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Bonn Climate Change Talks - June 2009

1-12 June 2009 | Bonn, Germany

Read the daily reports of the meeting		Coverage of Selected Side Events


	Highlights for Tuesday, 2 June 2009 In the morning, the SBI and SBSTA convened in plenary sessions. In the afternoon, the SBI plenary continued. The AWG-LCA convened in an informal plenary and the AWG-KP held contact groups on Annex I emission reductions and other issues identified by AWG-KP 6.

A stuffed polar bear begging for change at the entrance of the Maritim Hotel.


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	Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)

Anabella Rosemberg, International Trade Union Confederation, said sustainable solutions come from the early inclusion of social and economic elements.

Richard Muyungi, Tanzania, deplored NAPA conditionalities attached to project financing.

Luis Santos, Uruguay, lamented halting the Consultative Group of Expert’s work as a “lost opportunity” and stressed its negative implications.

Robert Dixon, Global Environment Facility (GEF), presented the GEF's interim report on progress made in implementing the Poznán strategic programme on technology transfer.

Participants before the beginning of the session.



	Participants enjoy light moment.

SBI Chair Liana Bratasida, Indonesia

Bruce Wilson, Australia, identified the need to build institutional capacity and called for regular data from all countries.

Haroldo Machado, Brazil, for the G-77/CHINA, expressed “profound disappointment” that the CGE has not operated for a year and a half, stressing that this undermines non-Annex I parties’ capacity to prepare national communications.

Elmer Holt, US, intervening on technology transfer.


	Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)



	Participants consult informally before the beginning of the session.

Participants consult at the end of the session.

José Romero, Switzerland, underscored field-testing and other practical steps to ensure a smooth transition to any possible alternate metric.

Marie Khan, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Lambert Kuijpers, Ozone Secretariat.


	Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA)



	Bangladeshi delegates confer.

Participants at the end of the session.


	Informals

Delegates talking before the contact group on the scale of emission reductions by Annex I Parties.



	The Brazilian delegation before the contact group on other issues.

Participants discussing matters at hand.


	Around the Conference

"Fossil of the Day" recipient.



	The moderator of the "Fossil of the Day" leading the audience in song.

A banner put up by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition


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	Related Links


	UNFCCC resources Official website Daily programme SBI 30 provisional agenda SBSTA 30 provisional agenda AWG-KP 8 provisional agenda AWG-LCA 6 provisional agenda Side Events schedule UN resources Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change Informal Thematic Debate of the UN General Assembly on Climate Change as a Global Challenge IISD RS resources IISD RS coverage of the UNFCCC Technical Workshop on Increasing Economic Resilience to Climate Change and Reducing Reliance on Vulnerable Economic Sectors through Economic Diversification, 28-30 April 2009, Cairo, Egypt IISD RS summary report of the Thirtieth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 21-23 April 2009, Antalya, Turkey (English: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF) IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - March/April 2009, 29 March - 8 April 2009, Bonn, Germany IISD RS summary report of the UNFCCC Workshop on Integrating Practices, Tools and Systems for Climate Risk Assessment and Management and Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies into National Policies and Programmes, 10-12 March 2009, Havana, Cuba (HTML - PDF) IISD RS coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference - Poznań, 1-12 December 2008, Poznań, Poland IISD RS coverage of AWG-LCA 2, second part of the AWG-KP 5, and twenty-eighth sessions of the SBSTA and the SBI of the UNFCCC, 2-13 June 2008, Bonn, Germany IISD RS climate and atmosphere page Climate-l - A mailing list for news on climate change policy Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats Climate Change Policy & Practice - A knowledge management project for international negotiations and related activities on climate change African Regional Coverage

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