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11 December
6:22 am - CMP 7 is concluded
6:00 am - COP 17 is concluded
5:05 am - COP 17 launches a new process to develop a protocol, another legal instrument or an outcome with legal force
4:53 am - COP 17 plenary adopts decision FCCC/CP/2011/L.9 on the Green Climate Fund
4:15 am - CMP 7 plenary resumes to discuss report of the AWG-KP
4:00 am - CMP closing plenary opens
3:40 am - Informal plenary reconvenes; COP/CMP President announces possible compromise language
2:55 am - COP President suspends Joint COP-CMP informal plenary, calls for a huddle to resolve outstanding issues
1:15 am - COP President convenes a Joint COP CMP to address outstanding items
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10 December
11:40 pm - LCA concludes discussions, without agreement. Text will be forwarded as a Chair's text and a joint COP CMP plenary scheduled in half an hour.
9:50 pm - AWG-KP agrees to send text to CMP as a Chair's text with brackets on the commitment period years. AWG-LCA meets to consider text for an agreement.
9:10 pm - The AWG-KP discusses the text of an agreement to be forwarded to the CMP. Disagreements remain on the length of the second commitment period, as well as other issues.
7:50 pm - AWG-KP plenary convenes at approximately 7:30 pm and was suspended for further consultations.
7:10 pm - At 6:45 pm an informal stocktaking plenary convened by COP President urged delegates to agree to the Durban Outcomes.
5:55 pm - President's informal stocktaking plenary scheduled for 6:00 pm.
5:30 pm - Delegates continue to wait for ministers to finish their meetings. Plenary not scheduled yet.
2:00 pm - Ministers are meeting now and plenary is not scheduled yet.
11:28 am - Delegates are studying linkages across elements of the package, inlcuding the LCA, KP and GCF documents. A timeframe for the Plenary has not been determined.
12:45 am - Indaba ongoing until 4:00 am to resolve outstanding issues.
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On Thursday, ministers and their representatives, and observer organizations addressed delegates in a joint high-level segment held throughout the day. In the morning, a President’s informal stocktaking plenary was held. Contact groups and informal consultations met throughout the day and into the night on several issues, including Annex I emissions reductions, adoption of the COP agenda, Kyoto Protocol amendments, the CDM, the Adaptation Fund, finance, response measures, sectoral approaches, market and non-market approaches, national adaptation plans, technology transfer and capacity building. South Africa also held ministerial and technical Indaba sessions to try to bring positions closer among parties.
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On Wednesday, ministers and their representatives addressed delegates in a joint high-level segment held throughout the day. In the morning a new amalgamation text was presented to the AWG-LCA contact group. Contact groups and informal consultations met throughout the day and into the night on several issues, including: Annex I emissions reductions, Kyoto Protocol amendments, the CDM, the Adaptation Fund, finance, response measures, sectoral approaches, market and non-market approaches, adaptation, technology transfer and the Review.
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Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP,
Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister for Environment and Forests, India, Rachel Kyte, Vice-President for Sustainable Development, World Bank,
Ali'ioaigi Feturi Elisaia, Permanent Representative to the UN, Samoa
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On Tuesday, Heads of State and international organizations, as well as regional group representatives addressed delegates in a High Level Segment held in the afternoon, while contact groups and informal consultations met throughout the day and into the night on several issues, including the CDM, the Adaptation Fund, LULUCF, REDD+, finance, response measures, legal options, sectoral approaches, market approaches, adaptation and the Review.
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On Monday, the AWG-LCA plenary met in the morning to discuss the amalgamation document presented by the Chair. Contact groups and informal consultations were held throughout the day on a series of issues, including the technology executive committee (TEC), voting, the CDM, the Adaptation Fund, LULUCF, finance, market approaches, adaptation and a shared vision.
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| EU press conference: Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, and Marcin Korolec, Poland, speaking for the EU |
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| Rene Orellana, Bolivia (center), intervening in the AWG-LCA plenary |
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During the closing SBI plenary, the "girl guides" performed for delegates |
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| COP President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres address the rally outside the conference center (Photo: Jan Golinski/UNFCCC) |
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Youth NGOs call on delegates to "get on board with the bunker tax" |
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Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, is presented with a copy of the Interfaith Dialogue on Climate Change from religious leaders |
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COP President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (center) during the open-ended informal consultation on the Green Climate Fund report of the Transitional Committee |
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| UNFCCC Executive Director Christiana Figueres during the Interfaith Dialogue on Climate Change press conference |
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Delegates met in contact groups and informal consultations on a wide range of agenda items under the COP, COP/MOP, AWG-LCA, AWG-KP, SBI and SBSTA. In many cases, negotiators began or continued working on text that is expected to form the basis of the outcomes from these bodies in Durban.
