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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. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In adiition, IISD Reportaing Services has also published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page 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

The Resumed Review Conference convened for its penultimate day on Thursday at the UN Headquarters in New York. In the morning and afternoon, delegates discussed the draft text for the outcome of the Resumed Review Conference. A drafting committee continued discussion on the draft text into the evening. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports from the Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has also published a summary & analysis from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Ángeles Estrada For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Plenary Yongsheng Li, China John Brincat, EU Driss Meski, ICCAT Stephen Willoughby, Barbados, and Craig Powell, Bahamas Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, UNDOALOS Director Pablo Trejo Carmona and Cristian Laborda Mora, Chile Kengo Tanaka, and Chiaki Mizugaki, Japan Renée Sauvé, Canada Michael Brakke, US Margo Deiye, Nauru Joan Yang, Nauru, and Luke Daunivalu, Fiji Delegates consulting the outcome document Fredrik Arrhenius, and Petter Nystrom, Sweden Fábio Hazin, President of the Resumed Review Conference Marshall Islands Delegation Matthew Camilleri, FAO, and Dorothy Wanja Nyingi, IISD RS, Kenya Patrick Moran, US, and Daniela Diz, IISD RS, Brazil Elise Stull, FSM, and Rishi Bukoree, Mauritius Delegates consulting Side Event   Around the Venue          

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. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In adiition, IISD Reportaing Services has also published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page 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

On Tuesday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) meeting in open-ended informal consultations throughout the day. The first ever Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on adaptation convened in the morning and afternoon, to discuss enhancing the implementation of adaptation action. Informal consultations under the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) met throughout the day. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In adiition, IISD Reportaing Services has also published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page APA Consultations Delegates attend the APA informal session throughout the day APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand  Atif Al-Jumaili, Kuwait, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Alaa Aljahdali, Saudi Arabia, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group Stephen Walter, New Zealand Fatuma Hussein, Kenya, speaking on behalf of the African Group Felipe Ferreira, Brazil Elias Abourizk, Canada Alejandro Rivera Becerra, Mexico Ravi Prasad, India Aya Yoshida, Japan Delegates attending the session Natalie Ross-Lapointe, Australia Aksel Hillestad, Norway Brian Mantlana, South Africa, speaking on behalf of the African Group Nicole Wilke, EU Andrew Rakestraw, US Delegates stand against the wall and sit on the floor to listen to deliberations SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Adaptation: Enhancing the Implementation of Adaptation Action View of the dais during the opening panel SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Farhana Yamin, Track 0 and Chatham House Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency Don Lemmen, Co-Chair of the Adaptation Committee Minpeng Chen, Co-Chair of the Adaptation Committee Dhrupad Choudhury, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Vositha Wijenayake, Climate Action Network (CAN) Breakout groups for the Technical Expert Meeting Special Event by the Presidencies: Issues Related to the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage View of the dais Tania Gabriela Osejo Carrillo, World Food Programme (WFP) Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency Informal Consultations Throughout the Day SBI/SBSTA informal consultations on impact of the implementation of response measures: improved forum and work programme SBI informal consultations on capacity-building for developing countries SBSTA informal consultations on issues relating to agriculture SBSTA informal consultations on cooperative approaches under the Paris Agreement Around the Venue Carlos Gentile, Argentina, speaks with delegates Artur Runge-Metzger, EU, and Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago Trigg Talley, US, speaks with delegates Valinavho Khavhagali, South Africa Members of civil society meet throughout the day Delegates between sessions A delegate reads the International Institute for Sustainable Development Reporting Services (IISD RS) website Delegates look at materials on display

The second UN Environment Assembly of the UN Environment Programme (UNEA-2) continued deliberations in the Committee of the Whole (COW) on Tuesday. Idunn Eidheim, COW Chair, acknowledged concerns expressed by delegates the previous day about the organization of work and presented the Bureau’s proposed revised structure of three drafting groups to finalize the draft resolutions for Ministers' consideration later in the week. Delegates agreed to the proposal and two drafting groups convened during the day, while the COW met in plenary. A third drafting group convened in the evening. Discussions in all three drafting groups continued into the evening. Many side events, panel discussions and exhibitions took place around the conference venue during the day, including at the Sustainable Innovation Expo (SIE). IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has published a briefing note for the GMGSF 2016 and provided daily web coverage, daily reports from the UNEA-2. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Francis Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (COW) UNEA-2 participants discussing the organization of work in the COW L-R: Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP; COW Chair Idunn Eidheim, Norway; Tim Kasten, UNEP; Masa Nagai, UNEP; and Hushan Al-Fityan, Rapporteur John Moreti, Botswana Dong Yao, China Naohito Watanabe, Japan Abdullah Khalid Tawlah, Saudi Arabia Kauna Schröder, Namibia Nebojša Kaluđerović, Montenegro Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan Emmanuelle Maire, EU John Matuszak, US Hesiquio Benitez Diaz, Mexico, consulting with COW Chair Idunn Eidheim, Norway Delegates from Iran consulting COW Chair Idunn Eidheim, Norway Tim Kasten, UNEP Joseph DiGangi, IPEN Rhoda Boateng, ITUC-Africa, on behalf of Workers and Trade Unions Majid Shafie Pour, Iran Wallace Chwala, Israel Marcela Nicodemos, Brazil Raza Bashir Tarar, Pakistan Alice Akinyi Kaudia, Kenya Arlette Sombo-Dibele, Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development, Water, Forests, Game and Fisheries, Central African Republic Vita Onwuasoanya, UN Division of Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS) Delegates from Mexico DRAFTING GROUPS L-R: Jacqueline McGlade, UNEP and Drafting Group 1 Co-Chair Tita Korvenoja, Finland Drafting Group 1 discussses a draft resolution on sustainable and optimal management of natural capital Drafting Group 2 considers a draft resolution on sound management of chemicals and wastes L-R: Cyrille-Lazare Siewe, UNEP; Drafting Group 2 Co-Chair John Moreti, Botswana; and Achim Halpaap, UNEP SIDE EVENTS Sustainable Innovation Expo (SIE): Panel discussion on "Less Waste, Better Environment and Healthy People" L-R: David Newman, President, International Solid Waste Association (ISWA); Hussein Khansaheb, United Arab Emirates; Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions; and Surendra Shresta, UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) L-R: Chencho Norbu, Bhutan; Naohito Watanabe, Japan; and UNEA-1 President Oyun Sanjaasuren SNAPSHOTS @ UNEA-2 UNEA-2 exhibit on the environmental dimensions of the SDGs UNEA-2 exhibit on the African social enterprise "Alive and Kicking" Jill Hanna, EU and Kimo Goree, IISD L-R: Christopher Cox and Anjan Datta, UNEP L-R: Pavan Sukhdev, Founder-CEO, GIST Advisory and Yvo de Boer, Director-General, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)