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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 Wednesday, 3 June 2009 In the morning, the SBI plenary convened and the AWG-LCA met in an informal plenary. The SBSTA held a dialogue on research activities relevant to the Convention. Throughout the day, contact groups and informal consultations took place under the AWG-KP, SBI and SBSTA.

A view of the room before the AWG-LCA informal plenary began.


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

Roger Lincoln (New Zealand) urged stepping back from institutional arrangements and looking at function before form.

Martha Ruiz (Nicaragua)

Mohammad Al Sabban, (Saudi Arabia) opposed blurring distinctions between developed and developing countries.

Jonathan Pershing, US, explained that his country’s proposals are linked to the Convention’s provisions and reflect its structure.

Yadir Salazar Mejía (Colombia) supported strengthening the financing section, particularly regarding sources of funding.

The delegation from Tuvalu during the morning proceedings.


	Contact Group on the scale of emission reductions by Annex I parties

Delegates from India

The dais during the contact group session. Co-Chair Leon Charles (Grenada) suggested discussing the aggregate range of Annex I emission reductions.

Artur Runge-Metzger (EU) intervening during the contact group.

Andrea Guerrero (Colombia)

Guo Xiaofeng (China)



	Delegates from India and Algeria.

The Nigerian delegation.


	SBSTA dialogue on developments in research activities relevant to the the needs of the Convention

Participants listening to the presentation on START activities in Africa.

Artur Runge-Metzger, EU, Harald Dovland, AWG-KP Vice-Chair, and Georg Borstig,Norway.


	Other Events

Members of the Secretariat consult at the beginning of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) session.



	The Joint contact group on the transfer of technologies met in the afternoon.

The contact group on capacity building.



	The contact group on the international transaction log.


	Around the Conference

Irene Suárez (Costa Rica)

Costa Rican delegates cycle to the Conference venue every morning in a bid to promote carbon neutrality.

The Kenyan delegation.

The Brazilian delegation.



	Negotiator Trackers reviewing the day's events.


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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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