As is usual for the day before the closing of the Subsidiary Bodies (SBs) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate (UNFCCC), parties were frantically trying to make progress, especially on issues that will not be considered during the second week of the Conference of the Parties (COP). Agreement was found on issues such as the reporting tools under the Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency framework and the formal arrangements with the Board of the new Loss and Damage Fund.
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On most issues agreement remained elusive, however. With no agreement in sight in Baku, parties are pushing the further consideration of linkages between the Technology Mechanism and the Finance Mechanism six months down the road, with the second review of the Standing Committee on Finance to be taken up again a year from now.
Across rooms, parties called for the SB Chairs to consult on the way forward and avoid similar delays. Adaptation negotiations were especially contentious again. Even those specifically focused on the least developed countries, which by all accounts are in dire need of multilateral support, were held up by disagreements over the respective role of the governing bodies of the Convention and the Paris Agreement—a question of procedures and principles.
In the evening, delegates heard a brief update on negotiations toward defining a new finance goal. While the latest draft text is ten pages shorter than the previous one, much remains to be sorted and parties were invited to continue their consultations thereon overnight. Their room is reserved until 7:00 am.
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COP President's Townhall Meeting with Observer Organizations
COP 29 President Mukhtar Babayev
Narmin Jarchalova, Chair of COP29 Azerbaijan Operating Company
Nigar Arpadarai, COP 29 UN Climate Change High-level Champion
From L-R: COP29 CEO Elnur Soltanov; Narmin Jarchalova, Chair of COP29 Azerbaijan Operating Company; and COP 29 President Mukhtar Babayev
Informal Negotiations and Contact Groups
Delegates in a huddle during informal consultations on the work programme under Paris Agreement Article 6.8 (non-market approaches)
From L-R: Matters relating to the least developed countries Co-Facilitators Rik den Hoedt, Netherlands, and Ephraim Mwepya Shitima, Zambia; and Motsomi Maletjane, UNFCCC
From L-R: Maia Tskhvaradze, UNFCCC Secretariat; Co-Facilitators Elfriede More, Austria, and Carlos Fuller, Belize; and Bhava Dhungana, UNFCCC Secretariat
Delegates from Ethiopia
Marianne Karlsen, Norway (middle)
National adaptation plans Co-Facilitators Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, Ghana, and Meredith Ryder-Rude, US
Report of the Adaptation Committee Co-Facilitators Geert Fremout, Belgium, and Lina Yassin, Sudan
COP 29 Presidency Press Conference
From L-R: Francesco La Camera, Director General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA); Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency; Parviz Shahbazov, Minister of Energy, Azerbaijan; Yalchin Rafiyev, COP 29 Presidency; Jala Ibrahimova, COP 29 Presidency Action Agenda Lead; and Alexander Saier, UNFCCC Secretariat
Francesco La Camera, Director General, IRENA
Yalchin Rafiyev, COP 29 Presidency
Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency, and Parviz Shahbazov, Minister of Energy, Azerbaijan
Jala Ibrahimova, COP 29 Presidency Action Agenda Lead
Alexander Saier, UNFCCC Secretariat
AOSIS Press Conference
From L-R: Evans Davie Njewa, Head of Climate Change, Malawi; Yusuf Nkungula, Secretary for Natural Resources, Malawi; Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Samoa, and AOSIS Chair; and Michai Robertson, AOSIS Climate Finance Negotiator
Yusuf Nkungula, Secretary for Natural Resources, Malawi
Michai Robertson, AOSIS Climate Finance Negotiator
Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Samoa, and AOSIS Chair
Evans Davie Njewa, Head of Climate Change, Malawi
US Press Conference
Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy, US
Al Gore and Climate TRACE Release Data Revealing High-Impact Opportunities for Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Al Gore, Former US Vice President
Climate Actions
