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Daily report for 2 December 2018
Katowice Climate Change Conference - December 2018
Summary report 2–15 December 2018
Katowice Climate Change Conference - December 2018
Highlights and images for 10 May 2018
Bonn Climate Change Conference - April 2018
The Bonn Climate Change Conference ended on Thursday as each of the three bodies adopted conclusions for most of the issues on their agendas and agreed to future work, including at the next meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.
There were mixed views on progress made on the issues related to finalizing the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), the set of decisions that will help countries implement the Agreement. Some of the items discussed most in the closing statements were:
Transparency framework: There are different views on how the framework should help provide information on countries’ actions and support to developing countries, but many highlighted this issue as one needing further work.
Information on finance, especially provided by developed countries in advance of its provision: Many developing countries noted this issue is important to them in the overall PAWP package.
Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIP): Many countries and non-party stakeholders said they were disappointed with progress on this issue.
Action on Climate Empowerment (ACE): Parties agreed to a decision, the first issue completed in the PAWP, that will continue parties' and stakeholders' efforts on issues such as public participation, education, and access to information.
The PAWP is slated for conclusion in December 2018. At this meeting, parties agreed to several steps to move the work forward:
The Co-Chairs of all of the bodies will prepare a note that will consider all of the items and propose ways forward.
The Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) will prepare a “tool” that will help parties develop an “agreed basis for negotiations.”
There will be an additional meeting in Bangkok devoted to the issues under the PAWP.
Parties adopted several decisions on issues related to the ongoing implementation of the UN Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, including the Koronivia joint work programme on agriculture, which includes a roadmap outlining the issues, workshops, and inputs of the work programme.
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.
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SBI Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI closing plenary
SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland
Vladimir Uskov, Russian Federation
Wang Tian, China
Ravi Prasad, India
Reinaldo Salgado, Brazil
Ziaul Haque, Bangladesh
Abdullah Tawlah, Saudi Arabia
Delegates from Switzerland
SBSTA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA closing plenary
SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France
Henrik Eriksen, Norway
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
MJ Mace, Saint Lucia, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Iwaki Kohei, Japan
Catherine Stewart, Canada
Julio Cordano, Chile
APA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the APA closing plenary
Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary
APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
Joint Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the closing plenary
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa thanks Halldór Thorgeirsson, Senior Director for
Intergovernmental Affairs, UNFCCC, for almost two decades of service
Halldór Thorgeirsson, Senior Director for Intergovernmental Affairs, UNFCCC
Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Boriana Kamenova, EU
Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)
Mohamed Nasr, Gabon, speaking on behalf of the African Group
María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, Cuba, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Harlino Nandha Prayudha, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Patricia Bohland, Women and Gender
Nathalie Rengifo, Climate Justice Now! (CJN!)
Around the Venue
Delegates from Austria
The SBI family
The SBSTA family
Delegates from Kuwait
Delegates from Morocco
Delegates from Kenya
Delegates from Kyrgyzstan
UN Security family photo
Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary (center), speaks with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat
Delegates from Maldives
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) team meeting with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa and Incoming COP 24 President Michal Kurtyka, Poland
Delegates between sessions
Media briefings took place throughout the day
The ENB team covering the negotiations (L-R): Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, Nepal; Katie Browne, US; Natalie Jones, New Zealand; Cleo Verkuijl, Zimbabwe/ the Netherlands; Jennifer Allan, Canada; Aaron Cosbey, Canada; Kati Kulovesi, Finland; Annelies van Gaalen, South Africa; Asheline Appleton, Kenya; Felipe Ruiz, Colombia/Spain; and Kiara Worth, South Africa
Highlights and images for 30 April 2018
Bonn Climate Change Conference - April 2018
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.
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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
Daily report for 30 April 2018
Bonn Climate Change Conference - April 2018
Summary report 30 April – 10 May 2018
Bonn Climate Change Conference - April 2018
Highlights and images for 17 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Thursday. In the morning, the closing plenaries of Conference of the Parties (COP) and Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) began, and then suspended to allow more time for consultations. Throughout the afternoon, delegates met in bilateral, group, and heads of delegation consultations to discuss the Talanoa Dialogue, Adaptation Fund, and a proposal regarding modalities for Paris Agreement Article 9.5 (ex ante finance transparency), among other issues.
These consultations were continuing at 7:30 pm.
** 1:00 am - The APA has yet to reconvene. Consultations continue.
** 1:05 am - The CMP resumes its closing plenary.
** 1:14 am - CMP adjourned. COP opened.
** 1:39 am - COP adjourned.
** 2:10 am - The APA plenary resumes.
** 2:37 am - The APA suspends its session. The COP will resume shortly.
** 4:32 am - The CMP resumes.
** 4:36 am - The CMP adjourned. COP opened.
** 5:08 am - The COP adjourned. CMA opened.
** 5:11 am - CMA adjourns. A joint COP/CMP/CMA plenary opens to hear closing statements.
** 6:56 am - COP 23 gaveled to a close.
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.
