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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

On Wednesday, the second meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering the Strategic Approach and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020 met for most of the day in five parallel discussion groups. Each group discussed the five elements of a proposed framework for chemicals and waste beyond 2020: vision; policy principles; objectives and milestones; implementation arrangements, including finance and implementation; and governance. Discussion on each element was guided by a different duo of “co-hosts” representing the five United Nations regions as well as the five sectors represented in the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) Bureau, namely public interest organizations, health sector NGOs, labor sector NGOs, industry and the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC). At the end of the day plenary reconvened to hear the five sets of co-hosts report on the outcome of discussion group deliberations on their respective elements. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily digital coverage and a summary and analysis report from the 2nd Meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering the Strategic Approach and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020. 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 Discussion Group 1 Delegates participate in discussion group 1 Co-Hosts for Vision Suzana Andavona, FYR Macedonia, and Bob Diderich, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Noluzuko Zukie Gwayi, South Africa Maria Cristina Cárdenas Fischer, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions Secretariat María Florencia Grimalt, Argentina Jorge Peydro Aznar, EU Discussion Group 2 Participants during discussion group 2 Teeraporn Wiriwutikorn, Thailand Co-Hosts for Policy Principles Yahya Msangi, Labor Representative, and Maria Inés Esquivel, Panama Lia Jasmin Esquillo, Ecowaste Coalition Philippines Jorge Ocaña, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Lloyd Gordon, International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Discussion Group 3 Participants during discussion group 3 Sam Adu-Kumi, Ghana Co-Hosts for Objectives and Milestones Nina Cromnier, Sweden, and Rico Euripidou, Health Representative Lisa Svensson, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Vassilios Karavezyris, Germany Ingela Andersson, Sweden Discussion Group 4 Co-Hosts for Governance Csilla Magyar, Industry Representative, and Mark Gordon, South Africa Helga Shrott, Austria Brice Lalonde, French Water Academy Sverre Thomas Jahre, Norway David Azoulay, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Abbas Shafqat, Pakistan Karissa Kovner, US Participants during discussion group 4 Discussion Group 5 Participants during discussion group 5 Sarojini Rengam, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia Pacific Co-Hosts for Implementation Olga Speranskaya, Civil Society Organization (CSO) Representative, and Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan Joseph Molapisi, Africa Institute Marine Collignon, France Joe DiGangi, International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) Afternoon Plenary View of the dais during afternoon plenary Co-Host for Objectives and Milestones Nina Cromnier, Sweden Co-Hosts for Implementation Olga Speranskaya, Civil Society Organization (CSO) Representative, and Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan Co-Host for Vision Bob Diderich, OECD Co-Host for Governance Csilla Magyar, Industry Representative Co-Host for Policy Principles Yahya Msangi, Labor Representative Around the Venue Gertrud Sahler, President, Fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) meets with civil society organizations Delegates meet informally Pham Thi Minh Hang and Björn Beeler, IPEN