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A view of the dais during AWG-LCA contact group (l-r): SBI Chair Robert Owen-Jones, Daniel Klein, UNFCCC Secretariat, AWG-LCA Chair Daniel Reifsnyder, and AWG-LCA Vice-Chair Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe |
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Alf Wills, South Africa (left), consulting with observer organizations |
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| Mohammad Al Sabban, Saudi Arabia, intervening on the Green Climate Fund in plenary |
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Suzanty Sitorus, Indonesia, and George Børsting, Norway, co-facilitators of the AWG-LCA informal group on finance, consulting with Bernaditas Muller, the Philippines, and Mohamed Nasr, Egypt
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A view of the dais during the presentation of the report of the Transitional Committee of the Green Climate Fund |
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Trevor Manuel, Co-Chair of the GCF TC |
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| A view of the room during the informal group on developed country mitigation |
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| A view of the dais during open-ended informal consultations convened by the COP Presidency |
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| Joint SBI/SBSTA workshop on the Nairobi work programme: SBI Coordinator Youssef Nassef, Facilitator Kishan Kumarsingh (Trinidad and Tobago), and SBSTA Coordinator Wanna Tanunchaiwatana |
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A view of the dais during a press conference when it was announced that Qatar will host COP 18 and the Republic of Korea will host the pre-COP |
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| Delegates met in informal groups throughout the day |
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The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, opened on Monday morning, 28 November. Following a welcoming ceremony attended by South African President Jacob Zuma and other high-level dignitaries, delegates gathered for the opening plenary meetings of the COP, COP/MOP, SBI and SBSTA. During these opening plenaries, parties gave initial consideration to the various agenda items, referring many issues to contact groups for further consideration.
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christian Figueres, South African President Jacob Zuma, COP 16 President Patricia Espinosa, and COP 17 President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation |
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| Outgoing COP President Patricia Espinosa greets Incoming COP President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane |
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Delegates observed a minute of silence for SBSTA Chair Mama Konaté of Mali, who recently passed away |
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UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) resources
Conference website
Conference documents
Daily Programme
Agenda and documents for the Seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17)
Agenda and documents for the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parites to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 7)
Agenda and documents for the Thirty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 35)
Agenda and documents for the Thirty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 35)
Agenda and documents for the Resumed fourteenth session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA)
Agenda and documents for the Resumed sixteenth session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP)
Meetings archive
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IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the Fifth Global Business Day, 5 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of Mountain Day, 4 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of Forest Day 5, 4 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of Oceans Day at Durban, 3 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of Development and Climate Days at COP 17, 3-4 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Durban Climate Change Conference - November 2011, 28 November - 9 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
IISD RS summary report of the Thirty-fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 18-19 November 2011, Kampala, Uganda (English: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference October 2011, 1-7 October 2011, Panama City, Panama
IISD RS briefing note of the 4th Meeting of the Transitional Committee for the Design of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), 16-18 October 2011, Cape Town, South Africa (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference June 2011, 6-17 June 2011, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS summary report of the UNFCCC Workshop on Technology Needs Assessments, 1-2 June 2011, Bonn, Germany (English: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Thirty-third Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 10-13 May 2011, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference Bangkok - April 2011, 3-8 April 2011, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand
IISD RS coverage of the Cancún Climate Change Conference, 29 November - 11 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Cancún Climate Change Conference, 29 November - 10 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico
IISD RS coverage of Cancún Global Business Day, 6 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico
IISD RS summary report of Development and Climate Days at COP 16, 4-5 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of Agriculture and Rural Development Day 2010, 4 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of Oceans Day at Cancún, 4 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Thirty-second Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 11-14 October 2010, Busan, Republic of Korea (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Tianjin Climate Change Talks - October 2010, 4-9 October 2010, Tianjin, China
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - August 2010, 2-6 August 2010, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - May/June 2010, 31 May - 11 June 2010, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - April 2010, 9-11 April 2010, Bonn, Germany (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 7-19 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 7-19 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
IISD RS coverage of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009, 2-6 November 2009, Barcelona, Spain
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009, 2-6 November 2009, Barcelona, Spain
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Thirty-first Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 26-29 October 2009, Bali, Indonesia (English: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Technical Workshop on Advancing the Integration of Approaches to Adaptation Planning, 2-14 October 2009, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand
IISD RS coverage of the Bangkok Climate Change Talks - 2009, 28 September - 9 October 2009, UNCC, Bangkok, Thailand
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - August 2009, 10-14 August 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - June 2009, 1-12 June 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Bonn Climate Change Talks - June 2009, 1-12 June 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Thirtieth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 21-23 April 2009, Antalya, Turkey (English: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF) (Japanese: PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Talks - March/April 2009, 29 March - 8 April 2009, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS summary report of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Workshop on Integrating Practices, Tools and Systems for Climate Risk Assessment and Management and Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies into National Policies and Programmes, 10-12 March 2009, Havana, Cuba (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference - Poznań, 1-12 December 2008, Poznań, Poland
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