Alliance of Small Island Developing States

On Monday, parties at the Bonn Climate Change Conference focused on launching substantive work by establishing negotiating groups. Plenary meetings of the three main negotiating bodies, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) made good progress, with each body working through its agenda without major disagreements. In the evening, the three bodies held a joint plenary to hear statements from parties and observer organizations. In the afternoon, several of the negotiating groups held their first meetings and started substantive negotiations on issues such as agriculture, technology, finance, market and non-market mechanisms, and adaptation. Throughout the day, a training workshop also took place to consider economic modelling tools related to the work programme on response measures. Its aim was to understand and quantify the cross-border impacts of climate-related policies (i.e., response measures). For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital coverage, daily reports, daily videos, and a summary and analysis report from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - April/May 2018. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page SBSTA Opening Plenary View of the dais during the SBSTA opening plenary SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Ian Fry, Tuvalu Chen Zhihua, China Abdalah Mokssit, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Delegates during the SBSTA opening plenary SBI Opening Plenary View of the dais during the SBI opening plenary SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Thiago de Araújo Mendes, Chair of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications for Non-Annex I Parties (CGE) Aderito Manuel Fernandes Santana, São Tomé and Príncipe Adão Soares Barbosa, Timor-Leste APA Opening Plenary View of the dais during the APA opening plenary APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speaks with APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall and Sarah Baashan, and Sergey Kononov, APA Coordinator Joint Session for Statements View of the dais during the joint session for statements Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Boriana Kamenova, EU Mohamed Nasr, Gabon, speaking on behalf of the African Group Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaking on behalf of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Isabel Di Carlo Quero, Venezuela, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) SBI/SBSTA In-forum Training Workshop SBI/SBSTA in-forum training workshop on the use of economic modelling tools related to the areas of the work programme on response measures Alicia Bagasra, New Zealand Bert Saveyn, EU Morgenie Pillay, South Africa Co-Facilitator Andrei Marcu, Panama Ama Essel, Ghana Contact Groups and Informal Sessions Throughout the Day SBSTA contact group on matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement SBSTA informal consultations on the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) Informal consultations on Koronivia joint work on agriculture Around the Venue Members of the UNFCCC Secretariat gather on the podium SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France, speaks with Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago Delegates speak informally Delegates read the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) curtain raiser to prepare for the start of the meeting Delegates between sessions Delegates speak informally

The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Monday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) met in the morning and afternoon. In the evening, the APA contact group met to consider all its substantive agenda items, and the closing plenaries of the SBI and SBSTA met, adopting several conclusions and decisions. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference 2017. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Informal Consultations throughout the Day SBI informal consultations on the review of the functions of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) Informal consultations on further guidance in relation to adaptation communication (APA agenda item 4) Delegates huddle during informal consultations on matters relating to the global stocktake (APA agenda item 6) Informal consultations on further matters except the Adaptation Fund (APA agenda item 8) Civil Society Actions throughout the Day Members of the Indigenous Peoples constituency hold a demonstration to "reclaim a space for indigenous peoples and protest their continued marginalization" in the negotiations Representatives of ACT Alliance hand out chocolate coins, promoting the need for climate finance for adaptation Representatives of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service demonstrate against the use of nuclear energy, saying it is not a solution to combating climate change Representatives of CARE International hand out "care packages" that serve as "sweet policy recommendations" Representatives of The Big Shift Global protest against the financing of fossil fuels, offering delegates the chance to put chocolate coins into either a green piggy bank representing green energy, or a brown piggy bank representing fossil fuels Representatives of the Women and Gender constituency hold a tribute to honor women who have faced repression, persecution, threats, intimidation, violence, and even murder, in pursuit of the protection of human rights and the environment APA Contact Group Members of the Secretariat hand out the draft APA conclusions Delegates from Costa Rica and Argentina Delegates from Switzerland and Georgia Delegates read the draft APA conclusions APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand Sin Liang Cheah, Singapore, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 3 - mitigation section Pieter Terpstra, Netherlands, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 8 - further matters, Adaptation Fund Xiang Gao, China, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 5 - transparency framework Julio Cordano, Chile, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 4 - adaptation communication Peter Horne, Australia, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 7 - committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance Outi Honkatukia, Finland, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 6 - global stocktake SBI and SBSTA Closing Plenaries View of the dais during the SBI and SBSTA joint closing plenary SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Sidat Yaffa, The Gambia SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Marianne Karlsen, Norway Hamdhoon Mohamed, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Adão Soares Barbosa, Timor-Leste Patricia Soares Leite, Brazil Elizabeth Pirth, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs) Mathias Edetor, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs) Jisun Hwang, Local Government and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Bjørn Gimming, Farmers Ndivile Colia Mokoena, Women and Gender Krishneil Narayan, Climate Action Network (CAN), and Tetet Nera Lauron, Climate Justice Now! (CJN!) SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland; Katia Simeonova, UNFCCC Secretariat; SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize; Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator; and Hanna Hoffmann, UNFCCC Secretariat Around the Venue Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean Horacio Peluffo, UNFCCC Secretariat, speaks with a delegate Delegates from the EU Emmanuel Dumisani Dlamini, Swaziland UN Security around the venue Delegates from Argentina SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize (left) with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat Delegates between sessions

The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Saturday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP), Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) met throughout the day. In the afternoon, the COP Presidency held an informal stocktaking plenary to hear updates from all subsidiary bodies. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference 2017. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Informal Consultations throughout the Day Informal consultations on further matters, except Adaptation Fund (APA agenda item 8) Informal consultations on further guidance on adaptation communication (APA agenda item 4) Delegates huddle during the SBI informal consultations on coordination of support for the implementation of forest activities SBSTA informal consultations on the technology framework under Paris Agreement Article 10.4 SBI/SBSTA informal consultations on impact of the implementation of response measures Delegates celebrate the agreement of draft conclusions in the SBI informal consultations on ways of enhancing the implementation of education, training, public awareness, public participation and public access to information to enhance actions under the Paris Agreement Delegates huddle during the informal consultations on further guidance in relation to the mitigation section of the Paris outcome (APA agenda item 3) Informal Stocktaking Plenary by the COP 23 President Delegates gather in plenary for the informal stocktaking Delegates from Mexico Delegates speak informally before the start of the session Delegates from Egypt Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency View of the dais during the session Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Sergey Kononov, APA Coordinator SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Liliam Ballón Sánchez de Amézaga, Peru, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC) Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group Nicole Wilke, EU Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia Civil Society Actions throughout the Day Members of civil society hold up a 'Noah's Ark,' encouraging delegates to stick to the Paris Agreement Eric Meyer, Generation Atomic, sings an operatic ballad outside the venue about the benefits of nuclear energy in climate action Around the Venue APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand APA Co-Chairs, UNFCCC Secretariat, and COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speaks with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator, and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary (centre) Joseph Africano Bartel, South Sudan Rueanna Haynes, Saint Kitts and Nevis Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 Presidency, speaks with Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Christiana Figueres, former UNFCCC Executive Secretary Delegates from Samoa and Tuvalu Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaks with a delegate UN Security around the venue Delegates from Brazil and Saudi Arabia Delegates speak informally Beto Blush, Climax Brasil Delegates from the Stockholm Environment Institute and Oxfam International