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Highlights and images for 26 May 2016
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016
On Thursday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference concluded. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) held closing plenaries in the morning and evening. A special joint plenary was held to thank UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres for her service, with all present congratulating her, including in song, for her leadership culminating in the Paris Agreement. In response, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Figueres thanked everyone, saying that she has “had the enormous privilege to be at your side as you made history.” In the afternoon and evening, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) held their closing plenaries.
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SBSTA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA closing plenary
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator
Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Aishath Aileen Niyaz, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Norbert Bärlocher, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Michel Rentenaar, EU
Andrea Faulkner, Australia, speaking on
behalf of the Umbrella Group
Eddy Pérez, Climate Action Network (CAN)
Shalia Shahid, Women and Gender
Victor Kabengele wa Kadilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
APA Consultations
Delegates during the APA consultations
APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Zhihua Chen, China
Delegates read the revised APA draft conclusions
Members of the Secretariat distribute the text
Joint Meeting of the SBI, SBSTA and APA: Farewell to Christiana Figueres
View of the dais during the joint meeting
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency
Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency
Members of civil society sing 'Climate Queen,' a farewell song dedicated to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland, and Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa bid farewell
Delegates give UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres a standing ovation in recognition
of her important contribution to tackling climate change over the years
SBI Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI closing plenary
Madeleine Diouf Sarr, Senegal
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Elena Kruspkaia Mejía Villacís, Ecuador
Mohamed Khalil, Egypt
Erwin Rose, US
Ilka Wagner, EU
Chebet Maikut, Uganda, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Emil Eduardo Calles Lossada, Venezuela
Delegates huddle during the final negotiations
APA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the APA closing plenary
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
Bouzekri Razi, COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency
Anna Serzysko, APA Rapporteur
Alejandro Rivera, Mexico, speaking on behalf of the EIG
Frances Veronica Victorio, the Philippines
Olfa Jelassi, Women and Gender
Marilyn Averill, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs)
Jaime Hermida Castillo, Nicaragua, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
Johnson Hugo Cerda Shiguango, Indigenous Peoples
Héloïse Pichot, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Around the Venue
Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
Delegates from Germany
Delegates from Ghana
Delegates from Thailand and Singapore speak informally
Delegates in plenary
Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa sits with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat
Headsets available for delegates
Marcela Main Sancha, UNFCCC Secretariat, speaks with delegates
Wael Hmaidan, CAN, with UNFCCC Executive
Secretary Christiana Figueres
Observers watch proceedings from the balcony
Members of the Arab Group meet informally
World Conference Center Bonn security staff
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres enters the venue for her final session with the UNFCCC
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa thanks delegates for welcoming her into the UNFCCC process
Delegates use a 'poken' to gather materials during the paperless conference
An information booth for COP 22/CMP 12 in Marrakech
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) team covering the meeting (L-R): Kiara Worth; Beate Antonich; Virginia Wiseman; Jen Allan; Mari Luomi; Alice Bisiaux; Rishikesh Ram Bhandary; and Nancy Williams
Highlights and images for 25 May 2016
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016
On Wednesday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) meeting in open-ended informal consultations in the morning. A Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on effective policy frameworks and institutional arrangements for adaptation planning and implementation took place in the morning and early afternoon. In the afternoon, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) held the first part of its closing plenary. Contact groups and informal consultations under the SBI and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) convened throughout the day.
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APA Consultations
Delegates in the APA consultations
APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Qian Zhou, China
Ismail Zahir, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Adriana Murillo, Costa Rica, speaking on behalf of the Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC)
Peter Horne, Australia
Christina Voigt, Norway
Kevin Herman, Canada
Kaveh Guilanpour, EU
Open-Ended Informal Consultations by Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency
View of the dais during the open-ended informal consultations
Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency
Sandea de Wet, South Africa
Trigg Talley, US
Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking
on behalf of AOSIS
Birama Diarra, Mali, speaking on
behalf of the African Group
Contact Group on the Impact of the Implementation of Response Measures
SBI/SBSTA contact group on the impact of the implementation of response measures: improved forum and work programme
Morgenie Pillay, South Africa
Co-Facilitator Andrei Marcu, Panama
SBI Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI plenary
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Adao Soares Barbosa, Timor-Leste
Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation
Erwin Rose, US
Yang Weifeng, China
SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Adaptation: Effective Policy Frameworks and Institutional Arrangements for Adaptation Planning and Implementation
Opening panel for the Technical Expert Meeting
Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency
Facilitator Anne Hammill, International Institute
for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Evans Kaseke, Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)
Hrin Nei Thiam, Myanmar
Akio Takemoto, Japan
Civil Society Action
Members of civil society participate in a sporting stunt urging negotiators to 'score a long-term goal of 1.5°C'
Around the Venue
Delegates meet between sessions
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland, speaks with a delegate
Ismo Ulvila, EU, with future climate activist Susanna Kulovesi
Delegates from the US, Canada, Japan and Australia
Henrik Eriksen, Norway, speaks with a delegate
Priscilla Mbarumun Achakpa, Nigeria, with
Angelina Ama Tutuah Mensah, Ghana
Yerima Peter Tarfa and Bello Yankuzo Sani, Nigeria,
with Richard Muyungi, Tanzania
Bernarditas Muller, Bolivia, speaks with delegates
Delegates review a document
Delegates around the venue
Daily report for 25 May 2016
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016
Daily report for 24 May 2016
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Daily report for 23 May 2016
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Highlights and images for 16 May 2016
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016
The Bonn Climate Change Conference opened on Monday. In the morning, COP 21/CMP 11 President Ségolène Royal, France, opened the session, calling on negotiators to become “builders” working from the foundation laid by the Paris Agreement. This sentiment was echoed by UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, who received a standing ovation in gratitude for her service. After opening statements, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) opening plenary took place.
