébastien Duyck, speaking on behalf of Environmental, Trade Union and Youth NGOs, Women and Gender, and Farmers
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa applauds the work done during the session
Francois Paulette, IIPFCC (center), leads the group in a prayer to close the session
Around the Venue
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa arrives at the venue
Delegates huddle to discuss budget issues
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize, speaks with delegates
Delegates gather outside of Chamber Hall
Horacio Peluffo, UNFCCC Secretariat
Delegates from Austria and Luxembourg
Delegates from Argentina and Saudi Arabia speak informally
Delegates from Brazil
Delegates between sessions
Security staff at the World Conference Center Bonn
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Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2017
The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Thursday. Informal consultations met throughout the day to discuss issues under the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA), the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). The APA contact group met during the afternoon to take stock of progress.
Several mandated events also met, including: an in-session workshop to develop possible elements of the gender action plan under the UNFCCC; two Technical Expert Meetings (TEMs) on mitigation, focusing on attracting private sector investors and business solutions for ambitious mitigation actions in land use and building partnerships to accelerate implementation; and the first meeting of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building.
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Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on Mitigation: Private Sector Engagement
Panel speakers for the TEM on mitigation, focused on attracting private sector investors and business solutions for ambitious mitigation actions in land use
Katia Simeonova, UNFCCC Secretariat
Matthew Reddy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Theo de Jager, World Farmers' Organization
Conor Lennon, WBCSD
Romano De Vivo, Syngenta
Participants during the session
First Meeting of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB)
Members of the PCCB
Rita Mishaan, Guatemala
Co-Chair Mohamed Nbou, Morocco
Co-Chair Matti Nummelin, Finland
Marzena Chodor, Poland
Crispin d'Auvergne, Saint Lucia
Mahawan Karuniasa, Indonesia
Richard Mfumu Lungu, Zambia
Renilde Ndayishimiye, Burundi
Participants during the session
Informal Consultations throughout the Day
APA informal consultations on adaptation communications
APA informal consultations on the global stocktake
APA informal consultations on modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework
APA informal consultation on further matters
In-Session Workshop: Gender Action Plan under the UNFCCC
On the second day of the in-session workshop focused on gender, participants broke out into small groups to discuss a variety of themes, including capacity building, gender-responsive implementation, gender balance and participation, and monitoring and reporting.
Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) Contact Group
Delegates gather for the APA contact group
APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Co-Facilitator for agenda item 8 - other matters
Andrew Rakestraw, US, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 5 - transparency framework
Beth Lavender, Canada, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 4 - adaptation communications
Peter Horne, Australia, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 7 - committee to
facilitate implementation and promote compliance
Pieter Terpstra, the Netherlands, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 8 - further matters, Adaptation Fund
Jacob Werksman, EU
Ilze Prūse, Latvia, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 6 - global stocktake
Gertraud Wollansky, Austria, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 3 - mitigation
Walter Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Raed Albasseet, Saudi Arabia, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group
Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)
Dina Spörri, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
APA family photo
Civil Society Demonstration
Members of civil society line the stairs calling for nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to go up, reminding delegates they must not 'back out' of their commitments
Around the Venue
Ian Fry, Tuvalu
Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Marcela Main Sancha, UNFCCC Secretariat
Members of civil society meet in the corridors
Teresa Jane Hannaway, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the youngest delegate attending the meeting
Jukka Uosukainen, Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), speaks with SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Delegates between sessions
Delegates meet informally