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On Saturday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with many informal consultations under the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) held informal consultations on its mode of work. In-session workshops on the linkages between the Technology Mechanism and the Financial Mechanism, and the facilitative sharing of views (FSV) under the international consultation and analysis (ICA) process also convened in the morning. At lunch, a stocktaking event convened to ensure coherence and comprehensiveness in implementation post-Paris. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In addition, IISD Reporting 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 COP In-Session Workshop on Linkages between the Technology Mechanism and the Financial Mechanism Panel speakers during the workshop SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Chizuru Aoki, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Spencer Linus Thomas, Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) Advisory Board Lia Nicholson, Antigua and Barbuda Duduzile Nhlengethwa-Masina, Technology Executive Committee (TEC) Zaheer Fakir, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board Pradeep Monga, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Merlyn Van Voore, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Materials on display in the workshop Delegates attending the workshop SBI Facilitative Sharing of Views under the International Consultation and Analysis Process In-Session Workshop View of the dais during the workshop SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Teodora O. Grncarovska, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ana Danila, EU Helmut Hojesky, Austria Helen Plume, New Zealand Samir Amous, Tunisia Christo Artusio, US Progress on Stocktaking Post-Paris: Event on Ensuring Coherence and Comprehensiveness in Implementation View of the dais during the stocktaking event Ségolène Royal, COP 21/CMP 11 President Hakima El Haité, COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Outi Honkatukia, Standing Committee on Finance SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Minpeng Chen, Adaptation Committee Carlos Martin-Novella, IPCC Deputy Secretary Spencer Linus Thomas, CTCN Advisory Board Zaheer Fakir, GCF Board Duduzile Nhlengethwa-Masina, TEC Pepetua Election Latasi, Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage  Chizuru Aoki, the GEF Around the Venue Birama Diarra, Mali Danijela Božanić, Serbia, and Ozren Laganin, Bosnia and Herzegovina Delegates between sessions A delegate takes notes during a session Delegates meet informally APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand A delegate takes a photo during a workshop World Conference Center Bonn staff assist around the venue Poster displays around the venue

On Friday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with several informal consultations meeting on issues under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI). Three events convened throughout the day: the fifth meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building; the facilitative sharing of views (FSV) under the international consultation and analysis (ICA) process; and the Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on mitigation (social and economic value of carbon). In the afternoon, the SBI and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) held plenaries to discuss their agendas, and the SBSTA plenary convened to hear views on emissions from international aviation and maritime transport. A SBSTA contact group on modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through public interventions in accordance with Article 9.7 (accounting modalities) of the Paris Agreement also met in the afternoon. 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 SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation View of the dais during the SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Alfredo Sirkis, Brazil Climate Center Rebekah Riley, Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Simon Buckle, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Kate Shouse, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SBI Fifth Meeting of the Durban Forum on Capacity-Building Panelists during the SBI Fifth Meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building Co-Facilitator Michael Gillenwater, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GGMI) Co-Facilitator Lorena Aguilar, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Dechen Tsering, UNFCCC Secretariat Klaus Wenzel, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Participants discuss matters in breakout groups SBI Facilitative Sharing of Views under the International Consultation and Analysis Process In-Session Workshop L-R: Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary; SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland; and SBI Coordinator Katia Simeonova Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Bariz Mehdiyev, Azerbaijan Christo Artusio, US Delegates during the workshop SBSTA In-Session Workshop on Agriculture: Identification of Adaptation Measures Panelists during the workshop Mark Howden, IPCC Working Group II Vice-Chair Workshop Co-Chair Emmanuel Dumisani Dlamini, Swaziland Herwig Ranner, EU Buddhisrilal Bandara Marambe, Sri Lanka Huy Pham Quang, Viet Nam Delegates during the workshop SBSTA Plenary View of the dais during the SBSTA plenary SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize  Ong Heng Yap, Singapore Orlando Ernesto Rey Santos, Cuba Yoshimune Sakimitsu, Japan Farhan Akhtar, US APA Plenary View of the dais during the APA plenary APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency Azimuddin Bahari, Malaysia, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Amjad Abdulla, Maldives Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Sandea de Wet, South Africa Jacob Werksman, EU Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Henrik Eriksen, Norway SBI Plenary View of the dais during the SBI plenary Hesham Shoier, Egypt SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Erwin Rose, US Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation Around the Venue Alejandro Rivera Becerra, Mexico, and Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago Stefan Schwager, Switzerland, and Richard Sherman, South Africa Delegates meet informally A delegate reads the International Institue for Sustainable Development Reporting Services (IISD RS) website Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency Members of YOUNGO call for delegates to support the growth of Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) through enhanced implementation of the Doha work programme

The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday morning with the opening of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) and a Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) informal consultation. In the afternoon, several contact groups and informal consultations under the SBSTA and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) convened. The SBI and SBSTA plenaries resumed to hear opening statements and consider outstanding agenda items. A SBSTA workshop on types of revegetation activities potentially eligible as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project activities also took place in the afternoon. 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 Opening Plenary Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, and Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency, applaud the election of the new APA Co-Chairs APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/ CMP 11 Presidency Zamba Batjargal, Mongolia María Laura Rojas Vallejo, Colombia, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC) Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Ivo de Zwaan, EU Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Rosilena Lindo, Panama, speaking on behalf of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Isabel Teresa Di Carlo Quero, Venezuela, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) Olga Vavilonskaya, Belarus Tunga Bhadra Rai, Indigenous Peoples Norine Kennedy, Business and Industry NGOs (BINGOs) Anabella Rosemberg, Trade Union NGOs (TUNGOs) SBI Plenary View of the dais during the SBI plenary UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Lydie-Line Paroz, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs) Inga Fritzen Buan, Climate Action Network (CAN) Franziska Loibl, Women and Gender SBI Vice-Chair Zhihua Chen, China Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo SBSTA Plenary View of the dais during the SBSTA plenary SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Alejandro Rivera, Mexico Marilyn Averill, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs) Katherine Sawyer, Climate Justice Now! (CJN!) Contact Groups SBSTA/SBI joint contact group on the scope of the next periodic review of the long-term global goal under the Convention, and of overall progress towards achieving it SBI contact group on arrangements for intergovernmental meetings SBI/SBSTA joint contact group on impact of the implementation of response measures: improved forum and work programme SBSTA In-Session Workshop Panel speakers for a SBSTA in-session workshop to identify the types of revegetation activities potentially eligible as project activities under the CDM Co-Chair Maya Hunt, New Zealand Co-Chair José Antonio Prado, Chile Ivan Dario Valencia, Colombia Belinda Margono, Indonesia Around the Venue Delegates gather in the foyer before the start of plenary Delegates meet informally El Hadji Mbaye Diagne and Mamadou Diobe Gueye, Senegal Delegates from Norway Translation headsets Delegates between sessions A delegate looks at a photography exhibition about COP 21/CMP 11 Heinz Sturm, International Clean Energy Partnership Foundation, test drives a 'zero emissions' car on display at the venue