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On Friday, negotiations once again focused on the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), which needs to be finalized by COP 24 in December. A range of topics were taken up during the day, including: the technology framework, issues related to the Adaptation Fund (AF), mitigation, and education, training and public awareness, public participation, and public access to information to enhance actions (ACE). Negotiating groups also met to discuss various other issues on the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) agendas, including National Adaptation Plans, research and systematic observation, and Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform. The fifth workshop of facilitative sharing of views (FSV) under the International Consultation and Analysis also took place, along with the meeting of the Paris Committee on Capacity-Building. 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 SBI Facilitative Sharing of Views Delegates gather for the FSV Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Felipe Osses, Chile Iniobong Abiola-Awe, Nigeria Jaivardhan Ramanlal Bhatt, India Santhosh Manivannan, Singapore SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland Sawsan Abdalla Ali Obeid Alla, Sudan Joint APA, SBI, and SBSTA Chairs' dialogue with observer organizations L-R: Majda Dabaghi, Business and Industry NGOs (BINGOs); APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand; SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland; and SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France Majda Dabaghi, BINGOs Yunus Arikan, Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMAs) Ceris Jones, Farmers Gillian Nelson, Climate Action Network (CAN) Tracy Bach, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs) Joint SBSTA, SBI, and APA Heads of Delegations Meeting View of the dais during the meeting Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Juan Angulo, Chile Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Pei Liang, China Adão Soares Barbosa, Timor-Leste Jacob Werksman, EU Franz Perrez, Switzerland Rachid Tahiri, Morocco Tong-q Lee, Republic of Korea Informal Consultations Throughout the Day SBSTA informal consultations on research and systematic observation SBI informal consultation on national adaptation plans SBI informal consultation on ways of enhancing the implementation of education, training, public awareness, public participation and public access to information to enhance actions under the Paris Agreement (ACE) APA informal consultations on Agreement Article 3, mitigation Civil Society Demonstrations Members of civil society form a human pyramid representing eight fundamental elements of the Paris Agreement 'rulebook:' human rights, public participation, indigenous people's rights, just transition, gender, food security, ecosystem integrity and protection of biodiversity, and intergenerational equity. They demonstrate that if you remove one block, the entire Agreement will crumble. Delegates gather to watch the demonstration Members of civil society hold a poster to raise awareness about the health impacts of climate change Around the Venue Telling delegates that the 'fourth' is with them, Hugh Sealy, Maldives, and Kelley Kizzier, EU, brandish a lightsaber to encourage a good negotiating session Halldór Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC Secretariat, Luke Daunivalu, COP 23 Presidency, Fiji, and Franz Perrez, Switzerland Patrick Rolland and Jessica Astier, Monaco Delegates from Brazil Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, and Zaheer Fakir, South Africa Felipe Ruiz, Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Members of the UNFCCC Secretariat confer Wael Hmaidan, CAN International Delegates meet informally

On Wednesday morning, participants met in parallel thematic sessions to discuss valuing forest ecosystem services, and strengthening small-scale producers and their organizations. In plenary, participants heard key messages from thematic sessions on: people-centred approaches to integrated landscape management; agroforestry and silvo-pastoral systems; forest management and landscape restoration; sustainable agricultural production approaches; achieving corporate commitments and zero deforestation initiatives for agricultural commodities; forest products value chains in the bio-economy; valuing forest ecosystem services; and strengthening small-scale producers and their organizations. Then, they heard keynote presentations. Sharon Dijksma, Member of Parliament, the Netherlands, highlighted the need for transformative action, noting the international community has "the instruments, the processes, the political commitment and the goals to halt deforestation and increase forest area," and needs to make the shift towards action. Presenting on a private sector perspective, Howard-Yana Shapiro, Mars, Incorporated, called for focusing on solely five performance standards: productivity, profitability, environmental stewardship, good governance and management, and social inclusion. Salina