Summary
The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Saturday. Informal consultations met throughout the day to discuss issues under the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA), the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA).
In the afternoon, the APA contact group met to facilitate interaction between parties and representatives of the Adaptation Committee, the LDC Expert Group (LEG), the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). A joint informal plenary of the SBI, SBSTA and APA also convened in the afternoon.
Among mandated events, the multilateral assessment met during the morning and the first meeting of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building met throughout the day.
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Special Event with the UN Deputy Secretary-General
View of the dais during the special event
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22 / CMP 12 President
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji, incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 Presidency
UN Security during the event
Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Simone Borg, EU
Walter Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Jorge Arturo Cabrera Hidalgo, Guatemala, speaking on behalf of the Independent Association for Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC)
Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) Multilateral Assessment
Delegates gather for the second day of multilateral assessments
Anna Broadhurst, New Zealand
André Weidenhaupt, Luxembourg
Trigg Talley, US
Patrícia Soares Leite, Brazil
Ana Danila, EU
Jaivardhan Ramanlal Bhatt, India
UN Deputy Secretay-General Meeting with Observers
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed holds a roundtable discussion with observers
Wael Hmaidan, Climate Action Network (CAN) International
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed
Informal Consultations and Contact Groups throughout the Day
APA informal consultations on further matters except the Adaptation Fund
SBI contact group on arrangements for intergovernmental meetings
APA informal consultations on adaptation communications
APA informal consultations on the global stocktake
Civil Society Demonstration
Members of civil society demonstrate in the hallways, calling on delegates to 'step up' to close the emissions gap
Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) Contact Group
View of the dais during the APA contact group
APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Georg Børsting, Co-Chair, Standing Committee on Finance (SCF)
Clifford Mahlung, Co-Chair, Adaptation Committee
Beth Lavender, Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) Member
Ayman Shasly, Co-Chair, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board
Xolisa Ngwadla, South Africa
Laura Juliana Arciniegas Rojas, Colombia, speaking on behalf of AILAC
Kulthoum Motsumi, Botswana, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Joint Informal Plenary of SBI, SBSTA and APA on the Paris Agreement Linkages
View of the dais during the joint informal plenary
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Liang Pei, China
Ian Fry, Tuvalu
Adão Soares Barbosa, Timor-Leste
Around the Venue
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed arrives at the venue
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed with Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22 / CMP 12 President and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
A meeting is held between the UN Deputy Secretary-General, the UNFCCC Executive Secretary 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 Hamza Tber, COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed with delegates from Africa
Trigg Talley, US, speaks with delegates
Delegates from Grenada
Delegates from Germany, Norway, Poland and Australia meet between sessions
Delegates speak informally
Yorio Ito, Japan, and Zaheer Fakir, South Africa
Delegates from Papua New Guinea
