Like-minded Developing Countries

The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Wednesday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP) and Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) met throughout the day. In the morning, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) resumed and completed their closing plenaries. The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) opening plenary began in the morning, suspended for the afternoon to provide time for further consultations, and resumed, and again suspended, in the evening. The joint-high level segment opened in the afternoon, with a speech from 12-year old Fijian Timoci Naulusala, who reminded delegates that “it’s not about how, or who, but it’s about what you can do as an individual.” 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 of the High-Level Segment Delegates during the high-level segment Timoci Naulusala, Fiji Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany UN Secretary-General António Guterres Miroslav Lajčák, President, UN General Assembly (UNGA) Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President, Federal Republic of Germany President Emmanuel Macron, France President Baron Divavesi Waqa, Nauru President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon, speaking on behalf of Gabon and the African Heads of State Committee on Climate Change His Royal Highness Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg President Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr., Palau President Issoufou Mahamadou, Niger President Patrice Talon, Benin APA Closing Plenary Members of the Secretariat distribute the draft APA conclusions Delegates read the text APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Xolisa Ngwadla, South Africa, speaking on behalf of the African Group Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Delegates huddle during the APA negotiations SBI Closing Plenary View of the dais during the SBI closing plenary SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Adão Soares Barbosa, Timor-Leste Mohammed Al Shamsi, Saudi Arabia Sidi Mohamed El Wavi, Mauritania Delegates huddle to consult with the SBI Chair SBSTA Closing Plenary View of the dais during the SBSTA closing plenary Alexander Nakhutin, Russian Federation SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Ricardo Manuel Ulate-Chacon, Costa Rica Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous Peoples Geert Fremout, EU Delegates applaud the adoption of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform Civil Society Demonstrations In a civil society demonstration outside the venue, puppet figurines representing Goddess Kali and "Corporate Greed" battle, calling on governments to transform energy systems and keep global temperatures below 1.5C Members of 350.org unfurl a banner in the corridors, calling on delegates to 'keep coal in the ground' Around the Venue UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa; President Emmanuel Macron, France; Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President; Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany; and UN Secretary-General António Guterres Timoci Naulusala shows his 'earth outfit' on the podium Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency Delegates from Poland Carole Dieschbourg, Minister for the Environment, Luxembourg Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany President Emmanuel Macron, France Delegates from Saudi Arabia Delegates from Monaco Delegates from Mexico Babacar Sarr, Senegal Delegates speak informally Delegates from Kuwait

The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Saturday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP), Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) met throughout the day. In the afternoon, the COP Presidency held an informal stocktaking plenary to hear updates from all subsidiary bodies. 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 Informal consultations on further matters, except Adaptation Fund (APA agenda item 8) Informal consultations on further guidance on adaptation communication (APA agenda item 4) Delegates huddle during the SBI informal consultations on coordination of support for the implementation of forest activities SBSTA informal consultations on the technology framework under Paris Agreement Article 10.4 SBI/SBSTA informal consultations on impact of the implementation of response measures Delegates celebrate the agreement of draft conclusions in the SBI informal consultations 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 Delegates huddle during the informal consultations on further guidance in relation to the mitigation section of the Paris outcome (APA agenda item 3) Informal Stocktaking Plenary by the COP 23 President Delegates gather in plenary for the informal stocktaking Delegates from Mexico Delegates speak informally before the start of the session Delegates from Egypt Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency View of the dais during the session Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Sergey Kononov, APA Coordinator SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China 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) Liliam Ballón Sánchez de Amézaga, Peru, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC) Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group Nicole Wilke, EU Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia Civil Society Actions throughout the Day Members of civil society hold up a 'Noah's Ark,' encouraging delegates to stick to the Paris Agreement Eric Meyer, Generation Atomic, sings an operatic ballad outside the venue about the benefits of nuclear energy in climate action Around the Venue APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand APA Co-Chairs, UNFCCC Secretariat, and COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speaks with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator, and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary (centre) Joseph Africano Bartel, South Sudan Rueanna Haynes, Saint Kitts and Nevis Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 Presidency, speaks with Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Christiana Figueres, former UNFCCC Executive Secretary Delegates from Samoa and Tuvalu Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaks with a delegate UN Security around the venue Delegates from Brazil and Saudi Arabia Delegates speak informally Beto Blush, Climax Brasil Delegates from the Stockholm Environment Institute and Oxfam International