Summary
The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday. In the morning, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) resumed its first session in an opening plenary, and met in a contact group for all substantive agenda items. The plenaries for the Conference of the Parties (COP) and Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) resumed in the afternoon. Throughout the day, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) contact groups and informal consultations and APA informal consultations convened.
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APA Opening Plenary
Delegates gather for the APA opening plenary
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Helmut Hojesky, Austria, COP 23 Vice-President
Delegates applaud the re-election of the APA Co-Chairs
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia
Meelis Münt, EU
Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Xiandi Ooi, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Majda Dabaghi, Business NGOs (BINGOs)
Tianyang Zhou, Women and Gender
APA Contact Group
Delegates during the APA contact group
Ravi Prasad, India
Liang Pei, China
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
APA family photo
Civil Society Actions throughout the Day
Representatives from Friends of the Earth call for an end to 'dirty energy'
Representatives of the Women and Gender constituency conduct an aerobics class to remind COP 23 delegates to metaphorically 'mind the gap' of gender inequality, and 'reach' for a gender action plan
Contact Groups and Informal Consultations throughout the Day
SBI informal consultations on National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
Delegates sit on the floor as rooms are filled to capacity
SBSTA informal consultations on issues relating to agriculture
SBI/SBSTA contact group on the impact of the implementation of response measures
SBI contact group on administrative, financial and institutional matters
COP Plenary
View of the dais during the COP plenary
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency
Ewen McDonald, Co-Chair, the Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Chizuru Aoki, the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Georg Børsting, Co-Chair, Standing Committee on Finance (SCF)
Paweł Sałek, Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for Climate Policy, Poland
Nedal Katbeh-Bader, State of Palestine
CMP Plenary
View of the dais during the CMP plenary
Frank Wolke, Chair, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board (EB)
Gherghita Nicodim, Vice Chair, Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC)
Gerhard Loibl, Co-Chair, Compliance Committee
Victor Vinas, Vice Chair, Adaptation Fund Board (AFB)
Around the Venue
Delegates from Poland
Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP/CMP, UNFCCC, speaks with Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 President, speaks with delegates from Morocco
Hayrapet Hakobyan, Armenia
Delegates read the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) to keep track of negotiations
Delegates between sessions
