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Highlights for Tuesday, 11 December 2018 Members of the African Group consult informally between sessions Posted by IISD Reporting Services on Wednesday, 12 December 2018 The Katowice Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday, opening with the political phase of the Talanoa Dialogue. It met throughout the day in 21 ministerial roundtables, to share stories that could help raise climate ambition.The Presidency continued to convene consultations on issues central to the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), including: Mitigation/nationally determined contributions (NDCs); Adaptation; Global stocktake; Technology; Agreement Article 6 (cooperative approaches); Implementation and compliance committee; and Response measures. In the evening, COP 24 President Michał Kurtyka convened a stocktaking where he reported “insufficient progress.” With only three days of negotiations left, he appointed ministers to consult with parties to reach consensus on the outstanding issues. For more details on the day's events and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB). IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily reports, daily web coverage, and a summary and analysis from the Katowice Climate Change Conference – December 2018. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Talanoa Dialogue Opening Meeting View of the dais during the opening meeting of the Talanoa Dialogue Michał Kurtyka, COP 24 President UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Frank Bainimarama, COP 23 President IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee Laurent Fabius, COP 21 President Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, COP 20 President Delegates during the session Henryk Kowalczyk, Minister of the Environment, Poland Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous Peoples Ragna Árnadóttir, Landsvirkjun, Iceland Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, and National Disaster Management, and High-level Climate Champion, Fiji Ministers participate in high-level 'Talanoas' throughout the day Presidency Consultations throughout the Day Presidency consultations on technology Presidency consultations on compliance and implementation Presidency consultations on Agreement Article 6 (cooperative approaches) Family photo of negotiators working on the transparency framework Presidency's Stocktaking View of the dais during the stocktaking Michał Kurtyka, COP 24 President Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Paul Watkinson, France Emmanuel Dlamini, eSwatini Yassmin Abdelaziz, Minister of Environment, Egypt Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety, Germany Gender Day High-level Event Martin Frick, UNFCCC Secretariat Princess Abze Djigme, Burkina Faso Teresa Ribera, Minister for the Ecological Transition, Spain, and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa stands with the winners of the UN Climate Action Award Materials on display around the venue discussing gender related issues APA Co-Chairs' Dialogue with Observer Organizations Delegates during the dialogue Moderator Lina Dabbagh, Climate Action Network (CAN) International APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Hwei Mian Lim, Women and Gender Christian Holz, CAN International Presidency's Briefing to Observer Organizations Delegates during the session Artur Lorkowski, COP 24 Presidency Moderator Yunus Arikan, Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMAs) Tracy Bach, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs) Keyon Rostamnezhad, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs) Civil Society Demonstrations Members of the Indigenous Peoples constituency advocate for the rights of indigenous people to be respected and included in the 'Paris Agreement Rulebook' Youth from Easter Island perform a traditional dance to remind delegates of the important role that youth and indigenous people play in addressing climate change Members of Plant-for-the-Planet hand out chocolates to give delegates energy for the long negotiations Around the Venue UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speaks with Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, European Commission A delegate poses for a photo with Frank Bainimarama, COP 23 President Members of the IPCC and the COP 23 Presidency Rachel Kyte, Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), speaks with a delegate Laurent Fabius, COP 21 President, speaks with IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speaks with Frank Bainimarama, COP 23 President Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous Peoples Catherine Stewart, Canada Delegates meeting informally Delegates between sessions Aerial views of the Earth

Incoming COP 24 President Michał Kurtyka, Poland On Wednesday, delegates at the Bangkok Climate Change Conference continued negotiations on the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP), including on issues related to: transparency; adaptation, including the future of the Adaptation Fund; predictability of finance; technology; the global stocktake; market and non-market approaches; response measures; implementation and compliance; and possible additional PAWP items. Observer organizations met with the Incoming COP 24 Presidency and with the Presiding Officers of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). Negotiations will continue on Thursday, when an APA stocktaking meeting and an informal joint stocktaking plenary of the SBI, SBSTA and APA will also convene.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 web coverage and daily reports from the Bangkok Climate Change Conference - September 2018. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has publish a summary and analysis report from the Conference.   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 Technology Mechanism Informal consultations on the transparency framework (APA agenda item 5) SBI/SBSTA informal consultations on response measures Informal consultations on other matters except the Adaptation Fund (APA agenda item 8) Informal consultations on adaptation communication (APA agenda item 4) SBI informal consultations on common timeframes for nationally determined contributions (NDCs) SBI informal consultations on modalities and procedures for a public registry referred to in Agreement Article 7.12 (adaptation communication) Incoming Presidency's Meeting with Observer Organizations Incoming COP 24 President Michał Kurtyka, Poland, addresses observers Alden Meyer, Trade Union NGOs (TUNGOs) Nathan Thanki, Climate Justice Now! (CJN!), Environmental NGOs (ENGOs) Observers during the meeting APA Co-Chairs' Dialogue with Observer Organizations APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, address observers Jasmin Irisha Jim Ilham, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs) Shradha Shreejaya, Women and Gender SBI Chair's Dialogue with Observer Organizations SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, eSwatini, addresses observers Majda Dabaghi, Business NGOs (BINGOs) Tracy Bach, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs) SBSTA Chair's Dialogue with Observer Organizations SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France, addresses observers Jean-Marc Garreau, Farmers Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous Peoples Around the Venue Negotiation rooms are filled to capacity throughout the day Delegates consult informally Trigg Talley, US, speaks with delegates Delegates speak in the corridors A memorial for former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Philip Weech, Bahamas, speaks with a delegate Isabel Di Carlo Quero, Venezuela, and Lidia Wojtal, Austria Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaks with Johanna Lissinger Peitz, Sweden Laura Lopez, UNFCCC Secretariat UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speaks with delegates from Morocco Henrik Eriksen, Norway APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia  

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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page 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

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

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