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United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali
3-14 December 2007
Bali, Indonesia |
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| Highlights from Saturday, 8 December:
Bali Roadmap to take the form of a COP President's Declaration |
Contact groups and informal consultations continued on Saturday on a wide range of issues, including the AWG; second review of the Protocol under Article 9, long-term action under the Convention, the Adaptation Fund. The Co-Facilitators of the group on long-term action under the Convention distributed a “non-paper” discussing long-term action and COP President Witoelar announced that the Bali roadmap would take the form of a President's Declaration.
Photo: President Witoelar takes a bike ride around Nusa Dua |
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| Contact Group: Long-term cooperative action under the Convention |
| Left to right: Co-Facilitators Sandea de Wet and Howard Bamsey, COP President Rachmat Witoelar, and COP Secretary RIchard Kinley |
| President Witoelar announce that he envisions the Bali Roadmap taking the form of a President's declaration. |
Harlan Watson, US, reviews the text. |
Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Brazil. |
Delegates consulting on the text. |
Raul Estrada, Complaince Committee Co-Chair, and US delegates. |
Delegates exit the conference room. |
Christian Maquieira, Chile.
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| Conference room officers during the contact group meeting. |
| Contact Group: Financial mechanism |
| Co-Chairs Tina Guthrie, Canada, and Bubu Jallow, Gambia (left). |
Delegates reviewing the text (right). |
| Delegates during a packed contact group session. |
An AOSIS press briefing, chaired by AOSIS Chair Amb. Angus Friday, Grenada (second from left), addressed AOSIS concerns that all major emitters need to take urgent action to address climate change.
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| A press conference was held by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Climate Change Initiative, in which scientists launched a US$140 million initiative to develop "climate ready" farming and forestry systems for the world's poor. Left to right: Lin Erda, IPCC, Lou Verchot, World Agroforestry Center, Rudy Rabbinge, CGIAR Science Council, and Katherine Sierra, World Bank |
| UNFCCC press briefing: Axel Wuestenhagen, Media Coordinator, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, and John Hay, Conference Spokesperson. |
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Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer speaks with radio and television media. |
| Big black balloons representing CO2 emissions come under attack from the Senzala Balinese Capoeira Dancers (a typical Brazilian combat dance). |
| Bikes around the conference center |
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| COP President Witoelar takes a bike ride. |
| The riding team (left) and Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary (right). |
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| The Swiss delegation with the solar taxi and its inventor, Louis Palmer (far left). |
| Entertainment during an evening reception hosted by the COP President on Friday night. |
| COP 13's youngest delegate with her official badge (left). Conference volunteers directing traffic to the shuttle (right). |
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