Summary
On Thursday, 17 November, the UN Climate Change Conference continued in Marrakech, Morocco. In the morning, the High-Level Event on Accelerating Climate Action took place. Contact groups on climate finance under the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) also convened.
In the afternoon, informal consultations also took place under the COP Presidency on the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1), and under the COP on entry into force of the Paris Agreement and the convening of CMA 1.
In the evening, the first parts of the COP and COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) closing plenaries took place.
The joint high-level segment continued throughout the day. A webcast of the joint high-level segment is available at: http://unfccc.cloud.streamworld.de/webcast/joint-high-level-segment-7th-meeting-of-the-cop-an; and http://unfccc.cloud.streamworld.de/webcast/joint-high-level-segment-8th-meeting-of-the-cop-an.
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High-Level Event on Accelerating Climate Action
View of the panel during the High-Level Event on Accelerating Climate Action
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Ségolène Royal, COP 21/CMP 11 President
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji
Ronald Jumeau, Ambassador for Climate Change, Seychelles
Nawal Al Hosany, Masdar and Zayed Future Energy Prize, UAE
José Graziano da Silva, Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Loïc Fachon, Honorary President, World Water Council
Panelists discuss the role of nature and nature-based solutions in adaptation and mitigation
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Head of Climate and Energy, WWF
Jeff Seabright, Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever
Moderator Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Coordinator, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad
Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, South Africa
Stéphane Le Foll, Minister of Agriculture, France
UNFCCC Global Climate Action Champion Laurence Tubiana, France
High-Level Segment
View of the dais during the high-level segment
Ipul Powaseu, Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), speaking on behalf of Women and Gender
Ghazali Ohorella, speaking on behalf of Indigenous Peoples
Gaston Meskens, University of Ghent, speaking on behalf of RINGOs
Mohamed El Wafy, International Trade Union Confederation, speaking on behalf of TUNGOs
Luizio Felipe Gomes Rocha, YOUNGO
Contact Groups throughout the Day
COP contact group on matters relating to finance: report of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) and review of the functions of the SCF
COP contact group on matters relating to finance: report of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the COP and guidance to the GEF
COP contact group on matters relating to finance: long-term climate finance
COP and CMP Plenaries
View of the dais during the COP plenary
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President
Aziz Mekouar, COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency
Singer Ferdaouss performs to inspire people to join in the fight against climate change
Delegates applaud the proposed Marrakech Action Proclamation for our Climate and Sustainable Development
APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation
Philip Weech, the Bahamas
Civil Society Demonstrations
Members of civil society advocate for the elimination of the use of fossil fuels
Members of civil society advocate for more financial resources to address climate change
Members of civil society demonstrate against the Dakota Access Pipeline in the US, advocating for the rights of indigenous peoples to be protected
Members of civil society call for "big polluters" to be kicked out of the climate negotiations
Members of civil society are "hungry" for climate action
Around the Venue
Flags at the entrance to the venue
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
UNFCCC Global Climate Action Champion Hakima El Haité, Morocco, speaks with the press
Rachel Kyte, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and CEO, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All)
Inger Andersen, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Conference officers during a session
Representatives from the interfaith community
Katia Simeonova, UNFCCC Secretariat
Delegates around the venue
Solar trees at the venue
APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Shadow art in the Thailand Pavilion
Traditional painting in the Turkish Pavilion
