Summary
The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Thursday. In the morning, the closing plenaries of Conference of the Parties (COP) and Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) began, and then suspended to allow more time for consultations. Throughout the afternoon, delegates met in bilateral, group, and heads of delegation consultations to discuss the Talanoa Dialogue, Adaptation Fund, and a proposal regarding modalities for Paris Agreement Article 9.5 (ex ante finance transparency), among other issues.
These consultations were continuing at 7:30 pm.
** 1:00 am - The APA has yet to reconvene. Consultations continue.
** 1:05 am - The CMP resumes its closing plenary.
** 1:14 am - CMP adjourned. COP opened.
** 1:39 am - COP adjourned.
** 2:10 am - The APA plenary resumes.
** 2:37 am - The APA suspends its session. The COP will resume shortly.
** 4:32 am - The CMP resumes.
** 4:36 am - The CMP adjourned. COP opened.
** 5:08 am - The COP adjourned. CMA opened.
** 5:11 am - CMA adjourns. A joint COP/CMP/CMA plenary opens to hear closing statements.
** 6:56 am - COP 23 gaveled to a close.
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APA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the APA closing plenary
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Meelis Münt, EU
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Isabel Di Carlo Quero, Venezuela, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
Mohamed Nasr, Egypt
Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Resumed COP and CMP Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the closing plenary
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Mehmet Emin Birpınar, Turkey
Jochen Flasbarth, Germany
Jan Szyszko, Minister of Environment, Poland, and incoming COP 24/ CMP 14/ CMA1-3
Julia Wolf, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO)
Delegates huddle in the early hours of the morning
Observers watch delegates huddle from the gallery
Informal Consultations throughout the Day
Members of developed countries huddle to discuss Paris Agreement Article 9.5 and other remaining matters
Members of the G-77/China huddle to discuss issues related to the Adaptation Fund
Delegates huddle to discuss new draft text
Delegates gather for informal negotiations as the room is filled to capacity
COP/CMP Closing Plenaries - Part 1
View of the dais during the joint closing plenaries
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency
Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP/CMP
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland, and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Delegates during the plenary
Civil Society Actions
In a demonstration outside the venue, members of civil society call on governments to transform energy systems, keep global temperatures below 1.5C, and ensure climate justice for affected people
The Eiffel Tower wanders through the venue to remind delegates of the Paris goals
Around the Venue
German police outside the venue
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, speak with Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador
Laurence Pollier and Vanessa Matarazzi, UNFCCC Secretariat; SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland; and Katia Simonova, UNFCCC Secretariat
Kuni Shimada, Japan
Halldór Thorgeirsson, Director for Strategy, UNFCCC Secretariat, speaks with Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, and National Disaster Management, and High-Level Climate Champion, Fiji
UN Security around the venue
Delegates from the Comoros
Delegates from Egypt
Delegates from Austria
Delegates from Suriname
Bernarditas Muller, the Philippines
Delegates from the Emirates Diplomatic Academy, UAE
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) team covering COP 23: Kiara Worth, South Africa; Mari Luomi, Finland/UAE; Dina Hestad, Norway/UK; Annelies van Gaalen, South Africa; Jen Allan; Canada; Katie Browne, US; and Aaron Cosbey, Canada
