Highlights and images for 15 November 2016

Morocco

Summary


IISD Reporting Services - COP 22 - CMP 12

On Tuesday, 15 November, the UN Climate Change Conference continued in Marrakech, Morocco. In the morning, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) closed, and the opening plenary of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1) convened. The opening ceremony of the joint high-level segment of the COP, COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) and CMA took place.

Contact groups and informal consultations under the COP and CMP took place throughout the day. In the afternoon, the joint high-level segment continued. The webcast of the joint high-level segment is available at: http://unfccc.cloud.streamworld.de/webcast/high-level-segment.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, is providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the Marrakech Climate Change Conference - November 2016.

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Family photo of heads of state and government, and ministers attending COP 22

Opening of the High-Level Segment

View of the dais during the opening of the high-level segment (HLS)

King of Morocco Mohammed VI

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa

Miriame Mouhoub, Morrocan Youth delivering a 'Statement on the Future of the Planet'

 Laurene Powell Jobs, Emerson Collective

Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly

President François Hollande, France

Security during the high-level segment

Children participate in a song to welcome delegates to the high-level segment

High-Level Segment

View of the dais during the high-level segment

President Mahamadou Issoufou, Niger, speaking on behalf of the African Group

Prince Albert II, Monaco

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Djibouti

Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

President Macky Sall, Senegal

President Michelle Bachelet, Chile

President Baron Waqa, Nauru

President Danny Rollen Faure, Seychelles

President Gjorge Ivanov, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Dignitaries Meet Informally

Dignitaries gather in the VIP section of the venue

COP 21/CMP 11 President Laurent Fabius, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, France

Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

Amina J. Mohammed, Minister of the Environment, Nigeria

Presidents and prime ministers speak informally

King of Morocco Mohammed VI

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia

President François Hollande, France

Dignitaries are served traditional Moroccan mint tea

Dignitaries from Oman

Around the Venue

Delegates gather for the start of the high-level segment

A red carpet is rolled out for dignitaries

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly, arrive at the venue

Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President, and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President, sychronize their watches for climate action

President Michelle Bachelet, Chile

President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, Sudan

Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Participants

Negotiating blocs
African Group
Non-state coalitions
Youth