Summary
The Bonn Climate Change Conference met for its final day on Thursday, 18 May. In the morning, the closing plenary for the forty-sixth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 46) convened and suspended. The SBSTA gaveled to a close at 7:54pm.
In the afternoon, the forty-sixth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46) convened. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, incoming COP 23 President, Fiji, addressed the plenary, underscoring that “those who are most vulnerable must be heard” and stated that COP 23 will forge a coalition to uphold and advance the Paris Agreement. The SBI took several decisions and then suspended. The SBI gaveled to a close at 7:37pm.
In the late afternoon, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-3) contact group met and continued to work into the evening. Saying "the clock is ticking," APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan (Saudi Arabia) suspended APA 1-3 at 9:29pm.
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High-Level Meetings with the Prime Minister of Fiji
A roundtable discussion between the incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 Presidency and the COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, and incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 President
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
A roundtable discussion is held with the Prime Minister of Fiji and the COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency
Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management, and High-Level Climate Champion, Fiji; and Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, and incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 President
Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji, incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 Presidency; Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency; and Hamza Tber, Morocco COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA closing plenary
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Victor Kabengele Wa Kadilu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Jesus Guerra Bell, Cuba, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
Juan Carlos Arredondo Brun, Mexico, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Abdullah K. Tawlah, Saudi Arabia
Catherine Stewart, Canada
Kay Harrison, New Zealand
Marilyn Averill, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs)
Côme Girschig, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous Peoples
Deborah Mugerwa Nalwanga, Women and Gender
Eddy Pérez, Climate Action Network (CAN), speaking on behalf of Environmental NGOs (ENGOs)
Rachel Kennerley, Friends of the Earth International, speaking on behalf of ENGOs
Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) Closing Plenary
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, arrives at the plenary
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
View of the dais during the SBI plenary
Bernarditas Muller, Philippines, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Trigg Talley, US
Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation
Mamadou Honadia, Burkino Faso
Ghalia Benziouche, Algeria
Mohamed Nasr, Egypt
Delegates huddle to discuss a way forward with SBI conclusions
Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) Closing Plenary
The draft APA negotiating text is distributed to delegates
Delegates from the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize, and Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
Ian Fry, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Xolisa Ngwadla, South Africa, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Henrik Eriksen, Norway
Nicole Wilke, EU
Amjad Abdulla, Maldives
Reinaldo Salgado, Brazil
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the EIG
Around the Venue
Delegates from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji, incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 Presidency
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, and incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 President
Horacio Peluffo, UNFCCC Secretariat; Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency; and Hamza Tber, Morocco, COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency
Delegates from South Sudan
Delegates from Botswana
Delegates from Sudan
Delegates from The Gambia
Chebet Maikut, Uganda
Collin Beck, Solomon Islands
Delegates speak informally
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) team covering the negotiations: Claudia Friedrich, Germany; Aaron Cosbey, Canada; Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, Nepal/US; Annelies Van Gaalen, South Africa; Jen Allan, Canada; Alice Bisiaux, France/Spain; Mari Luomi, Finland/UAE; Beate Antonich, Germany/US; and Kiara Worth, South Africa
