Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean

With the first week of negotiations coming to a close, one of the day's key events was the joint stocktaking plenary by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA). A Gender Dialogue also convened, and the Paris Committee on Capacity-Building (PCCB) held a meeting. The main focus in the negotiations remained on the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), which needs to be finalized by COP 24. A range of topics were taken up during the day, including finance, adaptation, mitigation, market and non-market approaches, response measures, and the transparency framework. Negotiating groups also met to discuss various other issues on the SBSTA and SBI agendas, including arrangements for intergovernmental meetings, agriculture, and research and systematic observation. 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 Gender Dialogue View of the panelists during the Gender Dialogue Una May Gordon, Jamaica Anne Barre, Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) Rita Mishaan, PCCB Piotr Dombrowicki, Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Young Hee Lee, Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat Sadya Ndoko, UNFCCC Secretariat Verona Collantes, UN Women Maia Tskhvaradze, Advisory Board of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) Karina Larsen, CTCN Claudia Octaviano and Stella Gama, Technology Executive Committee (TEC) Thiago de Araújo Mendes, Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) Participants during the discussion High-level Champions’ Dialogue with Observer Organizations View of the dais during the High-Level champion's dialogue with observers Martin Frick, UNFCCC Secretariat Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management, and High-Level Climate Champion, Fiji Chair Ceris Jones, Farmers Clara von Glasow, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs) Inga Fritzen Buan, Climate Action Network (CAN) Informal Consultations Throughout the Day APA informal consultations on Agreement Article 3, mitigation SBI informal consultation on matters relating to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) SBI informal consultation on review of the effective implementation of the CTCN APA informal consultations on Agreement Article 8, Adaptation Fund Joint SBSTA, SBI, and APA Stocktaking Plenary View of the dais during the stocktaking plenary APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the LDCs Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Tomasz Chruszczow, COP 24 Presidency, Poland, and Incoming COP 24 President Michal Kurtyka, Poland Mohamed Nasr, Gabon, speaking on behalf of the African Group Ravi Prasad, India Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group Eduardo Silva, Chile, speaking on behalf of the Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC) Boriana Kamenova, EU Civil Society Demonstration Members of civil society demonstrate in the corridors to illustrate two pressing forces on negotiators: extreme weather events and fossil fuel lobbyists. The demonstrators called for more attention to be paid to civil society and for negotiators to accelerate climate action 'before it is too late.' Around the Venue Tomasz Chruszczow, COP 24 Presidency, Poland, and Trigg Talley, US Andrew Rakestraw, US, Xiang Gao, China, and Santhosh Manivannan, Singapore Carlos Fuller, Belize, Lidia Wojtal, Climatekos, and SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland Olga Alcaraz, Josep Xercavins, Gisela Torrents, and Laia Segura, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain Sandra Boitumelo Motshwanedi, South Africa, and Neoka Naidoo, CAN  Delegates from CAN encourage delegates to 'step up' their NDC contributions Talieh Wögerbauer, Austria Natsumi Yoshida, Arunima Hakhu, and Kalyani Raj, Women and Gender Dominic Efosa Idaghe, World Conference Center Bonn staff Delegates between sessions Delegates enjoy a moment in the sun

