Highlights and images for 8 May 2018

Summary

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