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The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday, with negotiations on some issues yielding preliminary agreement, and negotiations on other issues trying to find solutions to disagreements. Preliminary agreement, pending formal adoption by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA), was found on some issues, including: Capacity building under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, Coordination of support for the implementation of activities relating to mitigation actions in the forest sector by developing countries, including institutional arrangements, and Response measures. Throughout the day, several of the issues discussed under the SBI and SBSTA remained outstanding. The final plenaries for all the Subsidiary Bodies are scheduled for the last day of the conference, on Thursday, 10 May. Therefore, outstanding issues must be resolved on Wednesday. To address the many interrelated issues under the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), a “joint” meeting convened to discuss adaptation communication and the transparency framework. Work under the PAWP also included continued discussions on the transparency framework, Article 6 (cooperative approaches), and information to be provided in advance by developed countries on their financial support. The long-term finance workshop continued to discuss experiences and lessons learnt from articulating and translating needs identified in country-driven processes into on the ground projects and programmes. The sixth Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) started today, focusing on public awareness and international cooperation. The COP 23 Presidency held a session to report back on the Talanoas held as part of the Talanoa Dialogue on Sunday, 6 May. Many delegates expressed appreciation for the Dialogue’s format and atmosphere, noting its value in building trust between all stakeholders. 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 Executive Secretary's Meeting with Observer Organizations Participants during the meeting with the Executive Secretary UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Juan Carlos Jintiach and Thin Yu Mon, Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPO) Wael Hmaidan, Climate Action Network (CAN) International Gunnar Steinsholt, Trade Union NGOs (TUNGOs) Norine Kennedy, Business and Industry NGOs (BINGOs) Joséphine Raynauld and Sofia Kabbej, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs) Gillian Nelson, Harjeet Singh, and Eddy Pérez, CAN Bridget Burns, Women and Gender Halldór Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC Secretariat Marilyn Averill, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs) Report Back from Talanoa Dialogue Participants during the report back of the Talanoa Dialogue Amena Yauvoli, Fiji Sylwia Waśniewska, COP 24 Presidency, Poland  Tui Cavuilati, Fiji Emma Rachmawaty, Indonesia Marianne Karlsen, Norway Christina Paradiso, Canada Stephanie Lee, New Zealand Balisi Justice Gopolang, Botswana, speaking on behalf of the African Group In-Session Workshop on Long-Term Finance Participants during the in-session workshop on long-term finance Nathaniel Blama, Environmental Protection Agency, Liberia Co-Facilitator Janine Coye-Felson, Belize Alexander Linke, German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) Co-Facilitator Stefan Schwager, Switzerland Participants discuss finance-related matters in break-out groups Espen Ronneberg, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Alexander Linke, GIZ Milena Gonzalez Vasquez, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat Kamel Djemouai, Advisor to the African Group, records ideas Sixth Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment ACE family photo Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, and COP 23 President, Fiji SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland Pramisha Thapaliya, YOUNGOs Jamie Clarke, Climate Outreach Maria Nailevu, DIVA for Equality Informal Consultations Throughout the Day Coordination of support for the implementation of activities relating to mitigation actions in the forest sector by developing countries, including institutional arrangements family photo Ex-ante transparency of climate finance family photo APA agenda item 8: informal consultations on issues except the Adaptation Fund Public registry on Agreement Article 7.12 (adaptation communications) SBI informal consultations on capacity-building for developing countries Around the Venue UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Outi Honkatukia, Finland, and Stefan Schwager, Switzerland Delegates from YOUNGOs confer Todd Stern, World Resources Institute (WRI), and Jacob Werksman, EU Delegates from Austria and Luxembourg Security staff around the venue Niklas Höhne, New Climate Institute, speaks to the press A delegate reviews the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) website and daily to keep track of negotiations