In the afternoon, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) opening plenary convened, where parties, after some debate, adopted the agenda, pending further discussions on an agenda item on the registry of nationally determined contributions referred to in Article 4, paragraph 12 of the Paris Agreement. After opening several agenda items, the SBI suspended and the SBSTA opening reconvened. A SBSTA contact group, SBSTA and SBI informal consultations, and an in-session workshop on exploring financing and the use of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) by international climate finance institutions also convened in the afternoon.
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Opening Plenary
Panelists during the opening plenary (L-R): Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Morocco, and COP 22/CMP 12 President-Designate; UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres; Ségolène Royal, COP 21/CMP 11 President; June Budhooram, COP Secretary; and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Christiana Figueres
Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Morocco, and
COP 22/CMP 12 President-Designate
Ségolène Royal, COP 21/CMP 11 President
Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf
of the G-77/China
Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on
behalf of the Umbrella Group
Ivo de Zwaan, EU
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking
on behalf of the Environmental
Integrity Group (EIG)
Abdullahi Majeed, Maldives, speaking
on behalf of the Alliance of Small
Island States (AOSIS)
Rosilena Lindo, Panama, speaking on behalf of the Coalition
for Rainforest Nations (CfRN)
Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Paul Oquist Kelley, Nicaragua
Nedal Katbehbader, State of Palestine
Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia, speaking
on behalf of the Arab Group
Indira Al Dahabi, Jordan, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)
Ravi Prasad, India, speaking on behalf of Brazil,
South Africa, India and China (BASIC)
Prachi Rao, Women and Gender
Max van Deursen, YOUNGO
Sébastien Duyck, Climate Action
Network (CAN)
Øyvind Christophersen, Norway, speaks with Florin Vladu, Adaptation Programme Manager, UNFCCC
SBSTA Opening Plenary
SBSTA Panel: Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary; Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator; SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize; and Hanna Hoffmann, UNFCCC Secretariat
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency
Ian Fry, Tuvalu
SBI Opening Plenary
SBI Plenary (L-R): Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary; SBI Coordinator Katia Simeonova; SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland; Laurence Pollier, UNFCCC Secretariat; and SBI Vice-Chair Zhihua Chen, China
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Trigg Talley, US
Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy
Executive Secretary
Khalid Muhammed Abuleif, Saudi Arabia
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador
Abias Huongo, Angola
Rawleston Moore, the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Khalid Muhammed Abuleif, Saudi Arabia, speaks with Fook Seng Kwok, Singapore, and Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand
Exploring Financing and Use of the CDM by International Climate Finance Institutions
Panel speakers during the in-session workshop exploring financing and use of the CDM by international climate finance institutions
Eduardo Calvo, Chair of the CDM Executive Board, Peru
Silke Karcher, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Georg Børsting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Delegates during the workshop
Around the Venue
Delegates before the start of plenary
Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation (center), speaks with delegates
Simon Eggleston, World Meteorological Organization (WMO),
speaks with Kiyoto Tanabe, Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC)
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres with members of the Secretariat and the Moroccan
delegation following the signing of the headquarters agreement on the organization of COP 22
Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Morocco, and COP 22/CMP 12 President-Designate
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
Delegates around the venue
Placards
Delegates write messages to 'shine light on non-economic losses' caused by climate change
Delegates around the venue
Daily report for 16 May 2016
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016
Summary report 16–26 May 2016
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016