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Highlights from Friday, 25 May
On Friday, the closing plenaries of the SBI and SBSTA convened. The ADP convened in the morning and adopted the agenda. The meeting was then suspended to allow regional groups to consult further on the election of officers to the ADP Bureau. The nominations were finalized and the ADP reconvened in the afternoon and elected Jayant Moreshwar Mauskar, India (Asia-Pacific), and Harold Dovland, Norway (WEOG), as Co–Chairs and Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation (Eastern Europe), as Rapporteur for 2012-2013. The ADP wrapped up it plenary at 8:21 pm. The SBI plenary then briefly reconvened to hear closing statements and adjourned at 9:26 pm.
 ENB web coverage for Friday, 25 May
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The ADP dais after the election of officers (l-r): Ambassador Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko, South Africa, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, Halldor Thorgeirsson, Secretariat, ADP Co-Chair Jayant Moreshwar Mauskar, India, Andrew Higham, Secretariat, and Rapporteur Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation |
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| ADP Rapporteur Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation, and ADP Co-Chair Jayant Moreshwar Mauskar, India |
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A view of the ADP dais prior the convening of the evening session |
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| Ambassador Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko, South Africa |
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The EU raises its flag during the morning ADP plenary to ask for time for further consultations on the ADP Chair (l-r): Christian Pilgaard Zinglersen, Peter Betts and Artur Runge-Metzger, EU |
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SBSTA Chair Richard Muyungi, Tanzania, during the closing SBSTA plenary |
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, Youssef Nassef, SBI Coordinator, and SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow; Christiana Figueres intervenes to thank Secretariat staff Vitaly Matsarski and Kevin Grose (neither of whom are pictured here) for their many years of dedication to the UNFCCC Secretariat and to the process itself, as both are retiring.
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Press conference with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
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Highlights from Thursday, 24 May
In the afternoon, the AWG-KP closing plenary convened. The AWG-LCA closing plenary took place in the evening. In addition, a number of contact groups and informal consultations were held under the SBI, SBSTA, AWG-KP, AWG-LCA and the ADP throughout the day.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Thursday, 24 May, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format) and Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Thursday, 24 May
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Negotiating the agenda in the ADP informal consultations, including Peter Betts, EU, Burhan Gafoor, Singapore, Maria del Socorro Flores Liera, Mexico, Guy Saint Jacques, Canada, and Franz Perrez, Switzerland
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Delegates from Egypt, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Brazil and the EU consulting on the ADP agenda |
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| AWG-LCA Chair Aysar Tayeb and Daniel Klein, Secretariat, during the closing AWG-LCA plenary |
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Delegates discussing the mitigation workshop under the AWG-LCA |
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The European Union during the joint SBI/SBSTA forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures |
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| Delegates from Saint Lucia and Nauru in the adaptation discussions |
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Press Conference: Third World Network: The Road from Bonn to Doha - An update on Politics, Policies and
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Youth hold a silent protest on equity as the pathway to ambition
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The ENB team speaks with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
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Highlights from Wednesday, 23 May
A number of contact groups and informal consultations were held under the SBI, SBSTA, AWG-KP, AWG-LCA and the ADP throughout the day.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Wednesday, 23 May, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format) and Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Wednesday, 23 May
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Youth delegates call for more ambition in the AWG-KP and AWG-LCA |
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Delegates consulting during REDD+ negotiations
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A view of the dais during the contact group on Annex I national communications with Co-Chairs Kiyoto Tanabe, Japan, and Julia Martinez, Mexico |
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Highlights from Tuesday, 22 May
In the morning, the ADP plenary convened. A number of contact groups and informal consultations were held under the SBI, SBSTA, AWG-KP, AWG-LCA and ADP throughout the day.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Tuesday, 22 May, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format) and Japanese (in PDF format).
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Youth action calling for "Real Ambition Now!" |
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| ADP interim Chair Sandea de Wet, South Africa, and Andrew Higham, ADP Secretary |
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AWG-LCA informal group on developing country mitigation: William Kojo Agyemang-Bonsu, Secretariat, Facilitator Gary Theseira, Malaysia, and Claudio Forner, Secretariat |
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| Delegates from Albania during the informal group on developing country mitigation |
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AWG-LCA informal group on developed country mitigation facilitated by Andrej Kranjc, Slovenia |
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ADP Interim Chair Sandea de Wet, South Africa (center), during the ADP informal consultations
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Delegates from Algeria and Indonesia during the ADP informal consultations
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| Poland is one of the candidates to host the Green Climate Fund |
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Highlights from Monday, 21 May
In the morning and afternoon, the ADP in-session workshop took place. A number of contact groups and informal consultations were held under the SBI, SBSTA and AWG-LCA throughout the day.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Monday, 21 May, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format) and Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Monday, 21 May
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| The Fossil of the Day Award went to the US, Canada and China, who all tied for 1st place |
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Panel discussion on opportunities for international cooperation and
mobilizing resources and support during the ADP workshop, with representatives from the Climate Group, ICLEI and Climate Action Network |
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Alexa Kleysteuber, Chile (second from right), facilitating the the AWG-LCA informal group on various approaches
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| Observers in the contact group on agriculture |
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European Union during the contact group on agriculture
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| The Republic of Korea is one of the candidates to host the Green Climate Fund |
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Highlights from Saturday, 19 May
In the morning, the plenary of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) took place, and an in-session workshop was held under the AWG-LCA on a framework for various approaches. In the afternoon, an AWG LCA in-session workshop took place on the new market-based mechanism. In the morning and afternoon, a number of contact groups and informal consultations took place under the SBI, SBSTA, AWG-KP and AWG-LCA.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Saturday, 19 May, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format) and Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Saturday, 19 May
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| Khalid Muhammed Abuleif, Saudi Arabia (left) |
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| Ramiro Ramirez and Claudia Salerno, Venezuela, during the ADP plenary |
