Summary
The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday, with negotiations on some issues yielding preliminary agreement, and negotiations on other issues trying to find solutions to disagreements. Preliminary agreement, pending formal adoption by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA), was found on some issues, including:
- Capacity building under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol,
- Coordination of support for the implementation of activities relating to mitigation actions in the forest sector by developing countries, including institutional arrangements, and
- Response measures.
Throughout the day, several of the issues discussed under the SBI and SBSTA remained outstanding. The final plenaries for all the Subsidiary Bodies are scheduled for the last day of the conference, on Thursday, 10 May. Therefore, outstanding issues must be resolved on Wednesday.
To address the many interrelated issues under the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), a “joint” meeting convened to discuss adaptation communication and the transparency framework. Work under the PAWP also included continued discussions on the transparency framework, Article 6 (cooperative approaches), and information to be provided in advance by developed countries on their financial support.
The long-term finance workshop continued to discuss experiences and lessons learnt from articulating and translating needs identified in country-driven processes into on the ground projects and programmes. The sixth Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) started today, focusing on public awareness and international cooperation.
The COP 23 Presidency held a session to report back on the Talanoas held as part of the Talanoa Dialogue on Sunday, 6 May. Many delegates expressed appreciation for the Dialogue’s format and atmosphere, noting its value in building trust between all stakeholders.
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 digital coverage, daily reports, daily videos, and a summary and analysis report from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - April/May 2018. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF.
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Executive Secretary's Meeting with Observer Organizations
Participants during the meeting with the Executive Secretary
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Juan Carlos Jintiach and Thin Yu Mon, Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPO)
Wael Hmaidan, Climate Action Network (CAN) International
Gunnar Steinsholt, Trade Union NGOs (TUNGOs)
Norine Kennedy, Business and Industry NGOs (BINGOs)
Joséphine Raynauld and Sofia Kabbej, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Gillian Nelson, Harjeet Singh, and Eddy Pérez, CAN
Bridget Burns, Women and Gender
Halldór Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC Secretariat
Marilyn Averill, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs)
Report Back from Talanoa Dialogue
Participants during the report back of the Talanoa Dialogue
Amena Yauvoli, Fiji
Sylwia Waśniewska, COP 24 Presidency, Poland
Tui Cavuilati, Fiji
Emma Rachmawaty, Indonesia
Marianne Karlsen, Norway
Christina Paradiso, Canada
Stephanie Lee, New Zealand
Balisi Justice Gopolang, Botswana, speaking on behalf of the African Group
In-Session Workshop on Long-Term Finance
Participants during the in-session workshop on long-term finance
Nathaniel Blama, Environmental Protection Agency, Liberia
Co-Facilitator Janine Coye-Felson, Belize
Alexander Linke, German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ)
Co-Facilitator Stefan Schwager, Switzerland
Participants discuss finance-related matters in break-out groups
Espen Ronneberg, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Alexander Linke, GIZ
Milena Gonzalez Vasquez, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat
Kamel Djemouai, Advisor to the African Group, records ideas
Sixth Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment
ACE family photo
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, and COP 23 President, Fiji
SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland
Pramisha Thapaliya, YOUNGOs
Jamie Clarke, Climate Outreach
Maria Nailevu, DIVA for Equality
Informal Consultations Throughout the Day
Coordination of support for the implementation of activities relating to mitigation actions in the forest sector by developing countries, including institutional arrangements family photo
Ex-ante transparency of climate finance family photo
APA agenda item 8: informal consultations on issues except the Adaptation Fund
Public registry on Agreement Article 7.12 (adaptation communications)
SBI informal consultations on capacity-building for developing countries
Around the Venue
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Outi Honkatukia, Finland, and Stefan Schwager, Switzerland
Delegates from YOUNGOs confer
Todd Stern, World Resources Institute (WRI),
and Jacob Werksman, EU
Delegates from Austria and Luxembourg
Security staff around the venue
Niklas Höhne, New Climate Institute, speaks to the press
A delegate reviews the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) website and daily to keep track of negotiations