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APA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the APA closing plenary
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Meelis Münt, EU
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Isabel Di Carlo Quero, Venezuela, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
Mohamed Nasr, Egypt
Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Resumed COP and CMP Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the closing plenary
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Mehmet Emin Birpınar, Turkey
Jochen Flasbarth, Germany
Jan Szyszko, Minister of Environment, Poland, and incoming COP 24/ CMP 14/ CMA1-3
Julia Wolf, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO)
Delegates huddle in the early hours of the morning
Observers watch delegates huddle from the gallery
Informal Consultations throughout the Day
Members of developed countries huddle to discuss Paris Agreement Article 9.5 and other remaining matters
Members of the G-77/China huddle to discuss issues related to the Adaptation Fund
Delegates huddle to discuss new draft text
Delegates gather for informal negotiations as the room is filled to capacity
COP/CMP Closing Plenaries - Part 1
View of the dais during the joint closing plenaries
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency
Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP/CMP
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland, and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Delegates during the plenary
Civil Society Actions
In a demonstration outside the venue, members of civil society call on governments to transform energy systems, keep global temperatures below 1.5C, and ensure climate justice for affected people
The Eiffel Tower wanders through the venue to remind delegates of the Paris goals
Around the Venue
German police outside the venue
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, speak with Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador
Laurence Pollier and Vanessa Matarazzi, UNFCCC Secretariat; SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland; and Katia Simonova, UNFCCC Secretariat
Kuni Shimada, Japan
Halldór Thorgeirsson, Director for Strategy, UNFCCC Secretariat, speaks with Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, and National Disaster Management, and High-Level Climate Champion, Fiji
UN Security around the venue
Delegates from the Comoros
Delegates from Egypt
Delegates from Austria
Delegates from Suriname
Bernarditas Muller, the Philippines
Delegates from the Emirates Diplomatic Academy, UAE
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) team covering COP 23: Kiara Worth, South Africa; Mari Luomi, Finland/UAE; Dina Hestad, Norway/UK; Annelies van Gaalen, South Africa; Jen Allan; Canada; Katie Browne, US; and Aaron Cosbey, Canada
Daily report for 6 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
Summary report 6–17 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
Highlights and images for 18 May 2017
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2017
The Bonn Climate Change Conference met for its final day on Thursday, 18 May. In the morning, the closing plenary for the forty-sixth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 46) convened and suspended. The SBSTA gaveled to a close at 7:54pm.
In the afternoon, the forty-sixth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46) convened. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, incoming COP 23 President, Fiji, addressed the plenary, underscoring that “those who are most vulnerable must be heard” and stated that COP 23 will forge a coalition to uphold and advance the Paris Agreement. The SBI took several decisions and then suspended. The SBI gaveled to a close at 7:37pm.
In the late afternoon, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-3) contact group met and continued to work into the evening. Saying "the clock is ticking," APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan (Saudi Arabia) suspended APA 1-3 at 9:29pm.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided digital coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2017.
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High-Level Meetings with the Prime Minister of Fiji
A roundtable discussion between the incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 Presidency and the COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, and incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 President
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
A roundtable discussion is held with the Prime Minister of Fiji and the COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency
Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management, and High-Level Climate Champion, Fiji; and Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, and incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 President
Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji, incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 Presidency; Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency; and Hamza Tber, Morocco COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA closing plenary
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Victor Kabengele Wa Kadilu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Jesus Guerra Bell, Cuba, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
Juan Carlos Arredondo Brun, Mexico, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Abdullah K. Tawlah, Saudi Arabia
Catherine Stewart, Canada
Kay Harrison, New Zealand
Marilyn Averill, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs)
Côme Girschig, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous Peoples
Deborah Mugerwa Nalwanga, Women and Gender
Eddy Pérez, Climate Action Network (CAN), speaking on behalf of Environmental NGOs (ENGOs)
Rachel Kennerley, Friends of the Earth International, speaking on behalf of ENGOs
Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) Closing Plenary
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, arrives at the plenary
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
View of the dais during the SBI plenary
Bernarditas Muller, Philippines, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Trigg Talley, US
Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation
Mamadou Honadia, Burkino Faso
Ghalia Benziouche, Algeria
Mohamed Nasr, Egypt
Delegates huddle to discuss a way forward with SBI conclusions
Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) Closing Plenary
The draft APA negotiating text is distributed to delegates
Delegates from the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize, and Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
Ian Fry, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Xolisa Ngwadla, South Africa, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Henrik Eriksen, Norway
Nicole Wilke, EU
Amjad Abdulla, Maldives
Reinaldo Salgado, Brazil
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the EIG
Around the Venue
Delegates from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji, incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 Presidency
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, and incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 President
Horacio Peluffo, UNFCCC Secretariat; Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency; and Hamza Tber, Morocco, COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency
Delegates from South Sudan
Delegates from Botswana
Delegates from Sudan
Delegates from The Gambia
Chebet Maikut, Uganda
Collin Beck, Solomon Islands
Delegates speak informally
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) team covering the negotiations: Claudia Friedrich, Germany; Aaron Cosbey, Canada; Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, Nepal/US; Annelies Van Gaalen, South Africa; Jen Allan, Canada; Alice Bisiaux, France/Spain; Mari Luomi, Finland/UAE; Beate Antonich, Germany/US; and Kiara Worth, South Africa