Abraham, President, International Forestry Students Association (IFSA), urged to "shake the coconut" and shift the way in which international fora addresses deforestation, to reach broader audiences. She advocated considering youth and indigenous peoples as valuable partners, rather than just stakeholders to be consulted. In the afternoon, parallel sessions addressed the theme of forest-smart policies and governance. Participants discussed issues related to cross-sectoral policy coordination, and improving land governance. Later on, discussions turned to the role of different stakeholders, and implementing forest law enforcement, governance and trade instruments (FLEGT). In a keynote address on the lessons learned from FLEGT initiatives to halt deforestation, Charles Barber, World Resources Institute (WRI), highlighted the key role of effective multi-stakeholder participation, which requires adequate counsel and support. Challenges highlighted in the session included: addressing corruption; putting in place effective land tenure arrangements; and expanding collaboration across demand-side countries to ensure a level-playing field in the timber market. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage and a summary report from the International Conference on “Working Across Sectors to Halt Deforestation and Increase Forest Area - From Aspiration to Action.” The summary report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Plenary Session Chun Lai, Moderator, Independent Environmental Services Professional Howard-Yana Shapiro, Chief Agricultural Officer, Mars, Incorporated, with Eva Müller, Director, Forestry Department, FAO Sheam Satkuru, Assistant Director of Operations, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Sharon Dijksma, Chair, Forest Alliance Initiative, Member of the Dutch Parliament Howard-Yana Shapiro, Chief Agricultural Officer, Mars, Incorporated Clayton Campanhola, Strategic Programme Leader, FAO Salina Abraham, Youth Coordinator, Global Landscapes Forum - President, International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) Valuing forest ecosystem services From L-R: Ravi Prabhu, Deputy Director-General, World Agroforestry Centre; Bhaskar Vira, Professor of Political Economy, University of Cambridge; Alexander Buck, Executive Director, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO); Jorge Mario Rodriguez Zuñiga, Executive Director, National Fund for Forest Finance, Costa Rica; and Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Ravi Prabhu, Deputy Director-General, World Agroforestry Centre Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, ITTO Alexander Buck, Executive Director, IUFRO Strengthening small-scale producers and their organizations From L-R: Ben Valk, Head, Food and Agriculture Partnerships, Rabobank; Peter deMarsh, Chair, International Family Forestry Alliance (IFFA); Monica Gabay, Planning and Environmental Policy Secretariat, Argentina; James Mayers, Director, Natural Resources, International Institute for Environment and Development; Jeffrey Y. Campbell, Team Leader, Manager, Forest and Farm Facility, FAO; Vu Le Y Voan, Vice Director, International Cooperation Department, Viet Nam National Farmers Union; Marcedonio Cortave, President, Association of Forest Communities of Petén (ACOFOP), Guatemala; and Tint Swe, Director of Forestry, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Myanmar James Mayers, Director, Natural Resources, International Institute for Environment and Development Jeffrey Y. Campbell, Team Leader, Manager, Forest and Farm Facility, FAO Vu Le Y Voan, Vice Director, International Cooperation Department, Viet Nam National Farmers Union Tint Swe, Director of Forestry, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Myanmar Marcedonio Cortave, President, ACOFOP, Guatemala Cross-sectoral policy coordination View of the dais during the session Catalina Santamaria, Programme Officer, Forests, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat Anthony McKenzie, Director of Environmental Management and Conservation, National Environment and Planning Agency, Jamaica Sidney Medeiros, Rural Inspector, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Food Supply, Brazil Mehmet Mustafa Gozukara, Director-General of Combating Desertification and Erosion, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, Turkey (right), with his translator Improving land governance From L-R: Pablo Pacheco, Principal Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); Nie Fengying, Deputy Director-General of Agriculture Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Chun Lai, Independent Environmental Services Professional; Carin Smaller, Advisor on Agriculture and Investments, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD); and Dominique Reeb, Team Leader, Social Forestry Team, FAO Nie Fengying, Deputy Director-General of Agriculture Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Chun Lai, Independent Environmental Services Professional Carin Smaller, Advisor on Agriculture and Investments, IISD Role of different stakeholders Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Conservation