The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Wednesday. Among the day’s key issues was the opening meeting of the Talanoa Dialogue, a global conversation about the efforts to combat climate change involving both parties and non-party stakeholders. Another important theme was the the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), scheduled for completion at COP 24 in December. Topics discussed during the day included mitigation and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), adaptation, global stocktake, and finance. A number of negotiating groups also met to discuss issues on the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) agendas. In addition, the Suva Expert Dialogue was organized, focusing on issues related to loss and damage. A workshop on Climate Change and Gender also took place. 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 Opening Meeting of the Talanoa Dialogue for Climate Ambition View of the dais during the opening meeting of the Talanoa Dialogue UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa and Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management, and High-Level Climate Champion, Fiji Luke Daunivalu, COP 23 Presidency, Fiji, and Tomasz Chruszczow, COP 24 Presidency, Poland Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Juan Carlos Arredondo Brun, Mexico, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Simon Cardy, South Africa Ravi Prasad, India Özlem Ergün Ulueren, Turkey Laura Juliana Arciniegas Rojas, Colombia, speaking on behalf of the Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC) Emma Clemens, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs) Hitoshi Suzuki, Trade Union NGOs (TUNGOs) Majda Dabaghi, Business NGOs (BINGOs) Anne Olhoff, UNEP DTU Partnership Jim Skea, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Civil Society Representative Anirban Ghosh, Mahindra Group SBI Gender In-Session Workshop Participants during the SBI gender in-session workshop Lisa Gittos, Australia Jeniffer Collado, Dominican Republic Elias Abourizk, Canada Gotelind Alber, Gender CC - Women for Climate Justice Technical Expert Meeting - Mitigation Participants during the Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) focused on mitigation Jean-Pierre Maugendre, Suez Environnement Inês Santos Costa, Ministry of Environment, Portugal Preeti Srivastav, Ecofys Sunandan Tiwari, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Araceli Fernandez Pales, International Energy Agency (IEA) Special Briefing on the Global Climate Action Summit Delegates attend the special briefing on the Global Climate Action Summit Anirban Ghosh, Mahindra Group UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa  Nick Nuttall, Global Climate Action Summit Suva Expert Dialogue View of the dais during the Suva Expert Dialogue Luke Daunivalu, COP 23 Presidency, Fiji SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland Erling Kvernevik, Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage (WIM ExCom) Co-Chair, Norway Musonda Mumba, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Vhalinavho Khavhagali, Executive Committee of the WIM ExCom Co-Chair, South Africa A word cloud produced during the session demonstrates how delegates are most affected by climate change Participants discuss loss and damage in break-out groups Around the Venue Tomasz Chruszczow, COP 24 Presidency, Poland, and Claudio Forner, UNFCCC Secretariat Talieh Wögerbauer, Austria UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Yunus Arikan and Carlos David Jacome Polit, ICLEI William Agyemang-Bonsu, UNFCCC Secretariat, Carlos Fuller, Belize, and Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago Delegates between sessions Rob Bradley, NDC Partnership

The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Saturday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP), Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) met throughout the day. In the afternoon, the COP Presidency held an informal stocktaking plenary to hear updates from all subsidiary bodies. 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 Informal consultations on further matters, except Adaptation Fund (APA agenda item 8) Informal consultations on further guidance on adaptation communication (APA agenda item 4) Delegates huddle during the SBI informal consultations on coordination of support for the implementation of forest activities SBSTA informal consultations on the technology framework under Paris Agreement Article 10.4 SBI/SBSTA informal consultations on impact of the implementation of response measures Delegates celebrate the agreement of draft conclusions in the SBI informal consultations 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 Delegates huddle during the informal consultations on further guidance in relation to the mitigation section of the Paris outcome (APA agenda item 3) Informal Stocktaking Plenary by the COP 23 President Delegates gather in plenary for the informal stocktaking Delegates from Mexico Delegates speak informally before the start of the session Delegates from Egypt Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency View of the dais during the session Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Sergey Kononov, APA Coordinator SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China 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) Liliam Ballón Sánchez de Amézaga, Peru, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC) Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group Nicole Wilke, EU Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia Civil Society Actions throughout the Day Members of civil society hold up a 'Noah's Ark,' encouraging delegates to stick to the Paris Agreement Eric Meyer, Generation Atomic, sings an operatic ballad outside the venue about the benefits of nuclear energy in climate action Around the Venue APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand APA Co-Chairs, UNFCCC Secretariat, and COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speaks with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator, and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary (centre) Joseph Africano Bartel, South Sudan Rueanna Haynes, Saint Kitts and Nevis Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 Presidency, speaks with Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Christiana Figueres, former UNFCCC Executive Secretary Delegates from Samoa and Tuvalu Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaks with a delegate UN Security around the venue Delegates from Brazil and Saudi Arabia Delegates speak informally Beto Blush, Climax Brasil Delegates from the Stockholm Environment Institute and Oxfam International