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The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference opened in Bonn, Germany. In the morning, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, was elected COP 23 President by acclamation. He then presided over a traditional Fijian ceremony, the Qaloqalovi, which included the presentation of a Tabua, the tooth of a sperm whale. During the opening ceremony, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa called on parties to act with urgency, saying “right here, right now is where we begin.” The opening plenaries of the Conference of the Parties (COP), Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) and Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) met during the morning and early afternoon. In the afternoon, the opening plenaries of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) met in parallel and, later, in a joint plenary. Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) roundtables met on compliance and on further guidance relating to the mitigation section of Decision 1/CP.21 (the Paris outcome) in the afternoon. SBSTA and SBI contact groups and informal consultations also met in the afternoon. 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. Opening Ceremony Delegates gather for the opening of COP 23/CMP/CMA Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 President, hands the gavel to Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, and COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President Delegates are welcomed to the meeting with a musical performace Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Hoesung Lee, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chair Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany Ashok-Alexander Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn, Germany Jan Szysko, Minister of Environment, Poland, and incoming COP 24/CMP 14/CMA 1-3 President; Frank Bainimarama  COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President; and Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 President Representatives from Fiji perform a traditional ceremony, known as the Qaloqalovi, to open the meeting Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany, and Sai Navoti, Fiji, drink kava - a traditional Fijian drink used in welcoming ceremonies COP, CMP and CMA Opening Plenaries View of the dais during the opening plenaries Ravi Prasad, India Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Chen Zhihua, China Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Ian Fry, Tuvalu Meelis Münt, EU Halldor Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC Secretariat Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP/CMP, UNFCCC Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group Gemedo Dalle, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Abdullahi Majeed, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Delegates during plenary SBSTA Opening Plenary View of the dais during the SBSTA opening plenary SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Elena Manaenkova, WMO Thinley Namgyel, Vice Chair of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) Advisory Board Michael Rantil, Technology Executive Committee (TEC) Chair Abdalah Mokssit, IPCC SBI Opening Plenary View of the dais during the SBI opening plenary SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Felipe Ferreira, Brazil Philip Weech, the Bahamas Chizuru Aoki, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) SBI/SBSTA Joint Plenary View of the dais during the SBI/SBSTA joint plenary SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland, and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group Jean Diur Muland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaking on behalf of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) Chan-Woo Kim, Republic of Korea, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Liliam Ballón Sánchez de Amézaga, Peru, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC) Around the Venue Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany, arrives in plenary Hamza Tber, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 Presidency, with Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 Presidency Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency, speaks with a delegate Delegates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, and the US Delegates between sessions

The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Saturday. Informal consultations met throughout the day to discuss issues under the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA), the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). In the afternoon, the APA contact group met to facilitate interaction between parties and representatives of the Adaptation Committee, the LDC Expert Group (LEG), the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). A joint informal plenary of the SBI, SBSTA and APA also convened in the afternoon. Among mandated events, the multilateral assessment met during the morning and the first meeting of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building met throughout the day. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided digital coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2017. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Special Event with the UN Deputy Secretary-General View of the dais during the special event Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22 / CMP 12 President UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji, incoming COP 23 / CMP 13 Presidency UN Security during the event Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group Simone Borg, EU Walter Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Jorge Arturo Cabrera Hidalgo, Guatemala, speaking on behalf of the Independent Association for Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC) Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) Multilateral Assessment Delegates gather for the second day of multilateral assessments Anna Broadhurst, New Zealand André Weidenhaupt, Luxembourg Trigg Talley, US Patrícia Soares Leite, Brazil Ana Danila, EU Jaivardhan Ramanlal Bhatt, India UN Deputy Secretay-General Meeting with Observers UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed holds a roundtable discussion with observers Wael Hmaidan, Climate Action Network (CAN) International UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed Informal Consultations and Contact Groups throughout the Day APA informal consultations on further matters except the Adaptation Fund SBI contact group on arrangements for intergovernmental meetings APA informal consultations on adaptation communications APA informal consultations on the global stocktake Civil Society Demonstration Members of civil society demonstrate in the hallways, calling on delegates to 'step up' to close the emissions gap Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) Contact Group View of the dais during the APA contact group APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Georg Børsting, Co-Chair, Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) Clifford Mahlung, Co-Chair, Adaptation Committee Beth Lavender, Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) Member Ayman Shasly, Co-Chair, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board Xolisa Ngwadla, South Africa Laura Juliana Arciniegas Rojas, Colombia, speaking on behalf of AILAC Kulthoum Motsumi, Botswana, speaking on behalf of the African Group Joint Informal Plenary of SBI, SBSTA and APA on the Paris Agreement Linkages View of the dais during the joint informal plenary SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Liang Pei, China Ian Fry, Tuvalu Adão Soares Barbosa, Timor-Leste Around the Venue UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed arrives at the venue UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed with Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22 / CMP 12 President and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa A meeting is held between the UN Deputy Secretary-General, the UNFCCC Executive Secretary and the COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management, and High-Level Climate Champion, Fiji, and Hamza Tber, COP 22 / CMP 12 Presidency UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed with delegates from Africa Trigg Talley, US, speaks with delegates Delegates from Grenada Delegates from Germany, Norway, Poland and Australia meet between sessions Delegates speak informally Yorio Ito, Japan, and Zaheer Fakir, South Africa Delegates from Papua New Guinea