Summary
The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Thursday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP) and Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) met in the morning. The COP Presidency conducted consultations on the African Group’s proposal regarding modalities for developed countries' finance communications under Agreement Article 9.5 throughout the day. In the joint high-level segment, ministers gave statements throughout the day.
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High-Level Segment
Delegates during the high-level segment
Prime Minister Umaro El Mocktar Sissoco Embaló, Guinea-Bissau
Prime Minister Allen Michael Chastanet, Saint Lucia
Prime Minister Henry Puna, Cook Islands
Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Swaziland
Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas, Vanuatu
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, Dominica
Yosiwo P. George, Vice President, Micronesia, and Grațiela-Leocadia Gavrilescu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment, Romania
Hassan Abdel Gadir Hilal, Minister of Environment, Natural Resources, and Physical Development, Sudan
Zhenhua Xie, Special Representative on Climate Change Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission, China
UN Security during the high-level segment
Signing Ceremony to Welcome Georgia into the Environmental Integrity Group
Members of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) welcome Georgia as a new member
Ekaterine Grigalava, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection, Georgia
Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Confederation
Kim Eunkyung, Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea
Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico
Dominique Gantenbein, Minister for Home Affairs, Education and Environment, Government of the Principality, Liechtenstein
Ekaterine Grigalava, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection, Georgia; Dominique Gantenbein, Minister for Home Affairs, Education and Environment, Government of the Principality, Liechtenstein; Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico; Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Confederation; Kim Eunkyung, Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea; and Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development, Monaco
Civil Society Actions throughout the Day
Members of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) highlight the health concerns linked to climate change, saying the situation is a matter of 'life or death'
Delegates gather to watch the 'Fossil of the Day' award
Around the Venue
COP 23 volunteers
Prime Minister Enele Sosene Sopoaga, Tuvalu
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Fiji (right), with delegates from the Russian Federation
Delegates from Palestine
Delegates from the Ukraine
Helmut Hojesky, Austria, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Vice-President, and Andrä Rupprechter, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria, support the 'Green Footprints' initiative aimed at increasing the participation of children in climate change action
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa congratulates the 'green footprints' team on their efforts
Andrä Rupprechter, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria,
and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speak with children involved in the initiative