International Cécile Ndjebet, President, African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF) Lamin B. Dibba, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, The Gambia Marco Albani, Director, Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, World Economic Forum Role of forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) instruments Christopher Stewart, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, OLAM Charles Barber, Director, Forest Legality Initiative in the Forests Program, World Resources Institute (WRI) Robert Busink, Senior Policy Advisor, Government of the Netherlands Emmanuelle Maire, Head of Unit, Multilateral Environmental Cooperation, Directorate General for the Environment, European Commission Between Sessions James Mayers, Director, Natural Resources, International Institute for Environment and Development, with Monica Gabay, Planning and Environmental Policy Secretariat, Argentina Jeffrey Y. Campbell, Team Leader, Manager Forest and Farm Facility, FAO, with Peter Csoka, Senior Forestry Officer, FAO Hanta Rabetaliana, World Mountain People Association, and Ulrich Apel, Global Environment Facility Teodardo Calles, Plant Production and Protection Division (AGP), FAO, with Chun Lai, Independent Environmental Services Professional Around the venue Videos by the organizers

The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Monday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) met in the morning and afternoon. In the evening, the APA contact group met to consider all its substantive agenda items, and the closing plenaries of the SBI and SBSTA met, adopting several conclusions and decisions. 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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Informal Consultations throughout the Day SBI informal consultations on the review of the functions of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) Informal consultations on further guidance in relation to adaptation communication (APA agenda item 4) Delegates huddle during informal consultations on matters relating to the global stocktake (APA agenda item 6) Informal consultations on further matters except the Adaptation Fund (APA agenda item 8) Civil Society Actions throughout the Day Members of the Indigenous Peoples constituency hold a demonstration to "reclaim a space for indigenous peoples and protest their continued marginalization" in the negotiations Representatives of ACT Alliance hand out chocolate coins, promoting the need for climate finance for adaptation Representatives of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service demonstrate against the use of nuclear energy, saying it is not a solution to combating climate change Representatives of CARE International hand out "care packages" that serve as "sweet policy recommendations" Representatives of The Big Shift Global protest against the financing of fossil fuels, offering delegates the chance to put chocolate coins into either a green piggy bank representing green energy, or a brown piggy bank representing fossil fuels Representatives of the Women and Gender constituency hold a tribute to honor women who have faced repression, persecution, threats, intimidation, violence, and even murder, in pursuit of the protection of human rights and the environment APA Contact Group Members of the Secretariat hand out the draft APA conclusions Delegates from Costa Rica and Argentina Delegates from Switzerland and Georgia Delegates read the draft APA conclusions APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand Sin Liang Cheah, Singapore, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 3 - mitigation section Pieter Terpstra, Netherlands, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 8 - further matters, Adaptation Fund Xiang Gao, China, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 5 - transparency framework Julio Cordano, Chile, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 4 - adaptation communication Peter Horne, Australia, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 7 - committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance Outi Honkatukia, Finland, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 6 - global stocktake SBI and SBSTA Closing Plenaries View of the dais during the SBI and SBSTA joint closing plenary SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Sidat Yaffa, The Gambia SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Marianne Karlsen, Norway Hamdhoon Mohamed, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Adão Soares Barbosa, Timor-Leste Patricia Soares Leite, Brazil Elizabeth Pirth, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs) Mathias Edetor, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs) Jisun Hwang, Local Government and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Bjørn Gimming, Farmers Ndivile Colia Mokoena, Women and Gender Krishneil Narayan, Climate Action Network (CAN), and Tetet Nera Lauron, Climate Justice Now! (CJN!) SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland; Katia Simeonova, UNFCCC Secretariat; SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize; Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator; and Hanna Hoffmann, UNFCCC Secretariat Around the Venue Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean Horacio Peluffo, UNFCCC Secretariat, speaks with a delegate Delegates from the EU Emmanuel Dumisani Dlamini, Swaziland UN Security around the venue Delegates from Argentina SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize (left) with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat Delegates between sessions

