Highlights and images for 8 September 2018

Summary

A Thai fisherwoman describes how climate change is impacting her livelihood, as part of the global 'Rise for Climate' mobilization

On Saturday, the Bangkok Climate Change Conference continued for its penultimate day of negotiations on the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP). Countries discussed issues related to, inter alia:

common timeframes for nationally determined contributions (NDCs);
market and non-market approaches;
accounting of financial resources;
response measures;
adaptation communication;
the Adaptation Fund;
possible additional PAWP items;
the global stocktake; and
implementation and compliance.

In the afternoon, heads of delegation met with the Presiding Officers of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA). A briefing by the Incoming COP Presidency on preparations and arrangements for COP 24 in Poland also took place. Negotiations are scheduled to continue and conclude on Sunday. For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin.

IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and daily reports from the Bangkok Climate Change Conference - September 2018. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has publish a summary and analysis report from the Conference.

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Informal Consultations throughout the Day

SBSTA informal consultations on matters related to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (market and non-market approaches)

APA informal consultations on further guidance in relation to adaptation communication

APA informal consultations on implementation and compliance

SBI informal consultations on modalities and procedures for a public registry (adaptation communication)

Delegates huddle during the SBI/SBSTA informal consultations on the report of the Adaptation Committee and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

SBI informal consultations on common timeframes for NDCs

SBI/SBSTA contact group on response measures

View of the dais during the APA informal consultations on further matters except the Adaptation Fund

Briefing by the Incoming COP 24 Presidency

Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP, and Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński, Incoming COP 24 Presidency, during the briefing

Satryo Bramono Brotodiningrat, Indonesia

Joseph Teo Choon Heng, Singapore

Gertraud Wollansky, EU

Yungratna Srivastava, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)

Delegates during the briefing

Global 'Rise for Climate' Mobilization

Members of civil society gather outside the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) as part of the global 'Rise for Climate' mobilization, calling on leaders to commit to building a fossil free world that puts people and justice before profits