Summary
On Friday, 11 November, the UN Climate Change Conference continued in Marrakech, Morocco. Throughout the day, negotiations took place in contact groups and informal consultations under the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA).
Informal consultations under the APA addressed: modalities and procedures for the effective operation of the committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance; global stocktake; modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework for action and support; further matters related to implementation of the Paris Agreement; further guidance in relation to the mitigation section of Decision 1/CP.21; and further guidance in relation to the adaptation communication, including, inter alia, as a component of nationally determined contributions (NDCs). In the afternoon, the APA convened in a contact group to discuss all of its substantive agenda items, with reports back from informal consultations.
The facilitative dialogue on enhancing ambition and support took place under the Conference of the Parties (COP) in the afternoon. The COP Presidency also held informal consultations on the first session of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1).
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Informal Consultations throughout the Day
Informal consultations on Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) agenda item 7 on modalities and procedures for the effective operation of the committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance
View of the dais during the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) informal consultations on modalities and procedures for the operation and use of a public registry referred to in Article 4.12
View of the dais during the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) informal consultations on issues relating to agriculture
SBSTA informal consultations on research
and systematic observation
SBI informal consultations on terms of reference for the review of the functions of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF)
SBSTA informal consultations on technology framework under Paris Agreement Article 10.4
Contact Groups throughout the Day
SBSTA contact group on modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through public interventions
SBI contact group on budget performance for the biennium 2016-2017
Briefing with the UNFCCC Executive Secretary
The UNFCCC Secretariat briefs observer organizations
Daniele Violetti, Chief of Staff, UNFCCC
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Facilitative Dialogue on Enhancing Ambition and Support
View of the dais during the session
Joydeep Gupta, Moderator
Christo Artusio, US
Asad Rehman, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Dina Spörri, Switzerland
Aziz Mekouar, COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency
Claudia Salerno, Venezuela
Ash Sharma, Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) Facility
Kushla Munro, Australia
Gabriela Fischerova, EU
Charles Mutai, Kenya
SBI Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI closing plenary
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Abdullah K. Tawlah, Saudi Arabia
Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation
Civil Society Demonstrations
Members of civil society conduct a tree planting ceremony to emphasize the importance of protecting forest resources
Youth delegates advocate for governments to reduce the emissions gap and
increase ambition to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement
Youth activitists and Captain Planet highlight the importance of having 100% renewable energy to protect the future
Around the Venue
Delegates from Nigeria
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speaks with Maxx Dilley, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Delegates from Morocco
Delegates from Venezuela
Delegates between sessions
Captain Planet and Leonardo DiCaprio
Bicycles at the venue
School children visit the Green Zone exhibition area
Members of civil society call for the rights of indigenous peoples to be protected
A model display of a new university in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that features
alternative energy, recycling and water harvesting, designed by Terre d'école
Artwork on display around the Green Zone