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A view of the dais during the AWG-LCA workshop on a framework for various approaches
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| Workshop on the new market-based mechanism: Co-Chairs Alexa Kleysteuber, Chile, and Clifford Mahlung, Jamaica |
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| Germany in the closing SBSTA plenary |
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Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago, Burhan Gafoor, Singapore, and Maria del Socorro Flores Liera, Mexico |
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A view of the dais during the SBSTA Research Dialogue
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Highlights from Friday, 18 May
In the afternoon, the opening plenary of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) reconvened. In the afternoon, an in-session workshop took place under the AWG-LCA to further the understanding of the diversity of NAMAs by developing countries. In the morning and afternoon, a number of contact groups and informal consultations took place under the SBI, SBSTA, AWG-KP and AWG-LCA.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Friday, 18 May, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format) and Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Friday, 18 May
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Delegates from China, India and Saudi Arabia during the ADP |
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A view of the dais during the ADP plenary (l-r): UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, Halldor Thorgeirsson, Secretariat, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Richard Kinley, COP Vice-President Robert Van Lierop, Suriname, Ambassador Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko, South Africa, and Andrew Higham, Secretariat
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| MJ Mace, Saint Lucia, making a presentation on behalf of AOSIS, during the workshop to further the understanding of the diversity of NAMAs, underlying assumptions and any support needed for their implementation |
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Delegates during the informal group on loss and damage
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Zou Ji, China, facilitator of the AWG-LCA informal group on shared vision
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Highlights from Thursday, 17 May
In the morning and afternoon, the opening plenary of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) was held. The AWG-LCA opening plenary also convened in the evening. In the afternoon, an in-session workshop took place under the AWG-LCA on developed countries’ quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets and related assumptions and conditions. In the morning and afternoon, a number of contact groups and informal consultations took place under the SBI and SBSTA.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Thursday, 17 May, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format) and Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Thursday, 17 May
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A view of the room during the opening of the ADP plenary
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| COP President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane addresses the ADP |
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Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of Congo, speaking for COMIFAC
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| Henrik Harboe, Norway, during the ADP plenary |
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Observer organizations during the ADP plenary
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Mark Radka, UNEP, makes a presentation on the CTCN during the informal consultations on technology transfer, with Co-Chairs Zitouni Ould-Dada, UK, and Carlos Fuller, Belize
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A view of the dais during the consultations by the Co-Chairs of the work programme on long-term finance: Co-Chairs Goerg Borsting, Norway, and Zaheer Fakir, South Africa
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A view of the dais during the AWG-LCA workshop on clarification of the developed country Parties' quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets and related assumptions and conditions
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Highlights from Wednesday, 16 May
In the morning and afternoon, a number of contact groups and informal consultations took place under the AWG-KP, SBI and SBSTA. Under the AWG-LCA, an in-session workshop on equitable access to sustainable development was held.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Wednesday, 16 May, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format) and Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Wednesday, 16 May
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| Prodipto Ghosh, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), during the workshop on equitable access to sustainable development |
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Sivan Kartha, Stockholm Environment Institute, discusses some key notions relating to equity in the context
of climate change
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AWG-LCA Chair Aysar Tayeb during the informal consultations on the agenda
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Jonathan Pershing, US, making a presentation during the equity workshop
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Contact group on appeals against CDM Executive Board decisions
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| André Odenbreit Carvalho, Brazil |
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| Co-Facilitators of the AWG-KP spin-off group on numbers Sandea de Wet, South Africa, and Jürgen Lefevere, EU |
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A view of the dais during the contact group on the Prototype of the NAMA Registry with Co-Chairs Elina Bardram, EU, and Wondwossen Sintayehu, Ethiopia
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LULUCF contact group with Co-Chairs Peter Iversen, Denmark, and Marcelo Rocha, Brazil
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Highlights from Tuesday, 15 May
In the morning, the opening plenary of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) took place. In the morning and afternoon, the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) convened. In the morning and afternoon, various contact groups and informal consultations were held under the AWG-KP, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA).
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Tuesday, 15 May, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format) and Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Tuesday, 15 May
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| AWG-KP Chair Madeleine Diouf, Senegal |
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Informal consultations on national adaptation plans: Co-Chairs Amjad Addulla, Maldives, and Richard Merzian, Australia, and Tiffany Hodgson, Secretariat
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Contact group on general guidelines for domestic MRV: William Agyemang-Bonsu, Secretariat, Claudio Forner, Secretariat, and Co-Chairs Helen Plume, New Zealand, and Quiang Liu, China
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A view of the room during the contact group on general guidelines for domestic MRV
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Informal group on other matters relating to finance: Alejandro Kilpatrick, Secretariat, Co-Chairs Ana Fornells de Frutos, Spain, and Suzanty Sitorus, Indonesia, and Luis Dávila, Secretariat
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Highlights from Monday, 14 May
In the morning, the opening plenary of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) took place. In the morning and afternoon, the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) convened. In the morning and afternoon, various contact groups and informal consultations were held under the AWG-KP, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA).
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Monday, 14 May, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format) and Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Monday, 14 May
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| Henning Wuester and Robert Dixon, Interim Secretariat of the Green Climate Fund |
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Justin Lee, Australian Ambassador for Climate Change
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| Justin Lee, Australian Ambassador for Climate Change, with Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation, who proposed that a contact group be established to discuss the nomination process for new bodies |
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| Delegates during the SBSTA proceedings |
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SBSTA Chair Richard Muyungi, Tanzania (right)
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