Summary
On Wednesday, the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, convened for its third day. In the morning, plenaries for the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP) and COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) resumed to open substantive agenda items.
In the afternoon, contact groups for the COP and CMP met, including on finance. Informal consultations for the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) convened throughout the day.
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Resumed COP/CMP Plenary
View of the dais during the plenary
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President
UNFCCC Global Climate Action Champion
Hakima El Haité, Morocco
Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary,
Ozone Secretariat
UNFCCC Global Climate Action Champion Laurence Tubiana, France
Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, Council President, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Antoine Michon, France
Khalid Muhammed Abuleif, Saudi Arabia
Felipe Ferreira, Brazil
Outi Honkatukia, Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) Co-Chair
Zaheer Fakir, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board Co-Chair
Chizuru Aoki,
the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
El Kory H'meity, Mauritania
Diego Pacheco Balanza, Bolivia
R.R. Rashmi, India
Paul Oquist Kelley, Nicaragua
Konrad Raeschke-Kessler, Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC) Chair
Frank Wolke, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board Vice-Chair
Gerhard Loibl, Compliance Committee Co-Chair
Contact Groups and Informal Consultations throughout the Day
Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) informal consultation on matters relating to the least developed countries (LDCs)
SBI informal consultations on gender and climate change
SBI informal consultations on the review of the modalities and procedures for the CDM
APA informal consultations on further guidance in relation to the mitigation section of Decision 1/CP.21
CMP contact group on the report of the Adaptation Fund Board
Civil Society Demonstrations throughout the Day
As news of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election reached Marrakech, civil society groups gathered at COP 22 to express their concerns that a climate denier in the White House is a "death sentence" for grassroots movements and the Global South
Members of civil society enact the "death" of forest ecosystems used in carbon markets
Around the Venue
Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary, speaks with Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President
Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat, speaks with UNFCCC Global Climate Champion Laurence Tubiana, France
Delegates between sessions
Delegates during plenary
Delegates from Canada
Delegates from Burkina Faso
Delegates from the Inter-American Institute (IAI) promote an online learning program aimed at increasing awareness about environmental issues
Delegates from the International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE) discuss examples of a hybrid improved cookstove designed specially for mountain regions
Crowds gather during a civil society demonstration