The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Wednesday. In the morning, the Presidency convened an open dialogue among NGO constituency representatives and parties, and a technical workshop on ways to increase the efficiency and transparency of the budget process met. Informal consultations under the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) throughout the day. 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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. The Presidency's Open Dialogue between UNFCCC NGO Constituency Representatives and Parties View of the dais during the session Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Lucas Di Pietro, Argentina Anabella Rosemberg, Trade Union NGOs (TUNGOs) Archie Young, UK Ceris Jones, Farmers Juan Carlos Arredondo Brun, Mexico Yungratna Srivastava, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs) Deo Saran, Fiji Facilitators Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Fiji, and Benito Müller, Oxford Climate Policy Brendina Drollet, Cook Islands Paul Oquist Kelley, Nicaragua Yunus Arikan, Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMAs) Shradha Shreejaya, Women and Gender Naoyuki Yamagishi, Environmental NGOs (ENGOs) View of the room during the session Contact Groups and Informal Consultations throughout the Day Informal consultations on APA agenda item 3, further guidance in relation to the mitigation section of the Paris outcome Delegates gather for the informal consultations on APA agenda item 7, modalities and procedures for the committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance SBI informal consultations on coordination of support for the implementation of activities in relation to mitigation actions in the forest sector by developing countries Informal consultations on APA agenda item 4, further guidance on adaptation communication SBSTA informal consultations on local communities and indigenous peoples platform Informal consultations on APA agenda item 6, matters relating to the global stocktake Civil Society Action Members of civil society demonstrate outside the conference area Around the Venue UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa, and Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President, and Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Fiji Lorena Aguilar, Costa Rica (centre) Hoesung Lee, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chair (centre) Kava, a traditional Fijian drink, is available at the venue

A morning plenary addressed items on: appointment of the Secretary; the communication strategy; and digital sequence information. In the afternoon, plenary discussed draft resolutions on: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; sustainable use; collaboration with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Crop Trust, the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), and other bodies; compliance; and operations of the Multilateral System (MLS). Contact groups on farmers’ rights and on enhancing the MLS met in the evening. A night plenary addressed revised draft resolutions, including on cooperation with the CBD and MLS operations. Deliberations continued into the night. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the 7th session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary and analysis of ITPGRFA GB 7 is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Muhamad Sabran, Chair of the Seventh Session of the Governing Body Afshaan Shafi, Communication Specialist, ITPGRFA Secretariat Mónica Martínez Menduiño, Ecuador Seta Agustina, Indonesia Matthew Worrell, Australia Delegates from the EU Pierre du Plessis, Namibia Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Plurinational State of Bolivia Antonio Otavio Sá Ricarte, Brazil Kim van Seeters, the Netherlands Médi Moungui, Cameroon Annick Van Houtte, Senior Legal Officer, FAO Javad Mozafari Hashjin, Iran Anke van den Hurk, International Seed Federation, and Bert Visser, Co-Chair, Working Group on enhancing the MLS Mario Marino, ITPGRFA Secretariat, with Kent Nnadozie, Secretary a.i., Governing Body of the International Treaty Alwin Kopse, Switzerland Luciano Martin Donadio Linares, Argentina Ghulam Muhammad Ali, Pakistan Delegates from the EU Bert Visser, Co-Chair, Working Group on enhancing the MLS, and Pat Mooney, ETC Group Kent Nnadozie, Secretary a.i., Governing Body of the International Treaty, with Elsa Tsioumani, IISD/ENB Contact Group on enhancing the MLS Contact Group on Farmers' Rights Delegates from the Caribbean region Participants networking Around the venue