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Bonn Climate Change Conference - April 2018
The Bonn Climate Change Conference ended on Thursday as each of the three bodies adopted conclusions for most of the issues on their agendas and agreed to future work, including at the next meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.
There were mixed views on progress made on the issues related to finalizing the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), the set of decisions that will help countries implement the Agreement. Some of the items discussed most in the closing statements were:
Transparency framework: There are different views on how the framework should help provide information on countries’ actions and support to developing countries, but many highlighted this issue as one needing further work.
Information on finance, especially provided by developed countries in advance of its provision: Many developing countries noted this issue is important to them in the overall PAWP package.
Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIP): Many countries and non-party stakeholders said they were disappointed with progress on this issue.
Action on Climate Empowerment (ACE): Parties agreed to a decision, the first issue completed in the PAWP, that will continue parties' and stakeholders' efforts on issues such as public participation, education, and access to information.
The PAWP is slated for conclusion in December 2018. At this meeting, parties agreed to several steps to move the work forward:
The Co-Chairs of all of the bodies will prepare a note that will consider all of the items and propose ways forward.
The Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) will prepare a “tool” that will help parties develop an “agreed basis for negotiations.”
There will be an additional meeting in Bangkok devoted to the issues under the PAWP.
Parties adopted several decisions on issues related to the ongoing implementation of the UN Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, including the Koronivia joint work programme on agriculture, which includes a roadmap outlining the issues, workshops, and inputs of the work programme.
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. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF.
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SBI Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI closing plenary
SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland
Vladimir Uskov, Russian Federation
Wang Tian, China
Ravi Prasad, India
Reinaldo Salgado, Brazil
Ziaul Haque, Bangladesh
Abdullah Tawlah, Saudi Arabia
Delegates from Switzerland
SBSTA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA closing plenary
SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France
Henrik Eriksen, Norway
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
MJ Mace, Saint Lucia, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Iwaki Kohei, Japan
Catherine Stewart, Canada
Julio Cordano, Chile
APA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the APA closing plenary
Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary
APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
Joint Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the closing plenary
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa thanks Halldór Thorgeirsson, Senior Director for
Intergovernmental Affairs, UNFCCC, for almost two decades of service
Halldór Thorgeirsson, Senior Director for Intergovernmental Affairs, UNFCCC
Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Boriana Kamenova, EU
Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)
Mohamed Nasr, Gabon, speaking on behalf of the African Group
María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, Cuba, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Harlino Nandha Prayudha, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Patricia Bohland, Women and Gender
Nathalie Rengifo, Climate Justice Now! (CJN!)
Around the Venue
Delegates from Austria
The SBI family
The SBSTA family
Delegates from Kuwait
Delegates from Morocco
Delegates from Kenya
Delegates from Kyrgyzstan
UN Security family photo
Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary (center), speaks with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat
Delegates from Maldives
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) team meeting with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa and Incoming COP 24 President Michal Kurtyka, Poland
Delegates between sessions
Media briefings took place throughout the day
The ENB team covering the negotiations (L-R): Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, Nepal; Katie Browne, US; Natalie Jones, New Zealand; Cleo Verkuijl, Zimbabwe/ the Netherlands; Jennifer Allan, Canada; Aaron Cosbey, Canada; Kati Kulovesi, Finland; Annelies van Gaalen, South Africa; Asheline Appleton, Kenya; Felipe Ruiz, Colombia/Spain; and Kiara Worth, South Africa
Highlights and images for 9 May 2018
Bonn Climate Change Conference - April 2018
At the Bonn Climate Change Conference, delegates worked to realize agreements on the second to last day. Negotiators concluded their consideration of several issues, while consideration of other issues, such as research and systemic observation and matters related to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (cooperative approaches), continues.
To bring together the work related to several issues under the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) convened a contact group. During this meeting, the APA Co-Chairs proposed a way forward, which parties deliberated, revised, and eventually agreed to.
The Technical Expert Meeting on Adaptation (TEM-A) met throughout the day to discuss adaptation planning for vulnerable groups, communities, and ecosystems. The sixth Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) continued, focusing on public participation, public access to information, and international cooperation.
The meeting is scheduled to close on Thursday, with conclusions expected on many issues.
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. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF.
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Technical Expert Meeting on Adaptation 2018
Participants gather for the TEM-A
SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France
Musonda Mumba, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Clifford Mahlung, Jamaica
Barney Dickson, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Valerie Kapos, UNEP-WCMC
Nicola Tollin, University of Southern Denmark
Diann Black-Layne, Antigua and Barbuda
Angela Andrade, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
In-Session Workshop on Gender and Climate Change
Participants during the in-session workshop on gender and climate change
Mary Robinson, Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice
Fleur Newman, UNFCCC Secretariat
Colin Hehir, Co-Facilitator
Stella Gama, Malawi
Verona Collantes-Lebale, UN Women
Participants brainstorm during break-out groups
Closing of the Talanoa Dialogue
View of the dais during the closing of the Talanoa Dialogue
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, and COP 23 President, Fiji
Incoming COP 24 President Michal Kurtyka, Poland
Heike Summer, Liechtenstein, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Balisi Justice Gopolang, Botswana, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Maesela Kekana, South Africa, speaking on behalf of Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC)
Alberto Saldamando, Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPO)
Abdullahi Majeed, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Justin Perrettson, Business and Industry NGOs (BINGOs)
APA Contact Group
View of the dais during the APA contact group
Sin Liang Cheah, Singapore, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 3 - mitigation
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Beth Lavender, Canada, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 4 - adaptation communication
Xiang Gao, China, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 5 - transparency framework
Janine Coye-Felson, Belize, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 7 - committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Co-Facilitator for agenda item 8 - other matters
Pieter Terpstra, the Netherlands, and Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 8 - further matters, Adaptation Fund
Outi Honkatukia, Finland, and Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 6 - global stocktake
Informal Consultations Throughout the Day
Family photo of APA agenda 8 - Adaptation Fund
Family photo of APA agenda item 5, transparency framework
Delegates huddle during informal consultations
SBSTA contact group on matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
Civil Society Demonstrations
Members of civil society hold a demonstration to stress the importance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, association, speech, and privacy in the context of digital technologies and multilateral processes. They highlighted the role and importance of civil society in the fight against climate change.
