Summary
With the first week of negotiations coming to a close, one of the day's key events was the joint stocktaking plenary by 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 Gender Dialogue also convened, and the Paris Committee on Capacity-Building (PCCB) held a meeting.
The main focus in the negotiations remained on the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), which needs to be finalized by COP 24. A range of topics were taken up during the day, including finance, adaptation, mitigation, market and non-market approaches, response measures, and the transparency framework.
Negotiating groups also met to discuss various other issues on the SBSTA and SBI agendas, including arrangements for intergovernmental meetings, agriculture, and research and systematic observation.
For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin.
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Gender Dialogue
View of the panelists during the Gender Dialogue
Una May Gordon, Jamaica
Anne Barre, Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF)
Rita Mishaan, PCCB
Piotr Dombrowicki, Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Young Hee Lee, Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat
Sadya Ndoko, UNFCCC Secretariat
Verona Collantes, UN Women
Maia Tskhvaradze, Advisory Board of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)
Karina Larsen, CTCN
Claudia Octaviano and Stella Gama, Technology Executive Committee (TEC)
Thiago de Araújo Mendes, Consultative Group of Experts (CGE)
Participants during the discussion
High-level Champions’ Dialogue with Observer Organizations
View of the dais during the High-Level champion's dialogue with observers
Martin Frick, UNFCCC Secretariat
Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management, and High-Level Climate Champion, Fiji
Chair Ceris Jones, Farmers
Clara von Glasow, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Inga Fritzen Buan, Climate Action Network (CAN)
Informal Consultations Throughout the Day
APA informal consultations on Agreement Article 3, mitigation
SBI informal consultation on matters relating to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
SBI informal consultation on review of the effective implementation of the CTCN
APA informal consultations on Agreement Article 8, Adaptation Fund
Joint SBSTA, SBI, and APA Stocktaking Plenary
View of the dais during the stocktaking plenary
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland
Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France
Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the LDCs
Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Tomasz Chruszczow, COP 24 Presidency, Poland, and Incoming COP 24 President Michal Kurtyka, Poland
Mohamed Nasr, Gabon, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Ravi Prasad, India
Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)
Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group
Eduardo Silva, Chile, speaking on behalf of the Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC)
Boriana Kamenova, EU
Civil Society Demonstration
Members of civil society demonstrate in the corridors to illustrate two pressing forces on negotiators: extreme weather events and fossil fuel lobbyists. The demonstrators called for more attention to be paid to civil society and for negotiators to accelerate climate action 'before it is too late.'
Around the Venue
Tomasz Chruszczow, COP 24 Presidency, Poland, and Trigg Talley, US
Andrew Rakestraw, US, Xiang Gao, China, and Santhosh Manivannan, Singapore
Carlos Fuller, Belize, Lidia Wojtal, Climatekos, and SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland
Olga Alcaraz, Josep Xercavins, Gisela Torrents, and Laia Segura, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
Sandra Boitumelo Motshwanedi, South Africa, and Neoka Naidoo, CAN
Delegates from CAN encourage delegates to 'step up' their NDC contributions
Talieh Wögerbauer, Austria
Natsumi Yoshida, Arunima Hakhu, and Kalyani Raj, Women and Gender
Dominic Efosa Idaghe, World Conference Center Bonn staff
Delegates between sessions
Delegates enjoy a moment in the sun
