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On Monday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with substantive work under all three subsidiary bodies. In the morning, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) agreed to its organization of work, and started discussions on its substantive items in a contact group that met throughout the day. An in-session workshop on agriculture, and a Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on mitigation through shifting to more efficient public transport and increasing vehicles’ energy efficiency met in the morning and afternoon. Informal consultations under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) 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 Contact Group View of the dais during the APA contact group APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Ravi Prasad, India Atif Al-Jumaili, Kuwait Indira Al Dahabi, Jordan, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Nicole Wilke, EU Andrea Faulkner, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Andrea Guerrero, Colombia, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC) Norbert Bärlocher, Switzerland María del Pilar Bueno, Argentina Zhihua Chen, China Aya Yoshida, Japan Alejandro Rivera Becerra, Mexico Mark Sinclair, New Zealand Fatuma Hussein, Kenya, speaking on behalf of the African Group Leon Charles, Grenada Henrik Eriksen, Norway SBSTA In-Session Workshop on Agriculture: Enhancement of Productivity View of the dais during the workshop Alvin Chandra, Caritas Fred Kossam, Malawi Srinivasa Rao, India Hugues Morand, Canada Alexandre Meybeck, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) Gábor Figeczky, speaking on behalf of Farmers Huy Pham Quang, Viet Nam Walter Oyhantçabal, Uruguay SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation: Shifting to More Efficient Public Transport and Increasing Energy Efficiency of Vehicles Opening panel for the Technical Expert Meeting Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency Sheila Watson, FIA Foundation Nick Craven, International Union of Railways (UIC) Ahmed Baroudi, Morocco Subash Dhar, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Mael Martinie, France Juan Hoffmaister, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Around the Venue Carlos Martin-Novella, IPCC Deputy Secretary, speaks with a delegate Delegates from Ecuador Byron Fay, Australia, with Zaheer Fakir, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency, speaks with delegates Talieh Wögerbauer, Austria, speaks with a delegate Delegates from Saudi Arabia Delegates between sessions Materials on display around the venue

The second UN Environment Assembly of the UN Environment Programme (UNEA-2) opened on Monday at UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Outgoing UNEA President Oyun Sanjaasuren (Mongolia) opened the conference, inviting delegates to observe a minute’s silence to remember those who have lost their lives in the protection of the environment. UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner described UNEA-2 as an expression of hope and “a clarion call” for the world, noting that with well over 2000 participants, 170 nations, and hundreds of stakeholders represented, “we truly have a UN Environment Assembly.” Delegates heard opening messages, and adopted the agenda and organization of work. The plenary elected Edgar Gutiérrez Espeleta (Costa Rica) as President of UNEA-2, and also elected Bureau members and a rapporteur. In the afternoon, the Committee of the Whole (COW) met in plenary, where they discussed the organization of drafting groups to finalize the proposed resolutions. A working group met in the evening for a first reading of resolutions. The Sustainable Innovation Expo (SIE), organized by UNEP in parallel with the meeting, also opened today. Three SIE panel discussions took place on: South-South cooperation; big data and innovation; and air quality. In the evening, delegates attended a reception hosted by the Governement of Kenya. 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. OPENING PLENARY UNEA-2 plenary observed a moment of silence to remember those who have lost their lives in the protection of the environment "Welcome to UNEA" film presentation L-R: Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP; Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP; UNEA President Oyun Sanjaasuren; Judi Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Regional Development Authorities, Kenya; Sahle-Work Zewde, Director-General, UNON; and Jorge Laguna-Celis, Secretary of the Governing Bodies of UNEP Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP, delivers opening remarks to UNEA-2 delegates UNEA President Oyun Sanjaasuren Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP, speaking on behalf of Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General Judi Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Regional Development Authorities, Kenya Sahle-Work Zewde, Director-General, UNON Edgar Gutiérrez Espeleta, Costa Rica, incoming UNEA-2 President delivers his opening remarks Jassim Abdulaziz Al-falahy, Iraq Julia Pataki, Romania Frans Makken, the Netherlands, on behalf of the EU Taefu Lemi, Samoa Bibiana Jones, Argentina, on behalf of G-77/China and GRULAC Daniel Reifsnyder, US Abdelmoneim Mohammed Mabrouk, League of Arab States Yugratna Srivastava, on behalf of the Major Groups and Stakeholders Soehardjono Sastromihardjo, Indonesia Edgar Gutiérrez Espeleta, UNEA-2 President COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (COW) View of the COW plenary COW Chair Idunn Eidheim, Norway John Matuszak, US Marcela Nicodemos, Brazil Franz Perrez, Switzerland Abdullah Khalid Tawlah, Saudi Arabia Neranda Maurice-George, Saint Lucia Hugo Enrique Cañiza, Paraguay Kerstin Stendahl, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Roy Samson Dinyi Thorofo, South Sudan Cyrie Sendashonga, IUCN Delegates from the Philippines L-R: Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan; Adalah Atira, Palestine; and Mohamad Afana, Jordan SIDE EVENTS Sustainable Innovation Expo: South-South Cooperation panel discussions L-R: Anote Tong, Former President of Kiribati; Jorge Chediek, UN Envoy on South-South Cooperation; Mesghan Al Awar, United Arab Emirates; Zhang Jieqing, China; and George Mwenda, Geothermal Development, Kenya L-R: Doug Cress, Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP), Jaime Webb, UN-REDD; Anyaa Vohiri, Liberia; and Johannes Refisch, GRASP L-R: Isabelle Louis, UNEP; Elizabeth Mrema, UNEP; Hillary Alisson, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC); and Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the launch of the State of the Biodiversity Reports Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, CBD PHOTOS FROM THE RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA UNEA-2 reception hosted by the Government of Kenya