Bonn Climate Change Conference - October 2015

On Friday, 23 October, the eleventh part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP 2-11) concluded. In the morning, an open-ended contact group convened to consider the way forward. Spin-off groups then convened on: preamble; mitigation; adaptation, and loss and damage; finance; technology development and transfer, and capacity building; compliance and final clauses; transparency; global stocktake; and workstream 2.

In the afternoon, a compilation text that included the work of each of the spin-off groups was released. In the evening, the open-ended contact group convened to hear comments on the text and proposals on the way forward. Parties agreed the Secretariat would prepare a technical paper proposing streamlining and consolidation options and that the text, with several omissions rectified, would be forwarded to Paris as it is. Following a brief closing plenary, ADP 2-11 suspended at 7:42 pm.

On Thursday, 22 October, ADP 2-11 convened. Spin-off groups met throughout the day to address: compliance and final clauses; mitigation; finance; adaptation, and loss and damage; transparency of action and support; workstream 2; and technology development and transfer, and capacity-building. The contact group convened to assess progress in the evening.

On Wednesday, 21 October, eleventh part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform of Enhanced Action (ADP 2-11) continued. In the morning, an open-ended contact group took stock of progress and discussed items not covered in spin-off groups, including definitions (Article 1) and decision text. Spin-off groups convened throughout the day to address: transparency of action and support; adaptation, and loss and damage; finance; workstream 2; preamble and purpose/general; compliance and final clauses; and global stocktake. The contact group convened to access progress in the evening. Informal meetings took place throughout the day and evening.

On Tuesday, 20 October, the eleventh part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP 2-11) continued. In the morning, an open-ended contact group convened to consider to the newly released compilation text integrating parties’ insertions from Monday, and discuss the way forward.

Parties agreed that work would continue in closed spin-off groups on: mitigation; adaptation and loss and damage; finance; technology development and transfer, and capacity building; compliance; transparency; and workstream 2. The contact group will convene daily to assess progress and address issues, including: preamble; definitions; purpose/general; the global stocktake; and paragraphs of the draft decision not assigned to spin-off groups.

In the afternoon and evening, spin-off groups addressed: workstream 2; technology development and transfer, and capacity building; mitigation; and finance.

The Bonn Climate Change Conference opened in Bonn, Germany, on Monday, 19 October for the 11th part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP).

Following a brief opening plenary, the ADP convened in a contact group throughout the morning, debating how to proceed.

They agreed to and continued work in the afternoon in an open-ended contact group, moving article-by-article through the draft agreement text in the Co-Chairs’ non-paper (ADP.2015.8.InformalNote) reflecting individual proposals submitted by parties on the screen. The Co-Chairs reported that the additions to the text would be captured.

In the evening, regional groups consulted on whether the outcome should be presented as a compilation text or be further streamlined by the Secretariat, with a view to reporting back to the Co-Chairs on Monday evening. Parties agreed to reconvene in the contact group on Tuesday morning.