The thirteenth session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF13) resumed on Tuesday, 8 May 2018, at UN Headquarters in New York. In the morning, delegates continued their policy dialogue on the implementation of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030 (UNSPF) and the UNFF's input to the 2018 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). The session featured a panel discussion on contribution of forests to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies. Panelists addressed the linkages between forests, sustainable production of forest products, water, climate and energy. During lunch three side events were held: one hosted by FOREST EUROPE addressing “Forests and Sustainable Cities in Europe: Contribution of Forests and Sustainable Forest Management to Sustainable Living and Well-being in European Cities,” a second hosted by the Government of Indonesia on “Achieving SDG 15: Timber Legal Assurance System and Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Implementation for Sustainable Forest Management,” and the third, hosted by the UNFF Secretariat, addressed “The Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network: 3 Years of Experience.” In the afternoon, delegates began discussing the UNSPF Communications and Outreach Strategy, with a UNFF Secretariat presentation on the strategy and a panel discussion on “Power of communication for the successful implementation of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests." For details on the day’s discussions 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, and a summary and analysis report from UNFF13. Photos by IISD/ENB | Ángeles Estrada Vigil For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Panel Discussion on Contribution of Forests to the Achievement of the SDGs and Transformation towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies Meine van Noordwijk, Chair, Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) on Science and Policy Rosalie Matondo, Minister of Forest Economy, Congo   Michael Jenkins, President and CEO, Forest Trends, US David Ellison, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Hiroto Mitsugi, Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) David Ganz, Executive Director, Center for People and Forests, Thailand   Belfie Luaba Mutaba, Congo Nasser Jaghoub, Palestine Jorge Fernandez, Mexico Argyro Zerva, EU Jitendra Vir Sharma, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERi), India Juha S. Niemelä, Ministry of the Agriculture and Forestry, Finland Gary Bull, University of British Columbia Megat Sany, Malaysia Duncan Brack, Chatham House Adam van Opzeeland, New Zealand Emma Hatcher, Australia Mubarak Alrashedi, Saudi Arabia Moncef Khane, UNFF Secretary, and Manoel Sobral Filho, UNFF Director Development of the UNSPF Communication and Outreach Strategy UNFF13 Vice-Chair Luciana Melchert Saguas Presas Caroline Liou, Forest Communicators Networks Asia Pacific Rafael da Soler, Brazil   Jennifer Hayes, US Forest Service Robert Grace, M&C Saatchi Abel, South Africa   Jasson Kalugendo, Forest Communicators Networks Africa   Mita Sen, UNFF Secretariat Steffen Dehn, International Forestry Students Around the Venue    

The Bonn Climate Change Conference started its second and final week, with some preliminary agreements emerging and a continued focus on the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP). The negotiators working on the Koronovia joint work programme for agriculture and on common timeframes for nationally determined contributions (NDCs) agreed to draft conclusions that will be forwarded for adoption. Discussions under the PAWP centered on: transparency framework for action and support, adaptation communications, common timeframes for nationally-determined contributions (NDCs), the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples (LCIP) platform, financial communications by developed countries, modalities to account for financial resources provided and mobilized through public sources, and the global stocktake, which agreed to an informal note that will be forwarded to the Ad Hoc Working Group for the Paris Agreement (APA). A workshop on long-term finance met, where delegates discussed countries' experiences and insights on how to facilitate developing countries' access to climate finance. 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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page In-Session Workshop on Long-Term Climate Finance Participants during the in-session workshop on long-term finance Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, and COP 23 President, Fiji UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Co-Facilitator Stefan Schwager, Switzerland Alejandro Kilpatrick, UNFCCC Secretariat Co-Facilitator Janine Coye-Felson, Belize L-R: Co-Facilitator Stefan Schwager, Switzerland; Ermira Fida, UN Environment Programme (UNEP); Mikko Ollikainen, Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) Secretariat; Lia Nicholson, Antigua and Barbuda; and Co-Facilitator Janine Coye-Felson, Belize Participants form break-out groups to discuss finance-related matters Ismo Ulvila, EU Paula Caballero, World Resources Institute (WRI) COP 24 Logistics Briefing View of the dais during the COP 24 briefing session Rafał Bochenek and Zuzanna Zacharewicz, COP 24 Presidency, Poland Tomasz Chruszczow, COP 24 Presidency, Poland Informal Consultations Throughout the Day Koronivia joint work on agriculture family photo Education, training and public awareness, public participation, and public access to information to enhance actions (ACE) family photo SBI informal consultations on national adaptiation plans (NAPs) SBSTA informal consultations on Article 10.4, development and transfer of technologies APA informal consultations on the global stocktake APA informal consultations on the Adaptation Fund Around the Venue Members of the G-77/China huddle in the corridors Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, and COP 23 President, Fiji, greets Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (left) and Georg Børsting, Norway (right) Todd Stern, WRI Laura Merrill, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Mohamed Nasr, Egypt, and SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France Incoming COP 24 President Michal Kurtyka, Poland Delegates from Chile Delegates from Senegal Delegates read the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) to keep track of negotiations