Civil society members recognize the 21 countries with gender focal points
Members of civil society and other non-party stakeholders call for urgent action to prevent average global warming from rising 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels
Members of civil society 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.'
Members of civil society raise awareness about the health impacts of climate change, calling for urgent climate action
Around the Venue
Delegates gather at the start of the day
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa, confers with Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, and COP 23 President, Fiji, with members of the COP 23 Presiency
Delegates from the US and Saudi Arabia
Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP and Andrei Marcu, Panama
Representatives of BINGOs meet with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa and members of the UNFCCC Secretariat
Carlos Fuller, Belize, speaks with delegates
Kimo Goree, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Vice-President, speaks with Benito Müller, Oxford Climate Policy
UN Security around the venue
Representatives of the International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE)
Daily report for 9 May 2018
13th Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF13)
Daily report for 9 May 2018
Bonn Climate Change Conference - April 2018
Highlights and images for 8 May 2018
Bonn Climate Change Conference - April 2018
The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday, with negotiations on some issues yielding preliminary agreement, and negotiations on other issues trying to find solutions to disagreements. Preliminary agreement, pending formal adoption by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA), was found on some issues, including:
Capacity building under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol,
Coordination of support for the implementation of activities relating to mitigation actions in the forest sector by developing countries, including institutional arrangements, and
Response measures.
Throughout the day, several of the issues discussed under the SBI and SBSTA remained outstanding. The final plenaries for all the Subsidiary Bodies are scheduled for the last day of the conference, on Thursday, 10 May. Therefore, outstanding issues must be resolved on Wednesday.
To address the many interrelated issues under the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), a “joint” meeting convened to discuss adaptation communication and the transparency framework. Work under the PAWP also included continued discussions on the transparency framework, Article 6 (cooperative approaches), and information to be provided in advance by developed countries on their financial support.
The long-term finance workshop continued to discuss experiences and lessons learnt from articulating and translating needs identified in country-driven processes into on the ground projects and programmes. The sixth Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) started today, focusing on public awareness and international cooperation.
The COP 23 Presidency held a session to report back on the Talanoas held as part of the Talanoa Dialogue on Sunday, 6 May. Many delegates expressed appreciation for the Dialogue’s format and atmosphere, noting its value in building trust between all stakeholders.
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. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF.
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Executive Secretary's Meeting with Observer Organizations
Participants during the meeting with the Executive Secretary
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Juan Carlos Jintiach and Thin Yu Mon, Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPO)
Wael Hmaidan, Climate Action Network (CAN) International
Gunnar Steinsholt, Trade Union NGOs (TUNGOs)
Norine Kennedy, Business and Industry NGOs (BINGOs)
Joséphine Raynauld and Sofia Kabbej, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Gillian Nelson, Harjeet Singh, and Eddy Pérez, CAN
Bridget Burns, Women and Gender
Halldór Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC Secretariat
Marilyn Averill, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs)
Report Back from Talanoa Dialogue
Participants during the report back of the Talanoa Dialogue
Amena Yauvoli, Fiji
Sylwia Waśniewska, COP 24 Presidency, Poland
Tui Cavuilati, Fiji
Emma Rachmawaty, Indonesia
Marianne Karlsen, Norway
Christina Paradiso, Canada
Stephanie Lee, New Zealand
Balisi Justice Gopolang, Botswana, speaking on behalf of the African Group
In-Session Workshop on Long-Term Finance
Participants during the in-session workshop on long-term finance
Nathaniel Blama, Environmental Protection Agency, Liberia
Co-Facilitator Janine Coye-Felson, Belize
Alexander Linke, German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ)
Co-Facilitator Stefan Schwager, Switzerland
Participants discuss finance-related matters in break-out groups
Espen Ronneberg, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Alexander Linke, GIZ
Milena Gonzalez Vasquez, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat
Kamel Djemouai, Advisor to the African Group, records ideas
Sixth Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment
ACE family photo
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, and COP 23 President, Fiji
SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland
Pramisha Thapaliya, YOUNGOs
Jamie Clarke, Climate Outreach
Maria Nailevu, DIVA for Equality
Informal Consultations Throughout the Day
Coordination of support for the implementation of activities relating to mitigation actions in the forest sector by developing countries, including institutional arrangements family photo
Ex-ante transparency of climate finance family photo
APA agenda item 8: informal consultations on issues except the Adaptation Fund
Public registry on Agreement Article 7.12 (adaptation communications)
SBI informal consultations on capacity-building for developing countries
Around the Venue
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Outi Honkatukia, Finland, and Stefan Schwager, Switzerland
Delegates from YOUNGOs confer
Todd Stern, World Resources Institute (WRI),
and Jacob Werksman, EU
Delegates from Austria and Luxembourg
Security staff around the venue
Niklas Höhne, New Climate Institute, speaks to the press
A delegate reviews the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) website and daily to keep track of negotiations
Summary report 7–11 May 2018
13th Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF13)